The EHS invite you to the 2-day Intensive Advanced OPEN Cadaver Course course in Reims, France, on 20-21 June 2024, in collaboration with the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.
Location
2 Avenue Robert Schuman
51100 Reims, France
Registration
Want to participate? Please send your Logbook verification and department endorsement to cj@europeanherniasociety.eu.
Download the logbook template here.
EHS members only.
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
Please use this template for your Logbook
Programme
The programme is subject to change
Thursday 20 June 2024 | ||
| 08.00-08.15 | Welcome | |
| 08.15-08.45 | Pretest and course challenge | Knut Borch |
| 8.45-09.00 | Ultrasound Botox | TBA |
| 09.00-09.45 | The EHS Laparotomy incision (below umbilicus) | TBA |
| 09.45-10.00 | Coffee break | |
| 10.00-11.00 | Abdominoplasty | Andrew de Beaux |
| 11.00-12.30 | The Stoppa Repair and pelvic anatomy | Miguel Ángel García Ureña |
| 12.30-13.15 | Lunch and challenge discussion | |
| 13.15-13.40 | The EHS Laparotomy Closure Small bites | Alexis Theodorou |
| 13.40-14:30 | Open Abdomen, mesh-mediated fascial traction | Tina Gaarder |
| 14:30-14.45 | Coffee break | |
| 14.45-17.15 | Rives Stoppa Subxiphoid dissection and diaphragmatic anatomy Intraop fascial traction | All faculty |
| 17.15-17:45 | Summary of the day | Knut Borch |
Friday 21 June 2024 | ||
| 08.15-08.45 | Diaphragmatic and perineal hernias | Tina Gaarder |
| 8.45-10.15 | Transversus Abdominis Release (TAR) | Miguel Ángel García Ureña |
| 10.15-10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 10.30-11.15 | Pauli repair/Preperitioneal Funnel mesh repair | Neil Smart |
| 11.15-12.30 | Flank and Lumbal hernia (medical visceral rotation) | David Lourie |
| 12.30-13.45 | Lunch and case discussion | |
| 13.45-14.45 | Peritoneal flap/Subcostal hernia/Perforator sparing Open ACS | Andrew de Beaux |
| 14:45-15.15 | Post-test and goodbye | Knut Borch |
| 15.15-17.15 | Optional: Explore the cadavers for those who will stay | Knut Borch |
*Materials used in the skills lab or presented in introductions are sponsored by the industry partners supporting the EHS with unrescricted grants. For more information about our industry partners, please visit: https://europeanherniasociety.eu/sponsors/. The EHS Cadaver Course organizers emphasize 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
Knut Borch (Co-Chair)
Yohann Renard (Co-Chair)
Alix Donadieu
Tina Gaarder
Neil Smart
Andrew de Beaux
David Lourie
Miguel Ángel García Ureña
CME Credits
This course offers a unique opportunity to enhance your skills while advancing your professional development in Abdominal Wall Surgery.
By participating, you can earn CME Credits. The exact number of CME credits will be provided once confirmed.
Price and registration
Only for EHS members.
2-day course fee: €1000 (excluding VAT)
The registration fee includes:
- Admission to the full course programme
- Coffee breaks and lunch
- Dinner on 20 June, 2024.
