Friday, 8 April 2011
Time Topics
1300 Lunch & Learn
1400 Opening Ceremony (Dr H. Tran)
State-of-the-art Lecture
1430 Hernia Surgery in Australia: Epidemiology
Implications for Surgeons
1445 Laparoscopic Inguinal Anatomy (Dr D. Hughes)
1500 Classification of Hernias: Inguinal and Ventral
1515 Session I:
Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
1600 BREAK
1630 Session II:
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
1730 Panel Discussion
1800 Board Meeting of the AHS
1900 Congress Dinner: Invited Speaker (TBA)
Saturday, 9 April 2011
0730 Breakfast & Learn:
Teaching Session for Trainees
Meet the Masters
0830 Session III:
Open Ventral Hernia Repair:
Techniques and Results
Complications
Free Papers and Videos
1000 BREAK
1030 Session IV:
Inguinal Hernia Repair: Free Papers/Videos
Ventral Hernia Repair: Free Papers/Videos
1230 State-of-the-art Lecture: Laparascopic Hernia Repair via a Single Port
1300 Lunch & Learn: Recent Advances in Meshes
1400 Session V:
Complications:
Inguinal Hernia Repair: Recurrence, Chronic Pain, Testicular Problems
Ventral Hernia Repair: Recurrence, Infection, Seroma Formation, Enterotomy
1530 BREAK
1600 Session VI:
Mesh & Infection
1700 Panel Discussion
1730 CONCLUSION OF DAY
1900 Faculty Dinner
Sunday, 10 April 2011
0800 Video Sessions:
Inguinal Hernia Repair: Open TAPP, TEP, Ventral Hernia Repair: Open and Laparoscopic, Component Separation
0900 Session VIII:
Medico-Legal Aspects of Hernia Repair
Lessons Learned
1000 BREAK
1030 Session IX:
Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: Free Papers/Videos
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia: Free Papers/Videos
1200 Lunch & Learn: Umbilical Hernia Repair
1330 END OF CONGRESS
