The EHS & Medtronic invite you to the 2-day Advanced OPEN Cadaver Course at IRCAD, France, on 12-13 May 2025.
Location
IRCAD France
1 Pl. de l’Hôpital
67000 Strasbourg
France
Registration
THE REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Want to participate? Then submit your application below. Make sure you have documents and requirements ready.
Experience Requirements
- The course is suitable for Senior Trainees or Consultants
- Logbook Verification:
A logbook must be submitted for verification, documenting the participant’s experience as a primary surgeon unsupervised. The logbook should confirm the completion of the following procedures:
- Number of operations performed as primary surgeon unsupervised:
- Laparotomies including trauma: 50 or more
- Open inguinal hernia repairs: 50 or more
- Open umbilical/paraumbilical hernia repairs: 50 or more
- Number of operations performed as primary surgeon unsupervised or supervised:
- Open Ventral Hernia repairs including Rives Stoppa: 10 or more
- Department Endorsement:
- Letter from the Head of the department or Supervisor that there are opportunities to further develop your skills in advanced open ventral hernia repair&
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APPLICATION FORM AND REGISTRATION
Programme
The Advanced Cadaver Course course in Reims, France is an intensive course with a special focus on giant hernia pitfalls and bail out solutions, subcostal hernia, flank hernia and much more. The overall focus for the course is to increase the participants  knowledge on*:
- Stoppa repair
- Excess skin
- Rives Stoppa and pelvic anatomy
- Laparotomy Closure Small bites
- Open abdomen surgery
This Advanced course will be a combination of presentations and practical skill training in the cadaver lab.Â
MONDAY 12 MAY 2025, classroom | Â | |
10.00-10.15 | Welcome and introduction | Â Knut Borch |
10.35-10.55 | The EHS Laparotomy incision | Â |
10.55-11.15 | The Stoppa Repair and pelvic anatomy | Â |
11.15-11.35 | Open Abdomen and the use of NPWT in Surgery | Â |
11.35-11.55 | Coffee break | Â |
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12.15-12.35 | Mesh-mediated fascial traction | Â |
12.35-12.55 | Peritoneal flap/Subcostal hernia | Â |
12.55-13.15 | Open Anterior Component Separation (step-by-step) | Â |
13.15-13.45 | Lunch | Â |
13.45-14.15 | Challenge discussion – Group work |  |
14:15-14.30 | Excess Skin: Indications | Â |
14:30-14:45 | Transversus Abdominis Release (TAR) | Â |
14.45-15.00 | Rives Stoppa & Subxiphoid dissection and diaphragmatic anatomy | Â |
15:00-15:15 | Coffee break | Â |
15.15-15.45 | Case Challenge Presentations | Â |
15:45-16:00 | Summary of the day | Â |
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TUESDAY 13 MAY 2025, Skills lab | Â | |
08.15-08.30 | Welcome and introduction | Â |
08.30-09.00 | Ultrasound Botox (skills lab) | Â |
09:00-09.30 | The EHS Laparotomy incision (skills lab) | Â |
09.30-10.30 | The Stoppa Repair and pelvic anatomy (skills lab) | Â |
10.30-10.45 | Coffee break | Â |
10.45-11.45 | Excess Skin (skills lab) | Â |
11.45-13.15 | Peritoneal flap/ (Right side) Subcostal hernia (skills lab) | Â |
13.15-13.45 | Lunch | Â |
13:45-14.30 | Open Anterior Component Separation (skills lab) | Â |
14:30-16:00 | Rives Stoppa & Subxiphoid dissection and diaphragmatic anatomy (Skills lab) | Â |
16.00-16.15 | Coffee break | Â |
16.15-17.15 | Transversus Abdominis Release (TAR) (skills lab) | Â |
17.15-17.45 | Feedback from mentors to participants 1:1 | Â |
17.45-18:00 | Post-test and goodbye | Â |
*The programme is subject to change.
*Materials used in the skills lab or presented in introductions are sponsored by the industry partners supporting the EHS with unrestricted grants. For more information about our industry partners, please visit: EHS sponsors. The EHS Cadaver Course organisers emphasise that a variety of products, including those used in the courses, as well as other products, are suitable to achieve successful results in hernia repair.
Faculty
Dr. Knut Borch, Norway
Dr. Hakan Gök, Turkey
Dr. Bernd Stechemesser, Germany
Dr. Frederik Berrevoet, Belgium
Dr. Maciej Pawlak, United Kingdom
Dr. Alexis Theodorou, Greece
Dr. Peter Sparre, Denmark
CME Credits
This course will be submitted to the EACCME. More information will follow after the application has been approved by the European Council of Medical Education.
Price and registration
Only for EHS members.
2-day course fee: 1000 EUR (excluding VAT)
The registration fee includes:
- Admission to the full course programme
- Coffee breaks and lunch
- Dinner on 12 May 2025
Cancellation terms
Cancellation of registration must be notified in writing to CAP Partner at registration@cap-partner.eu. Cancellations postmarked before and on the date indicated below will be refunded 50% of the registration fee. After that date, registration fees are non-refundable.
Cancellation deadline: 1 April 2025.
If the course is cancelled due to other unforeseen events beyond the control of the organisers, the registration fee will be refunded after the deduction of expenses incurred by the course.
