Anatomical Workshop Programme
The SWISS HERNIA DAYS are known for a unique and innovative congress concept. Therefore, in 2024 we will provide the 4TH SWISS HERNIA DAYS ANATOMICAL WORKSHOP. The Anatomical Workshop will take place prior to the main congress at the 23th October 2024 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
David Lourie (USA)
9:20 – 9:40
The perfect Lichtenstein technique
Martin Wiese (Germany)
9:40 – 10:00
TEP and TAPP
Jan Kukleta (Switzerland)
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 10:50
From infraxyphoid to retropubic space – standards in open sublay
Mette Willaume (Denmark)
10:50 – 11:10
eTEP
Hector Valenzuela (Mexico)
11:10 – 11:30
Component separation techniques
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch Break
12:30 — 17:00
Practical exercises on cadavers with table instruction by the experts
- Lichtenstein
- TAPP
- MILOS and eTEP
- PUMP Technique sponsored by Cousin & Rey Medical
- Open Sublay
- Open TAR