Puducherry: The departments of Plastic Surgery and Anatomy at JIPMER jointly organized a two-day cadaveric surgical skill training workshop on Flap surgeries, Brachial plexus surgery, and Microsurgery on 7th and 8th of March 2020. Forty surgeons from all over India attended the program, and it was also telecast live as a part of the telemedicine program of JIPMER.

The workshop was unique in that the bodies used for training had been preserved using a special technique at JIPMER. Dr.Rajasekhar of the Department of Anatomy said that JIPMER is the second institute in India to adopt this advanced technique. Expert faculty from JIPMER, PIMS, SMVMCH, MGMCRI, Pondicherry, and KMCH, Coimbatore trained the participants of the workshop in intricate surgical skills. The participants received hands-on training on individual bodies allotted to them.

Flap surgeries are usually done by plastic surgeons to repair wounds following trauma and removal of cancer. Brachial plexus surgery is done to correct the paralysis of hands that results from road traffic accidents and sometimes from injury to the newborn during childbirth.

Microsurgery is the repair of blood vessels and nerves under an operating microscope. It is used by reconstructive surgeons to join body parts or correct defects, after the removal of cancers and many other conditions.

Dr Devi Prasad Mohapatra, Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, said, "Accurate and updated learning is the need of the hour to provide the best possible care to patients." Prof.

Dr Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Registrar (Academic), JIPMER, and course faculty for microsurgery appreciated the young participants from all over the country for their zeal to acquire new surgical skills. Prof. Dr Sivakumar Dean JIPMER Karaikal and Head of Department of Anatomy acknowledged the contributions of the voluntary body donors and their families, for their altruistic donation of bodies for the advancement of medical science.