Diagnosis and Treatment – Diastasis Recti and Umbilical Repair

April 30, 2025 | 2:30 AM EDT UTC-4 | 8:30 AM Central European Summer Time UTC +2
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Broadcast live from Milan, Italy, Education on Diagnosis and Treatment of Diastasis Recti and Umbilical hernia repair. Program to include; understanding the problem, decision making, and what we can do.

Moderator:

Professor Giampiero Campanelli
Professor Giampiero Campanelli

Moderator:

Professor Henry Hoffmann
Professor Henry Hoffmann

Agenda

April 30, 2025

(Bold times are Central European Summer Time)

8:30 – 11:15

(2:30 a.m. – 5:15 a.m. EDT UTC-4)

Understand the Problem

  • Linea Alba, Umbilical, and Diastasis Recti Anatomy, Presented by Yohann Renard
  • What we don’t know and what we think we know, Presented by Giampiero Campanelli
  • Burden of Diastasis Recti and Tentative classification, Presented by Christian Mobius
  • Diastasis Recti as risk factor for incisional hernia (Concept of prevention), Presented by Gernot Kohler
  • Hernia and Diastasis Recti vs Diastasis Recti and Hernia : two sides of the same medal?, Presented by Herny Hoffmann
  • Q&A, Moderated by Giampiero Campanelli and Henry Hoffmann
  • Discussion
  • Break

11:15 – 13:00

(5:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. EDT UTC-4)

How Can We Decide?

  • How we can have a reliable Diagnosis, Presented by Bernard Dauser
  • When Surgery, When PhysioKinesis Therapy, When Nothing, Presented by Umberto Bracale
  • Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and Diagnostic Pathway for patients. Presented by Giorgio Soliani
  • Overview – Most Common Techniques for Diastasis Recti and Umbilical Repair, Presented by Federico Del Castillo
  • Q&A, Moderated by Giampiero Campanelli and Henry Hoffmann
  • Discussion

14:00 – 16:30

(8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT UTC-4)

What Can We Do?

  • Limitation and Differentiation between DR & umbilical technique, Presented by Sandra Widjaja Kaufmann
  • From Mini-open to R.TAPP, Presented by Marta Cavalli
  • From IPOM+ to R.TARUP, Presented by Sofia Esposito
  • MIS Techniques, Presented by Daniel Guerron
  • How Plastic Surgeons can help, Presented by Chris West
  • Q&A and Discussion Moderated by Giampiero Campanelli and Henry Hoffmann