Preliminary programme: titles, timings, and speaker details liable to change
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Refreshments and registration
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Welcome and introduction
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AWR Surgery – where have we come from and where are we going
Chairs: Alastair Windsor & David Ross
- Reflection on a life in Hernia Surgery – what I’ve learned, and what may lie ahead | Lars Joergensen (10 mins)
- The Evolution of robotic surgery in AWR surgery | Yuri Novitsky (10 mins)
- What are we doing well? How can we improve? | Todd Heniford (10 mins)
- Discussion (15 mins)
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Sponsored Symposium - The Future of Digital Technology : The Power of Connection ,Live Streaming and AI Insights in surgery
George Murgatroyd
VP/GM Digital Technology medtronic
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Managing Risk after abdominal Closure
Chairs: Jeff Janis & Rhys Thomas
- Identifying the high-risk patient | Stella Smith (10 mins)
- I can’t’ close the abdomen- Help | Dominic Slade (10 mins)
- Closing the abdomen- We know how to do it- but we don’t do it - technique and the emergence of closing teams | Ramia Stolt (10 mins)
- Abdominal compartment syndrome; diagnosis and management | Michael Sugrue (10 mins)
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Discussion (20 mins)
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Lunch and exhibition viewing
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Prehabilitation and optimization
Chairs: Stella Smith & David Sanders
- Pre-optimisation of the Complex AWR patient | Professor Sandy Jack (15 mins)
- Intra operative musts to optimise success | Professor Boermeester (15 mins)
- Peri-Operative nutrition in the surgical patient | Glenda O’Connor (15 mins)
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Discussion (15 mins)
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Sponsored Symposium - An update on the Madrid APPROACH and the incorporation of GORE® SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial into my CAWR practice
Miguel Angel Garcia Urena
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Incisional ventral hernias (video case studies)
Chair: Al Windsor & Michael Sugrue
- Open repair | Rhys Thomas (15 mins)
- Applying robotics to treat the midline hernia– strengths and limitations | Yuri Novitsky (15 mins)
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Discussion (15 mins)
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Refreshments and Exhibition
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Keynote: Management of seromas: Evidence-based strategies
Jeff Janis
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Sponsored Symposium – Simplifying Robotic Access with Dexter® to Deliver the Best in Minimally Invasive Care
Sarah Moore
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Understanding obesity and the role of novel strategies in achieving weight loss; Implications for AWR
Andrew Jenkinson
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Welcome Reception
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Registration and refreshments
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Surgery in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Chairs: Dominic Slade & John Fischer
- The role of AI in AWR Surgery | Todd Heniford (10 mins)
- Certification and Performance Metrics in Robotic Surgery | Charlotte El-Sayed (10 mins)
- Impact of ChatGPT on surgical practice | Prof Sashi Kommu (10 mins)
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Discussion (15 mins)
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Sponsored Symposium - P4HB - From Reinforcement to Repair
John Fischer
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Keynote: The Management of Post –Transplant Hernias
Prof Fred Berrovoets
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Break and exhibition viewing
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Open component separation – When to do it and how?
Chairs: Lars Joergensen & Michael Sugrue
- Indications for OCS | John Fischer (12 mins)
- How to perform ACS | Srinivas Chintapatla (12 mins)
- The open TAR | Yuri Novitsky (12 mins)
- Complications of OCS | David Sanders (12 mins)
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Discussion (12 mins)
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Sponsored Symposium - Is it time for a specialist para-stomal hernia surgeon?
Al Windsor and Bob Bloemendaal
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Contemplating the navel
Chairs: Dom Slade & Ramia Stolt
- A brief overview of Umbilical Hernia Management | Lars Joergensen (12 mins)
- Application of mesh sutures to umbilical hernia repair | Jeremy Clark (12 mins)
- Managing post-partum Umbilical Hernia | David Ross (12 mins)
- MIS repair of umbilical and diastasis repair | Bob Bloemendaal (12 mins)
- Complex umbilical hernia repair | Fred Berrevoet (12 mins)
- Discussion (10 mins)
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Lunch and Exhibition
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Complex Hernias
Chairs: Todd Heniford & David Ross
- Traumatic and Flank hernias |Miguel Urena (15 mins)
- Para-stomal hernias | Sam Parker (15 mins)
- Contaminated Incisional Hernia – A Plastic Surgical Solution| Prof Greg Dumanian (15 mins)
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Discussion (10 mins)
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Keynote: Training the next Generation of AWR surgeons
Knut Borch
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Refreshments and exhibition viewing
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Other key skills for AWR Surgeons
Chairs: Al Windsor & Miguel Urena
- Evaluating the role of muscle paralysis in AWR | Jeff Janis (20 mins)
- PPP and Ventral Hernia repair | Yohan Renard (20 mins)
- Discussion (5 mins)
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Sponsored Symposium - It’s time to rethink wound healing! A place for Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) in abdominal and reconstructive surgery.
Prof. Marja Boermeester, Professor of Surgery and a Clinical Epidemiologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Centres (AUMC)
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Soft tissue recon of the abdominal wall
Chairs: Greg Dumanian & Yuri Novitksy
- Soft tissue complications | Jeff Janis (20 mins)
- Soft tissue reconstruction | Mr Paul Roblin (15 mins)
- Discussion (5 mins)
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Networking Reception
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Registration and refreshments
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Panel: Which mesh to choose and when?
Chair: Sam Parker & Al Windsor
- David Sanders
- Marja Boermeester
- Filip Muysoms
- Todd Heniford
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Keynote: Danger of operating by numbers in AWR
Andrew De Beaux
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Sponsored symposium- The role of vertical fascial traction in abdominal wall surgery
Gereon Lill
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Keynote: Pre-peritoneal Approach to AWR-myth or reality?
Todd Heniford
- Discussion
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Break and exhibition viewing
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The 5 reasons to remove skin at the end of AWR
Prof Greg Dumanian
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Sponsored Presentation - Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia with Versius, how I do it!
Adnan Qureshi
session supported by CMR
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Managing Patients - and the surgeons
Chair: Andrew De Beaux & Yohan Renard
- Managing Peri-operative pain in the hernia patient | Sam Bampoe (15 mins)
- Measuring PROM in the abdominal wall patient; how to do it and why it’s important | John Fischer (15 mins)
- Don’t forget the surgeon: Burnout in AWR | Srinivas Chintapatla (15 mins)
- Discussion (5 mins)
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Lunch and exhibition viewing
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Case Studies: The expert panel
Chairs: David Ross & Al Windsor
- John Fischer
- Rhys Thomas
- Miguel Urena
- Yuri Novitsky
- David Sanders
- Yohann Renard
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Close of conference