Preliminary programme: titles, timings, and speaker details liable to change
Chairs: Alastair Windsor & David Ross
- Reflection on a life in Hernia Surgery – what I’ve learned, and what may lie ahead | Lars Jorgensen (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
George Murgatroyd
VP/GM Digital Technology medtronic
Supported By:
Chairs: Jeff Janis & Rhys Thomas
- Idenitifying the high-risk patient | Stella Smith (8 mins)
- I can’t’ close the abdomen- Help | Dominic Slade (8 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 (8 mins)
- Abdominal compartment syndrome; diagnosis and management | Michael Sugrue (8 mins)
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Discussion
Chairs: Stella Smith & David Sanders
- Pre-optimisation of the Complex AWR patient | Professor Sandy Jack (12 mins)
- Intra operative musts to optimise success | Professor Boerrmeist (12 mins)
- Managing post-operative nutrition in the Surgical Patient | Dr Farouk Rahman (12 mins)
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Discussion
Chair: Al Windsor & Michael Sugrue
- Open repair | Rhys Thomas (15 mins)
- Laparoscopic repair | Jorge Daez (15 mins)
- Applying robotics to treat the midline hernia– strengths and limitations | Yuri Novitsky (15 mins)
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Discussion
Miguel Angel Garcia Urena
Supported By:
Greg Roche
Andrew Jenkinson
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
John Fischer
Supported by:
Chairs: Lars Jorgenson & Michael Sugrue
- Indications for OCS | John Fischer (9 mins)
- How to perform ACS | Srinivas Chintapatla (9 mins)
- The open TAR | Yuri Novitsky (9 mins)
- Complications of OCS | David Sanders (9 mins)
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Discussion
Al Windsor and Bob Bloemendaal
Supported By:
Chairs: Dom Slade & Ramia Stolt
- A brief overview of Umbilical Hernia Management | Lars Joergensen (10 mins)
- Umbilical hernia repair; Recommendations and guidelines | Mette Willaume (11 mins)
- Application of mesh sutures to umbilical hernia repair | Jeremy Clark (11 mins)
- Managing post-partum Umbilical Hernia | David Ross (11 mins)
- MIS repair of umbilical and diastasis repair | Jorge Daez (11 mins)
- Complex umbilical hernia repair | Fred Berrevoet (11 mins)
- Discussion
Chairs: Marja Boermeister & Todd Heniford
- Traumatic and Flank hernias |Miguel Urena (12 mins)
- Para-stomal hernias | Sam Parker (12 mins)
- Post-transplant Hernias | Fred Berrevoet (12 mins)
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Discussion
Chairs: Al Windsor & Miguel Urena
- Evaluating the role of muscle paralysis in AWR | Jeff Janis (15 mins)
- PPP and Ventral Hernia repair | Yohan Renard (15 mins)
- Discussion (15 mins)
Prof. Marja Boermeester, Professor of Surgery and a Clinical Epidemiologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Centres (AUMC)
Supported By:
Chairs: David Ross & Yuri Novitsy
- Soft tissue complications | Jeff Janis (15 mins)
- Soft tissue reconstruction | Mr Paul Roblin (15 mins)
- Discussion
Chair: Sam Parker, Sam Oarker, and Al Windsor
- David Sanders
- Marja B
- Filip Muysoms
Andrew De Beaux
Supported By:
Todd Henniford
session supported by CMR
- Managing peri-operative pain in the hernia patient | Ash Shetty (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
session sponsored by CMR
Chairs: David Ross & Al Windsor
- Jorge Daez
- John Fischer
- Todd Heniford
- Rhys Thomas
- Miguel Urena
- Yuri Novits