THE XIV CONGRESS OF THE POLISH AESTHETIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE AND PLASTIC SURGERY ASSOCIATION (PTCHPRIE)

The XIV Congress of the Polish Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery Association (PTCHPRiE) was held on 18 - 21 September 2013 in Kazimierz Dolny, which was accompanied by an ISAPS course in Aesthetic Surgery.

Dr n. med. Artur Śliwiński, dr hab. n. med. Piotr Prowans, Aneta Wasser MSc and Małgorzata Prowans MSc, amongst others, participated in the Congress. The ranks of distinguished lecturers from around the world also included dr n. med. Artur Śliwiński who had two session of face lifting and aesthetic surgery of the neck and eyes regions. He also has a lecture on endoscopic face lifting.

Three papers by the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin were presented during the Congress, pertaining to the use of thermography and thermal imaging for vascular diagnostics and designing tissue lobes. Dr hab. n. med. Piotr Prowans and dr n. med. Artur Śliwiński co authored the papers.

Issues discussed at the PTCHPRiE Congress:

1. Multi-specialisation treatment of developmental abnormalities and head and neck injuries - reconstructive and corrective head surgery
2. Primary and secondary treatment of facial skeleton developmental abnormality
3. Multi-specialisation treatment of the consequences of developmental abnormalities, hand diseases and trauma
4. Reconstructive breast surgery
5. Plastic surgery for burns
6. New plastic surgery techniques
7. Legal issues in plastic surgery