Scientific programme

12:00 - 14:00

Registration

14:00 – 14:15

Welcome and Introduction

Victor Radu

Session 1. Moderators: Jan Kukleta, René Fortelny

14:15 – 14:40

How do I become a hernia surgeon

Todd Heniford

14:40 – 14:55

The Role of Mentorship and Friendship in a Surgeon's Career

David Chen

14:55 – 15:10

From Zero to Hero: Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Build a Successful Hernia Practice

Lucian Panait

15:10 – 15:25

Why It’s just not only a hernia! (From general to the expert surgeon)

Bernd Stechemesser

15:25 – 15:40

How to do a fabulous job with limited resources

Heather Bougard

15:40 – 16:10

Q&A

Session 2. Moderators: Todd Heniford, David Chen

16:30 – 16:45

Finding Hernia: Understanding Abdominal Wall Imaging

Eric Pauli

16:45 – 17:00

Anatomy of the groin

David Lourie

17:00 – 17:15

From Bassini to TAPP in inguinal hernia repair

René Fortelny

17:15 – 17:30

TEP access in inguinal hernia repair

Aali Sheen

17:30 – 17:45

Groin hernia in sportsmen

Andreas Koch

17:45 – 18:00

Extraperitoneal spaces and eTEP access

Jorge Daes

18:00 – 18:40

Q&A

Session 3. Moderators: Yuri Novitsky, Miguel-Angel Ureña

14:00 – 14:20

The anatomy of linea alba

Yohann Renard

14:20 – 14:35

Preoperative optimization

Vedra Augenstein

14:35 – 14:50

Gender-specific differences of Diastasis recti. Consequence for therapeutic modalities?

Jan Kukleta

14:50 – 15:05

Diastasis recti and panniculectomy

Antonio Espinosa de Los Monteros

15:05 – 15:20

The robot in my hernia practice

Filip Muysoms

15:20 – 15:35

Educating Austria‘s first resident in working with the robot

Franz Mayer

15:35 – 16:10

Q&A

Session 4. Moderators: Conrad Ballecer, Victor Radu

16:30 – 16:55

Crossing over the midline = crossing over a frontier?

Igor Belyansky

16:55– 17:15

What do we know about the long-term effects of component separation (anterior and posterior, respectively)?

Lars Jorgensen

17:15 – 17:40

TAR from my first studies until robo-TAR

Yuri Novitsky

17:40 – 18:00

Reverse TAR for lateral incisional hernias

Miguel Ureña

18:00 – 18:45

Q&A

8:15 – 8:30

Medical report

Session 5. Moderators: Salvador Morales Conde, Filip Muysoms

8:30 – 8:45

From IPOM to extraperitoneal mesh placement in VHR

Victor Radu

8:45 – 9:05

Robotic Pre-Peritoneal Repair (rTAPP)

Conrad Ballecer

9:05 – 9:20

BTA and Fasciotens as adjuvants in AWR

Sonia Ribas

9:20 – 9:35

Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative strategies to improve outcomes in complex AWR

Antonio Espinosa de Los Monteros

9:35 – 9:50

eTEP in flank hernia

Jorge Daes

9:50 – 10:30

Q&A

Session 6. Moderators: Yohann Renard, Conrad Ballecer

10:50 – 11:05

Let’s define the complex incisional hernia

Henry Hoffmann

11:05 – 11:25

PPHR – thoughts, doubts, expectations, and results

Eric Pauli

11:25 – 11:40

Incisional hernia and Sun Tzu's Art of War

Valentin Oprea

11:40 – 11:55

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll be among the stars

Knut Borch

11:55 – 12:10

Lessons I learned from a complex case

Mircea Lica

12:10 – 12:30

Future trends in hernia surgery

Salvador Morales Conde

12:30 – 13:00

Q&A

Session 7. Moderators: Igor Belyansky, Victor Radu

14:00 – 14:20

What is a challenging case

Todd Heniford

14:20 – 14:40

Complications made me

Ramana Balasubramaniam

14:40 – 15:00

Difficult cases with bad complications – working through together: doctor and patient

Eric Pauli

15:00 – 15:20

How to handle mesh infections

Vedra Augenstein

15:20 – 16:00

Q&A

Session 8. Moderators: Henry Hoffmann, Valentin Oprea

16:15 – 16:20

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Todd Heniford

16:20 – 16:25

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Yuri Novitsky

16:25 – 16:30

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Igor Belyansky

16:30 – 16:35

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Conrad Ballecer

16:35 – 16:40

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Eric Pauli

16:40 – 16:45

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Vedra Augenstein

16:45 – 16:50

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Ramana Balasubramaniam

16:50 – 16:55

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

David Chen

16:55 – 17:00

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Franz Mayer

17:00 – 17:05

Morbidity and Mortality: My Own Complications

Victor Radu

17:05 – 17:50

Q&A