A Hands-On Workshop for Colorectal Surgery Delegates

Date: Tuesday 19 September 2017
Time: 08:30 - 17:15
Location: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Scharnhorststrasse 3, 10115 Berlin
Cost: Member €100, Non-Member €120

Aimed at delegates with early experience in managing patients with Parastomal Hernia. Attendees will be exposed to open and laparoscopic approaches for the prevention and repair of Parastomal Hernia. Therefore, advanced skills in laparoscopic surgery will be essential criteria for the selection for this workshop.

Delegates can add this course when registering for the meeting or add it to an existing booking by contacting the Secretariat.

Applicants are requested to complete this questionnaire associated with the registration form for this workshop.

Course content

This one-day workshop comprises theoretical instructions and practical exercises for the safe and effective application of open and laparoscopic approaches for the repair and prevention of parastomal hernia. In this one day workshop, world experts will discuss surgical anatomy of abdominal wall, need and timing for repair of parastomal hernia, techniques for prophylactic mesh reinforcement and repair of parastomal hernia.

This workshop offers the opportunity to learn SMART, sugarbaker and keyhole techniques under the supervision of colorectal experts. Trainees will also be introduced to the basic principles of component separation techniques.

Learning objectives

Attendees should gain the following:

  • Learn about the indications, patient selection and outcomes for repair of parastomal hernia
  • Learn about the technical challenges associated with different types of repairs
  • Learn about pitfalls in consent and choices of meshes
  • Learn about basic principles of dissection for component separation
  • The ability to perform prevention and repair procedures on model.

Course director

Mr Muhammad Imran Aslam MBBS MRCS PhD
Lecturer at University of Leicester and Specialist Registrar Colorectal Surgery, UK
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Provisional Programme

TimeSession
08:30 - 08:55 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and introduction - Imran Aslam (UK)
09:10 - 09:20 Surgical anatomy of abdominal wall - selected trainee to present
09:20 - 09:40 Parastomal hernia: scale of the problem, need and timing for repair - Neil Smart (UK)
09:40 - 10:00 Techniques for prophylactic mesh reinforcement of permanent stoma - Phillip Kirchhoff (Switzerland)
10:00 - 10:20 Repair of parastomal hernia: techniques and outcome comparison - Jan Lambrecht (Norway)
10:20 - 10:30 ESCP Parastomal hernia Survey Results - Imran Aslam (UK)
10:30 - 10:50 Tea break
10:50 - 11.10 Abdominal wall reconstruction - Miguel Garcia Urena (Spain)
11:10 - 11:30 Advantages and pitfalls in Component Separation Techniques - Sanjay Chaudhri (UK)
11:30 - 12:30 Video of techniques (Faculty)
12:30 - 13:00 Case discussions
13:00 - 13:40 Lunch break
13:40 - 15:30 Hands-on work: parastomal hernia repair and prevention techniques
15:40 - 16:00 Tea break
16:00 - 17:00 Hands-on work: component separation for large incisional hernia
17:15 Summary and feedback

ESCP would like to thank the following companies for their support in facilitating this course:

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