Programme scientifique

This basic course will introduce you to laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery training on mixed-reality simulators. While for both techniques eye-handcoordination and triangulation are the main manual skills, patient positioning and trocar positions can be trained as well. Your skills will be tested at the beginning of the course, and you will see at the end how much you progressed over the course. Teams of 2 work on both, the laparoscopic and the arthroscopy simulator and thanks to the patient model and the real instrument team training will enhance the learning. Medical instructors for the specialty guide you through the programs.

In surgery in every second a complication can occur. It is all about being able to control bleeding, prevent leakage and being familiar with techniques of suturing and sealing. During this course you will learn how to reconstruct defects, apply patches, seal suture lines, and prevent leakage. Besides Hands-on Training we will train strategies on complication and blood management.

State of the art lecture on two different diseases (hemorrhoidal disease and pilonidal cyst), that are very common and should be offered in training. Each section will be divided into: anatomy, etiology, classification, medical management, surgical management.

Besides technical skills ideal planning is key in vascular access surgery. Especially patients with compromised arterial and venous vessels benefi t from vascular ultrasound. This non-invasive imaging method helps in decision-making pre-, intra-, and postoperatively. This is a hands-on course with ultrasound assessment of the arteries and veins of the arm.

Basic course on osteosynthesis of the fingers and metacarpal region.

High-grade carotid stenosis represents a relevant risk of stroke. Open carotid surgery is indicated for primary or occasionally secondary stroke prophylaxis. Endovascular procedures also have their place in the variety of methods. In a few surgical disciplines, evidence-based data can be applied so well because there is an excellent database. Nevertheless, technical procedures and, above all, clinical algorithms remain worthy of discussion and are part of this course. This course will discuss indications, case discussions and surgical procedures (theoretical).

This basic course will introduce you to laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery training on mixed-reality simulators. While for both techniques eye-handcoordination and triangulation are the main manual skills, patient positioning and trocar positions can be trained as well. Your skills will be tested at the beginning of the course, and you will see at the end how much you progressed over the course. Teams of 2 work on both, the laparoscopic and the arthroscopy simulator and thanks to the patient model and the real instrument team training will enhance the learning. Medical instructors for the specialty guide you through the programs.

Clinical research is part of the work of a surgical trainee and conducting a proper literature search is useful for everyone practicing evidence-based surgery. The key elements of clinical research and conduct of a systematic literature search are included in the SCS course.

Discussion of daily business hernia surgery including techniques, tips and tricks, complications, and emergency surgery in small groups of max. 12 people per expert. All four groups rotate to all four experts in the field. Experts will discuss cases with you, and you are invited to bring your own cases.

A structured training of basic and advanced laparoscopic skills. We will teach and train the different laparoscopic knot tying techniques (including sliding knot) and will perform evaluated and well-established measurements of the success of trainees during the workshop.

In the era of endovascular aortic surgery, numbers of open aortic surgery are declining and there is a shift to more complex anatomies. In this course, we discuss the reading of a preoperative computed tomography and planning of the operative procedure in complex anatomies in infrarenal, juxtarenal and suprarenal aortic and iliac aneurysms and aortoiliac occlusive disease, including the possible operative approaches and potential pitfalls.

Thoracic surgery has significantly switched over the past 10 years from an exclusively open to a good majority of minimal invasive surgery. This change in paradigm has created a new challenge in the training of young surgeons. Here, using different models, we provide a course that can adapt to the level of the trainee. Using our simulators, it is possible to provide basic training such as the use of the instruments and orientation in the thoracic cavity, training for moderately simple procedures like wedge resections or simple vessel dissection and finally training of more advanced procedures such as a complete lobectomy.

A structured training of basic and advanced laparoscopic skills. We will teach and train the different laparoscopic knot tying techniques (including sliding knot) and will perform evaluated and well-established measurements of the success of trainees during the workshop

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) is lifesaving procedure in patients with massive bleeding, e.g. in patients with ruptured infrarenal aneurysms. It involves the insertion of a balloon into the aorta, via a femoral access approach, that is subsequently inflated to provide haemostasis. A standardized algorithm is key for successful REBOA. In this course REBOA is explained in detail.Participants can practice REBOA using two REBOA models (one pulsatile Model to practice the "ER-REBOA plus catheter" and another model simulating a patient with a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm where REBOA placement and EVAR can be trained.