MISC - Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre

3 - 4 August 2009

Course Description

This is a two-day programme offering a comprehensive overview on the multidisciplinary management of hernia patients. We will focus on both open and laparoscopic surgery for Hernia Repair and discuss the most recent advances of medical and surgical treatment. Today, different approaches are available, from suture repair in different fashion to tension-free repair, and from laparoscopic to preperitoneal repair, all these with good surgical outcome in terms of recurrence, chronic pain and cost. The key of the success is that each approach must be chosen depending upon local circumstances such as surgeon training and skill, equipment availability, anesthesia, patient’s clinical condition.

Course Objectives

Provide knowledge of open and laparoscopic treatment for ventral and inguinal hernia repair
Learn how to choose and use different prosthetic materials
Focus on different surgical techniques for hernia repair

Who Should Attend

Advanced surgical trainees and the practicing surgeons who want to develop or improve in laparoscopic surgical skills.

Course Programme

Day 1

0800	Registration

0900	CLASSIFICATION & BIOMATERIALS
	Abdominal Wall Anatomy and Classification	Javier Lopez
	Prosthesis & Biomaterials: Present & Future	Charles Tan

0930	INGUINAL HERNIA
	Open Repair Today: from Flat mesh to ProGrip	Charles Tan
	Laparoscopic and Single Port Repair	Davide Lomanto
	Open or Laparoscopic Repair: What is the evidence?	Michael Lawenko
	Risk Reduction in Hernia Repair	Cheah Wei Keat

1030	TEA-BREAK

1100	VENTRAL HERNIA
	Ventral Hernia: Techniques for Open Repair	Charles Tan
	Laparoscopic Ventral Herniorrhaphy	Chung-Ngai Tang
	Risk Reduction Strategy in Surgical Repair	Davide Lomanto

1200	PANEL DISCUSSION

1230	LUNCH BREAK

1330	HANDS-ON TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE
	Open and Endolaparoscopic Inguinal Mesh Repair
	Open and Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

1630	SESSION END

1800	FACULTY DINNER


Day 2
0900	LIVE SURGERY & TELECONFERENCE Interactive Clinical Case Discussion

	Inguinal Hernia Repair (Open and Laparoscopic) Ventral Hernia Repair (Open and Laparoscopic) Single Port Hernia Surgery

1200	CERTIFICATION

Course Fees

	Full day Programme (2-day)	Lecture + Live Surgery (1.5-day)
NUH/NHG/NUS Staff	S$1200	S$400
Others	S$1500	S$500

Course fees are inclusive of 7% GST and non-commissionable.

Cheque should be made payable to“National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd”

For more information, please contact:

Secretary,
Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre (MISC)
c/o The Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat Advanced Surgical Training Centre
Department of Surgery National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd
5 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119074
Tel: (65) 6772 2897
Fax: (65) 6774 6077
Email: MISC@nuhs.edu.sg

Registration