Announcement
We are pleased to invite you to join us for the 2nd Hybrid International Hernia Symposium (IHS), online on 17th – 18th March.
Under the umbrella of our slogan this year – Mastering the art of Hernia Surgery – we developed an exciting agenda for 2023.
IHS23 will focus on Inguinal, Ventral, CAWR, Hiatal, Hernia Prevention and Diastasis Recti. All these sessions will be moderated by Salvador Morales – Conde, Flavio Malcher and Eduardo Parra – Davila, experts in the fields and founders of our educational platform, HerniaU.com
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Event chairmen
Sagrado Corazón Hospital,
Spain
Spain
Florida Hospital Celebration Health,
USA
USA
NYU Grossman School of Medicine,
USA
USA
Sagrado Corazón Hospital,
Spain
Spain
Florida Hospital Celebration Health,
USA
USA
NYU Grossman School of Medicine,
USA
USA
Sagrado Corazón Hospital,
Spain
Spain
Florida Hospital Celebration Health,
USA
USA
NYU Grossman School of Medicine,
USA
USA
Inguinal speakers
Inguinal agenda
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
13:00 14:30 CET
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
13:00 14:30 CET
| Description | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Evidence in inguinal hernia repair | Salvador Morales-Conde |
| TEP | Hakan Gök |
| TAPP | Daniel Sánchez López |
| Robotic inguinal hernia repair | Roger Gerjy |
| What about an open approach? | Sonia Ribas |
| Debate | All |
Ventral speakers
Ventral agenda
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
14:30 16:20 CET
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
14:30 16:20 CET
| Description | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Recommendations for Incisional hernias midline W2 | Manuel López-Cano |
| eTEP | Fotis Archontovasilis |
| Ipome plus | Christian Möbius |
| LIRA | Salvador Morales-Conde |
| TARUP | Micaela Piccoli |
| Open approach | Ibrahim Al Babtain |
| So what is the right approach? | Eduardo Parra-Davila |
| Debate | All |
CAWR speakers
CAWR agenda
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
16:50 18:40 CET
Friday, March 17TH, 2023
16:50 18:40 CET
| Description | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The concept of CAWR | Flavio Malcher |
| Emergency case with a hernia repair | Heather Bougard |
| Chronic infection – reaction of the mesh | Grigoris Chatzimavroudis |
| Fistula and a hernia repair | Stefania Cimbanassi |
| Concomitant colorectal/bowel procedure and hernia repair | Diego Cuccurullo |
| Mesh in contaminated fields | Miguel Angel García-Ureña |
| One or two step approach? | Fernando Ferreira |
| Debate | All |
Diastasis Recti speakers
Hiatal speakers
Hiatal agenda
Saturday, March 18TH, 2023
09:30 11:00 CET
Saturday, March 18TH, 2023
09:30 11:00 CET
| Description | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Hot topics in reflux surgery | Sebastian Schoppmann |
| Large paraesophageal hernia | Luigi Bonavina |
| Robotic anti-reflux surgery – Is it worth it? | Regis Fara |
| Asymptomatic Paraesophageal Hernia: Observation or Operation? | Ashraf Maghrabi |
| Pros and cons for using a mesh? | Aleksandar Simic |
| Debate | All |
Prevention speakers
Prevention agenda
Saturday, March 18TH, 2023
11:30 13:10 CET
Saturday, March 18TH, 2023
11:30 13:10 CET
| Description | Speaker |
|---|---|
| State of the art in hernia prevention | Cesare Stabilini |
| Is it possible to foresee the need of a prophylactic mesh? | Giampiero Campanelli |
| Abdominal wall closure team | Yusef Moulla |
| Hernia prevention in other specialities | Frederik Berrevoet |
| HES data study | Jared Torkington |
| Debate | All |
