Anatomical Workshop Programme

The SWISS HERNIA DAYS are known for a unique and innovative congress concept. Therefore, in 2025 we will provide the 5^TH SWISS HERNIA DAYS ANATOMICAL WORKSHOP. The Anatomical Workshop will take place prior to the main congress at the 22^ND October 2025 at the Anatomical Institute of the University Basel and focusses on extraperitoneal minimally invasive techniques in ventral hernia repair.

Registration to the Anatomical Workshop is only possible together with a congress registration and limited to 28 participants.

The Programme

8:30 – 08:45

Registration

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome and Introduction

Philipp Kirchhoff and Henry Hoffmann

9:00 – 9:20

Anatomy of the groin

Knut Borch (Norway)

9:20 – 9:40

Lichtenstein and Shouldice technique

Walter Brunner (Switzerland)

9:40 – 10:00

TEP and TAPP

Jonathan Douissard

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 10:50

Inguinal and Ventral Nerve Anatomy – Neurectomy

Todd Heniford (USA)

10:50 – 11:10

eTEP, MILOS and more

Gernot Köhler (Austria)

11:10 – 11:30

Open Sublay and component separation techniques

Yuri Novitsky (USA)

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch Break

12:30 — 17:00

Practical exercises on cadavers with table instruction by the experts

12:30 – 14:30 Lichtenstein and open inguinal neurectomy
14:00 – 15:30 TAPP and laparoscopic inguinal neurectomy
15:30 – 17:00 Open retromuscular dissection and TAR
17:00 – 17:30 Abdominal wall closure with small bites technique