Announcement
We would like to invite you to join our International Hernia Symposium (IHS) online on 4th – 5th April. Under the umbrella of our slogan this year – Science Behind Innovation – we developed an exciting agenda for 2025.
IHS25 will focus on Inguinal, Ventral, CAWR, Diastasis Recti, Hernia Prevention, and Hiatal Hernias. All the sessions will be moderated by experts in the fields.
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Moderators
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Andreas Koch
04.04.2025
Director, Day Surgery and Hernia Center Cottbus
Cottbus, Germany
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Christian Möbius
04.04.2025
Professor at Center of oncological and minimally invasive surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital
Dusseldorf, Germany
4
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René Fortelny
05.04.2025
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery - Abdominal Wall Surgery
Vienna, Austria
5
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Henry Hoffmann
05.04.2025
Doctor at Zwei Chirurgen
Basel, Switzerland
6
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Micaela Piccoli
05.04.2025
Head of General, Emergency Surgery and New Technologies Unit in Ospedale Civile Baggiovara
Modena, Italy
Inguinal Speakers
1
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Andreas Koch
04.04.2025
Director, Day Surgery and Hernia Center Cottbus
Cottbus, Germany
2
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Marc Soler
04.04.2025
Doctor at Polyclinique Saint Jean
Cagnes sur Mer, France
3
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Giuseppe Cavallaro
04.04.2025
Full Professor of General Surgery Sapienza University & Head of General Surgery Unit ICOT Hospital Latina
Rome, Italy
4
Mpa
Maciej Pawlak
04.04.2025
Consultant General Surgeon and Lead of Department for Abdominal Wall Surgery at Golden Jubilee National University Hospital, Scotland
Clydebank, Scotland
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
12:45 13:00 CET
Introduction
Agenda
| Introduction | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Welcome & introduction | Eduardo Perez & Daniela Tocci |
| The Science behind innovation | Amit Badhwar |
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
13:00 14:30 CET
Inguinal
Agenda
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Tailored approach in open inguinal hernia surgery: From Shouldice to re-inforced Shouldice | Andreas Koch |
| Open preperitoneal repair – Delphi consensus | Marc Soler |
| TAPP or TEP? The importance of mesh technology and fixation | Giuseppe Cavallaro |
| Surgeon experience with 3DMax™ MID anatomical mesh | Maciej Pawlak |
| Inguinal panel discussion & Q&A | All |
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
12:45 13:00 CET
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
13:00 14:30 CET
Ventral Speakers
1
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Christian Möbius
04.04.2025
Professor at Center of oncological and minimally invasive surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital
Dusseldorf, Germany
2
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Martin Wiese
04.04.2025
Doctor at Chirurgische Praxis
Kelkheim, Germany
3
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James Bittner
04.04.2025
Sentara Obici Hospital Suffolk, VA – Director Robotic surgery
Suffolk, USA
4
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Salva Morales-Conde
04.04.2025
Head of the Department of Surgery. University Hospital Virgen Macarena
Seville, Spain
5
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Cesare Stabilini
04.04.2025
Associate professor of surgery at university of Genoa and Genera Surgeon at San Martino Hospital IRCCS
Genoa, Italy
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
14:30 15:55 CET
Ventral
Agenda
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
14:30 15:55 CET
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Redefining umbilical repair: PUMP using Phasix™ | Martin Wiese |
| IPOM+ but respect the indication | James Bittner |
| LIRA: Evolvement in lap ventral repair | Salvador Morales-Conde |
| eTEP: Modern ventral hernia repair | Cesare Stabilini |
| Ventral panel discussion & Q&A | All |
CAWR Speakers
1
Cm
Christian Möbius
04.04.2025
Professor at Center of oncological and minimally invasive surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital
Dusseldorf, Germany
2
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Ferdinand Köckerling
04.04.2025
Professor of Surgery - Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikum
Berlin, Germany
3
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Friedrich Kallinowski
04.04.2025
General Surgeon at Universitary Surgical Hospital of Heidelberg
Herdelberg, Germany
4
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Fernando Ferreira
04.04.2025
