Orginal Webcast Date: September 15th – 17th 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are delighted to announce that we will host the very first Virtual International Hernia Symposium from 15 – 17 September, 2020.
The symposium will be broadcasted on the BD Educational platform:
https://www.herniaU.com/
The event is divided into three main cornerstones. The first day we will kick off with Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. The second day will have great presentations and discussions on Hiatal Hernia Repair and on day three we will be expanding on the topic of Hernia Prevention.
We are thrilled to have you partake in our first-ever Virtual International Hernia Symposium. Please see the agenda below and let us know if you have any questions.
We look forward to welcoming you into the Virtual IHS.
EMEA Marketing Team
On-Demand Videos
IHS Day 1: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions
IHS Day 2: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions
IHS Day 3: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions
PRESENTERS
CHAIR
Head of abdominal and general surgery at Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
CO-CHAIRS
Full-Professor at the University of Milano Medical School and Chief of the Department of Surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy
Chairman, Department of General, Bariatric, Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery, Athens Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PRESENTERS
Head of the General, Digestive and Laparoscopic Surgery Unit of the “Quirón – Sagrado Corazón” Hospital Seville, Spain
Head of General Surgery Unit in Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
Director of the Clinic for Surgery – Visceral & Vascular Surgery Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Berlin, Germany
General Surgeon at St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust General Surgeon at Fairfield Independent Hospital Crank, St Helens, UK
Assistant Professor of Surgery at PPMC & HUP & PAH Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Head of the Department of Abdominal Surgery, AZ Maria Middelares Ghent, Belgium
Senior Consultant Surgeon – Department of General and Emergency Surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
Professor of Surgery, University Hospital of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Head Upper-GI Surgery, Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
Professor of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, US
Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
Professor, Department of Surgery Deputy Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, US
ANIOS Surgeon, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Head of the Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
Medical Director, Department of General and Specialist Surgery, Polyclinic Federico II Naples, Italy
Chief Resident of the 2nd Dept. of Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
AGENDA
AWR Tuesday, September 15, 2020
CET 17:00 20:00
Moderators
Tim Tollens & Konstantinos Konstantinidis
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 17:00 17:10 | Welcome | Tim Tollens |
| 17:10 17:35 | Overview of primary ventral hernia surgical techniques | Salvador Morales-Conde |
| 17:35 17:55 | Evidence on intraperitoneal mesh placement | Micaela Piccoli |
| 17:55 18:20 | Overview of complex ventral hernia surgical techniques | Ferdinand Köckerling |
| 18:20 18:45 | A day in an interdisciplinary AWR center | Mike Scott & Chris West |
| 18:45 19:05 | It’s more than just a hernia – an integrated approach to AWR | John Fischer |
| 19:05 19:25 | Robotic hernia repair - where are we in Europe? | Filip Muysoms |
| 19:25 20:00 | Case discussion | All |
HIATAL Wednesday, September 16, 2020
CET 17:00 19:15
Moderators
Luigi Bonavina & Tim Tollens
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 17:00 17:10 | Welcome | Luigi Bonavina |
| 17:10 17:30 | Evolution of hiatal hernia repair | Emanuele Asti |
| 17:30 17:50 | What type of antireflux repair in hiatal hernia | Sebastian F. Schoppmann |
| 17:50 18:05 | Overview of hiatal hernia repair in Europe | Christian Gutschow |
| 18:05 18:25 | State of the art of hiatal hernia repair in the US | Carlos Galvani |
| 18:25 18:45 | Interdisciplinary approach in hiatal hernia repair | Willem Hueting |
| 18:45 19:15 | Case discussion | All |
PREVENTION Thursday, September 17, 2020
CET 17:00 19:40
Moderators
Hans Jeekel & Tim Tollens
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 17:00 17:10 | Welcome | Hans Jeekel |
| 17:10 17:30 | The science behind Mesh | Stephen Badylak |
| 17:30 17:50 | Hernia prevention by mesh augmentation | An P. Jairam |
| 17:50 18:10 | Hernia prevention after liver transplantation | Manuel Lopez Cano |
| 18:10 18:30 | Prevention of Incisional Hernia in temporary ileostomy closure | Ruggero Lionetti |
| 18:30 18:50 | Precision risk prediction to guide hernia prevention | John Fischer |
| 18:50 19:20 | Update on latest evidence in prevention | Rene Fortelny |
| 19:20 19:40 | Q&A | All |
