In 2024, the Portuguese Hernia and Abdominal Wall Society began a program of training cadaver workshops called “Master in Abdominal Wall Surgery”. These take place at Nova Medical School – Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, at the anatomical theater, using high quality preserved cadavers, with access to all the necessary and updated surgical materials needed for each technique and including national and international trainers, with proven expertise in the different techniques included in each module.
Each edition of the master includes 3 training modules in different surgical techniques:
– Open Techniques: dedicated to advanced open surgical techniques
– Laparoscopic Techniques: dedicated to minimally invasive inguinal and less advanced ventral techniques
– Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques: dedicated to advanced minimally invasive ventral techniques
Each of the modules is a one day event and includes an initial theoretical part and an intensive practical part of cadaver training. In advanced courses the ratio of participants per cadaver is 2 participants/cadaver and in the remaining courses 4 participants/cadaver.
The 3rd and final module of the I Master in Abdominal Wall Surgery dedicated to Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques will take place on the 8th of March 2025. Link to register and consult the program: https://diventos.eventkey.pt/geral/detalheeventos.aspx?cod=1607