General surgery at Hospital CUF Porto
Porto, Portugal
5
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Giampaolo Formisano
04.04.2025
Minimally-invasive and Robotic General Surgery at ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital
Milan, Italy
6
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Yohann Renard
04.04.2025
Visceral, digestive and endocrine surgeon at CHU Reims
Reims, France
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
16:20 18:05 CET
CAWR
Agenda
Friday, April 4TH, 2025
16:20 18:05 CET
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Update on the HerniaMed registry | Ferdinand Köckerling |
| Clinical evidence on CAWR | Friedrich Kallinowski |
| The journey from CAWR to AWR | Fernando Ferreira |
| Robotic approach for a TAR procedure | Giampaolo Formisano |
| Complex does not always mean TAR | Yohann Renard |
| CAWR Discussion & Q&A | All |
Prevention Speakers
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René Fortelny
05.04.2025
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery - Abdominal Wall Surgery
Vienna, Austria
2
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Laurie Smith
05.04.2025
Colorectal Registrar,Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff, UK
3
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Pierpaolo Sileri
05.04.2025
Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Full Professor of General Surgery at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
4
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William Hope
05.04.2025
General Surgeon at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, USA
5
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Manos Pikoulis
05.04.2025
Professor of Department of Surgery, Attikon, University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
6
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Saleh Alabbad
05.04.2025
Chairman of Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Centre, Organ Transplant Center Of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
08:30 08:40 CET
Introduction
Agenda
| Introduction | Speaker |
|---|---|
| BD behind the innovation | Rian Seger |
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
08:40 10:05 CET
Prevention
Agenda
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
08:30 08:40 CET
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
08:40 10:05 CET
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Preventing IH (Incisional Hernia): 2024 evidence review | Laurie Smith |
| It is time for IH prevention in colorectal surgery? | Pierpaolo Sileri |
| Building up new evidences: The PREVENT trial | William Hope |
| Prevention in colorectal laparoscopic approach | Manos Pikoulis |
| Prevention in liver transplant patients | Saleh Alabbad |
| Prevention panel discussion & Q&A | All |
Diastasis Recti Speakers
1
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Henry Hoffmann
05.04.2025
Doctor at Zwei Chirurgen
Basel, Switzerland
2
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Alessandro Carrara
05.04.2025
Head of General Surgery Unit Rovereto Hospital & Head of General Surgery Unit Arco Hospital
Trento, Italy
3
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Sebastian Lamm
05.04.2025
Doctor at Kantonsspital Baselland
Liestal, Switzerland
4
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Davide Cavaliere
05.04.2025
Head of UOC General Surgery Faenza Hospital
Ravenna, Italy
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
10:30 11:50 CET
Diastasis Recti
Agenda
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
10:30 11:50 CET
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Understand the problem | Henry Hoffmann |
| How we can decide? | Alessandro Carrara |
| What we can do: eTEP with phasix™ | Sebastian Lamm |
| TARUP procedure | Davide Cavaliere |
| Diastasis Recti panel discussion & Q&A | All |
Hiatal Hernia Speakers
1
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Micaela Piccoli
05.04.2025
Head of General, Emergency Surgery and New Technologies Unit in Ospedale Civile Baggiovara
Modena, Italy
2
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Sylvia Weiner
05.04.2025
Doctor at SANA Klinikum Offenbach
Offenbach, Germany
3
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Björn Siemssen
05.04.2025
Doctor at MIC Klinik
Berlin, Germany
4
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Catalin Copaescu
05.04.2025
Doctor at Ponderas Academic Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
11:50 13:15 CET
Hiatal Hernia
Agenda
Saturday, April 5TH, 2025
11:50 13:15 CET
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Consensus paper hiatal hernia repair in bariatric surgery | Sylvia Weiner |
| Hiatal hernia in an emergency setting | Micaela Piccoli |
| Do we still need a fundoplication? | Björn Siemssen |
| Hiatal hernia repair in BAR procedures | Catalin Copaescu |
| Hiatal panel discussion & Q&A | All |
