First Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium Held in Malaysia

Nov. 16, 2009 - PRLog -- The first Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium, with the theme “Taking it to the next level” was held at the Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last November 5 to 7, 2009.  Key opinion leaders in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery from each Asian country attended the “ by-invitation only” event which focused primarily on aesthetic surgery of the breast.  The symposium included various lectures as well as live surgery on closed circuit video.  Participants from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Hongkong, China, India, New Zealand, Korea and the Philippines attended the event.

During the live surgery sessions, Dr. Charles Randquist (Sweden), Dr. Marco Faria Correa (Brazil and Singapore), Dr. Luan Jie (China), and Dr. Yoshinori Nagumo (Japan) demontrated a variety of surgical techniques in breast augmentation.  Dr. Charles Randquist performed breast augmentation using the latest form stable cohesive silicone gel implants, using  inframammary fold incisions.  Dr. Marco Faria Correa used polyurethane breast implants with periareolar incisions. Dr. Luan Jie performed transaxillary dual plane breast augmentation with the use of an endoscope while Dr. Yoshinori Nagumo also used transaxillary incisions, but without the endoscope.  Dr. Steven Teitelbaum and Dr. Arthur Swift were moderators as participants were given the opportunity to interact with the surgeons while they performed these live operations.

Aesthetic breast surgery is one of the most popular procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery today and the symposium aimed to give leading board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeons from Asian countries a venue to learn the latest advances in this particular procedure. Among the topics covered were the aesthetics of the breast, factors in implant selection, advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques, cultural differences, minimizing scarring, ways to lower complication and reoperation rates, evidence based medicine and best practices for safe and predictable short and long term results with the least complications. The event allowed for discussion which concentrated on the many details of aesthetic breast surgery which otherwise cannot be covered by a less focused event which covers many other procedures.

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Dr. Carlos Lasa, Jr. is a Filipino Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who specializes in Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery and Liposuction. He is one of the few Filipino plastic surgeons who trained abroad and obtained advanced postgraduate fellowship training in the field of cosmetic surgery and liposuction.

While Dr. Lasa's surgical skills, aesthetic judgement, sense of beauty, and ability to visualize the end result sets him apart from other surgeons, it is his personalized care and foremost concern for patient safety and comfort that characterizes his basic approach to cosmetic surgery.