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Date: October 28 – 31, 2026 | Groningen, The Netherlands

13th SORG Free flap course head and neck reconstructive and oncologic surgery

 

Course Chairman Sebastiaan de Visscher, Groningen, The Netherlands

Language English, no translation provided

Course venue UMC Groningen, The Netherlands

Course fee 2.950 EUR

*The course fee includes all course materials, lunches, coffee breaks during the course and two course dinners on October 28 and 30, 2026.

*The course fee does not include accommodation, travel, or transfers.

 

 

Organizer on behalf of S.O.R.G. e.V.: KLS Martin SE & Co. KG, KLS Martin Platz 1, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany

Program of the course | Day 1

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Part 1 | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

  • Registration 
  • Welcome and course objectives (de Visscher)
  • Reconstructive strategy in head and neck cancer: Balancing function, defect, adjuvant therapy and patient factors (de Visscher)
  • Pedicled flaps: indications, technique and limitations (Visavadia)
  • Reconstruction of the skin: Local vs free-flap (Gessaroli)
  • Reconstruction of the tongue: indications and techniques (Copelli)

Part 2 | 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

  • Reconstruction of the mandible: function driven concept (de Visscher)
  • Reconstruction of the maxilla and skull base: choices to make (Maranzano)
  • Reconstruction of the midface: special indications and rare flaps (Gaggl)

Part 3 | 1:20 – 2:30 p.m.

  • The subscapular system: versatile composite reconstruction (Devine)
  • Perforator flaps in head and neck: when and why? (Fernandes)
  • Postoperative care: monitoring, failure and revision (Visavadia)

Part 4 | 2:50 – 4:20 p.m.

  • Complex cases and limits: vessel depleted neck, recurrence, blast injury (Fernandes)
  • Discussion and Q&A (Faculty)
  • Flap selection cases, mistakes and complications (Faculty)
  • Wrap up and instructions for day 2 (human specimen lab) (de Visscher)

Program of the course | Day 2

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Part 1 | 7:50 – 10:00 a.m.

  • Registration and welcome (de Visscher)
  • Step-by-step: PM, SCAF, deltopectoral (Visavadia)
  • Pectoralis major, SCAF, deltopectoral (Visavadia, Copelli) 

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  • Step-by-step: RFF (Gaggl)
  • Radial forearm (Gaggl)

Part 3 | 1:30 – 4:55 p.m.

  • Step-by-step: Fibula flap, cutting guide (Fernandes)
  • Fibula with cutting guide and implant (Fernandes, Maranzano)
  • Wrap up (de Visscher)

Program of the course | Day 3

Friday, October 30, 2026

Part 1 | 7:50 – 10:45 a.m.

  • Registration and welcome (de Visscher)
  • Step-by-step: Scapula, Latissimus (Devine)
  • Flaps based on subscapular system (Devine, Kämmerer)

Part 2 | 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

  • Flap raising and anastomosis: pearls and pitfalls (Fernandes)

Part 3 | 12:30 – 4:35 p.m.

  • Step-by-step: Anterolateral thigh (ALT) (Copelli)
  • Anterolateral thigh (ALT) (Copelli, Gessaroli)
  • Step-by-step: DCIA (Maranzano)
  • DCIA (Maranzano)
  • Wrap up (de Visscher)

Program of the course | Day 4

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Part 1 | 8:30 – 9:40 a.m.

  • Introduction (de Visscher)
  • 3D planning multi-disciplinary workflow and applications in head and neck patients (de Visscher)
  • Prosthetic driven planning (Vosselman)

Part 2 | 10:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

  • 3D VSP and PSI – the latest developments (Kraeima)
  • 3D in surgery: facilities and regulations  (Witjes)
  • Discussion of 3D cases (Faculty)
  • Farewell and certificates

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and departure

Faculty

Chiara Copelli

Bari, Italy

John Devine

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Rui Fernandes

Jacksonville, FL, USA

Alexander Gaggl

Salzburg, Austria

Manlio Gessaroli

Rimini, Italy

Peer Kämmerer

Mainz, Germany

Joep Kraeima

Groningen, The Netherlands

Massimo Maranzano

Manchester, United Kingdom

Bhavin Visavadia

London, United Kingdom

Sebastiaan de Visscher

Groningen, The Netherlands

Nathalie Vosselman

Groningen, The Netherlands

Max Witjes

Groningen, The Netherlands

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