Gennady Patlazhan: Keeping up with innovations is the duty of a plastic surgeon

Surgery, and especially plastic surgery, is constantly evolving, opening up completely new opportunities for doctors and their patients. In order to keep abreast of all the new products, the first thing the doctor does is – it's learning.

About how often surgeons need to attend training events, as well as events, what format are the most informative, estet-portal.com readers were told by a member of the USAPS Presidium, Ph.D., doctor of the highest category, the first national secretary of ISAPS in Ukraine , founder of the first in Ukraine author's school of plastic surgery «Patlazhan School of Plastic Surgery»  Gennady Patlazhan.

Why is training so important for a doctor?

GP: The medical specialty requires constant updating of knowledge, as new information, views, approaches and equipment appear daily. Therefore, our duty is to constantly exchange experience, and follow what is happening in the world, and also use it in our practice.

The introduction of the new allows to increase the level of safety and efficiency of surgical interventions.

A doctor must learn throughout his life. I believe that a specialist should attend major training events at least 4 times a year. Personally, I love attending master classes and conferences organized by Allergan as they combine both live surgery and lectures with discussions — which is essential for gaining knowledge. 

How popular is breast augmentation today?

G.P.: Breast surgery — this is one of the most popular procedures. For example, I calculated that out of all 300 operations that I perform in a year — half is augmentation mammoplasty. This is probably due to the fact that all the media are full of photos of girls with beautiful shapes. And because this operation is so popular, a large number of new developments are constantly appearing. Innovations also apply to implants. To date, the most popular — it's textured  anatomically shaped cohesive gel implants such as Natrelle^TM implants. It is important to remember that the doctor also needs to communicate with representatives of various implant manufacturing companies in order to

Which events do you like more: conferences or master classes?

GP: When an expert makes a presentation on a certain topic, we all understand that he is well acquainted with it. The technique of the operation, which he talks about, is perfected to the smallest detail. And in this case, the doctor will show only his best results, while leaving all problems and nuances of this surgical intervention undisclosed.

Activities with live surgery are the most interesting.

During the

master class the surgeon has no choice but to perform the operation from start to finish in front of an entire audience of specialists. And at the same time, it is no longer possible to keep silent about something, or hide something. Therefore, I believe that it is best when theory goes hand in hand with practice.

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