Department of General Surgery and in collaboration with Department of Anatomy; Cadaveric workshop on 'breast oncoplastic surgical technique' was organized in AIIMS Bhopal on Sunday. Conventionally whole breast has to be removed in Breast cancer, but now a day only lump has to be removed and shape of the breast can be regained by oncoplastic surgeries.
Dr. Chintamani, from Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Dr. Vidya Ragham from Birmingham UK and Dr. Pooja Ramakant from KGMU, Lucknow were the main instructor for this cadaveric workshop. There were 40 participants from different parts of the country who learned breast oncoplastic technique. Department of Anatomy provided four cadavers on which these surgeries were performed. A silicon model was made by Department of Anatomy on which incision markings for breast cancer surgery were demonstrated. This workshop was organized under the aegis of Asian society of Mastology, (ASOMA), American college of Surgeons and ICMR, Govt of India under the abled guidance and support of Executive Director of AIIMS Bhopal.