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Scientific programme

Scientific programme

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

3rd of October 2024

07:30 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Opening ceremony
Lecture: Todd Heniford - A Critical Assessment of AWR Data - We Have a Long Way To Go
09:00-11:00 ANATOMY IS THE KEY!
 
  1. Anatomy of the groin – anatomy of Shouldice - Andreas Koch (20 min)
  2. Endoscopic anatomy of the posterior inguinal wall – David Lourie (20min)
  3. Essential Anatomy of the Abdomnial Wall - Yohann Renard (20min)
  4. Radiologic anatomy of the abdominal wall – Eric Pauli (20min)

Q&A

11:00 - 11:15 coffee break

11:15 – 13:00 HERNIA REPAIR – LIVE SURGERIES
 

Andreas Koch - Open approach

Victor Radu - Laparoscopic TAPP

David Lourie - Robotic TAPP

13:00 - 14:00 lunch

14:00-15:30 Disasters which could be avoided if…
 
  1. Todd Heniford - (15 min)
  2. Michael Scott – (15 min)
  3. Salvador Morales Conde – (15 min)
  4. Jan Kukleta – (15 min)

Q&A

15:30 - 16:00 coffee break

16:00 – 18:30 VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR – VIDEO &LIVE SURGERIES
 

Jorge Daes – eTEP hernia repair (streaming from Columbia)

Vedra Augenstein – Sugarbaker technique (streaming from Charlotte)

Todd Heniford– A “corset repair” for repair of DEEP and TRAM defects (video)

Conrad Ballecer- how NOT do it (video)

Hector Valenzuela – eTEPP ventral hernia repair (video)

19.00 - 21.00 WELCOME COCKTAIL

4rd of October 2024

08.30 - 13.00 VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR – LIVE & LIVE-LIKE SURGERIES
 

Victor Radu – eTEP ventral hernia repair

Hector Valenzuela - eTEPP ventral hernia repair

Conrad Ballecer – rTAPP ventral hernia repair

Filip Muysoms – robotic parastomal hernia repair (recorded)

13:00 – 14:00 Launch break

14:00 - 15:30 Oral Presentations (10 min)
 
  1. An algorithm for mesh choice? When to use what mesh... - Bernd Stechemesser
  2. Mesh infection in hernia repair: what can be done? - Mircea Lica
  3. Why not to place polypropylene meshes into the peritoneal cavity? - Valentin Oprea
  4. AWS: a fashion...? a trifle…? - Victor Radu

Hernia surgeons rising stars

  1. Science behind what we tell our patients to do after surgery. Are the limitations post-op scientifically based? – Alina Prodan
  2. From Struggle to Advancement: The Evolution of a Young Surgeon in Hernia Repair – Tibor Kantor
  3. Mistakes through which I have matured – Radu Drasovean

15:30 - 15:45 coffee break

15:45-17:45 Oral Presentations (15 min)
 
  1. How not do it a TAPP repair – David Lourie
  2. How do not do PPHR – Eric Pauli
  3. How to fix mistakes after SCOLA procedure? - Dany Rosin
  4. What to do when I cannot close? - Miguel Angel Garcia Ureña
  5. How to fix a mistake after a TAR procedure? – Yuri Novitsky
  6. Frequent mistakes during ACS. How to fix them? - Yohann Renard
17:45 – 18:30 ASK THE EXPERTS
Closing of the conference