The 2nd EHS MONOTHEMATIC CONFERENCE
Baltic Ventral and Incisional Hernia Update 2023
Date
27 October 2023, Vilnius
Place
Holiday Inn Vilnius
Organiser
A collaboration between the EHS and Lithuanian Hernia Society
Chair: Prof. Linas Venclauskas
Regsitration
Preliminary programme
| Time | Title | Speakers |
| 11.00-11.15 | Welcome | Andrew de Beaux, Linas Venclaukas |
11.15-11.35 11.35-11.55 11.55-12.15 | General Situation in The Baltic countries | |
| Advancements and Trends in Hernioplasty Techniques for Inguinal, Postoperative, and Primary Abdominal Wall Hernias in Lithuania | Vygintas Aliukonis Lithuania | |
| Hernia surgery in Latvia: trends and perspectives | Igors Ivanovs Latvia | |
| Abdominal wall hernia treatment in Estonia | Allan Aim Estonia | |
| Continuing education and courses on the topic of hernia surgery of the EHS | Hakan Gök | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12.00-13.30 | Primary and incisional hernia. Standards and new techniques | |
| What is evidenced in Closure of abdominal wall | René Fortelny | |
| Surgical treatment of incisional hernias | Yaroslav Feleshtynskyi, Orest Lerchuk, Volodymyr Khomyak | |
| 7 years of experience with our SCOLA – Extended Endoscopic Hernia and Linea Alba Reconstruction with Rectus Fascia Release (RFR) | Moshe Dudai | |
| TARM; TAR technique. | TBC | |
| 100 of SCOLA operations. First experience | Mindaugas Kiudelis | |
| Robotic ventral hernia surgery. Is it really the future of abdominal wall surgery? | Filip Muysoms | |
| 13.30-14.15 | Lunch | |
| 14.15-15.45 | Complicated big incisional hernia | |
| Prehabilitation of patients before complicated incisional hernia repair | Linas Venclauskas | |
| Management of incisional hernia surgery. Guidelines and recomendations | Maciej Pawlak | |
| Prevention and treatment of complications | Bernd Stechemesser | |
| Parastomal hernia surgery. Which hernia repair technique is the most acceptable? | Maciej Smietanski | |
| The role of patients in driving better hernia surgery outcomes | Jackie Bullock | |
| 15.45 | End of meeting |