Scientific Programme

This basic course will introduce you to laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery training on mixed-reality simulators. While for both techniques eye-hand coordination 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.

Basic course on osteosynthesis of the fingers and metacarpal region.

We provide a basic course of robotic surgery for surgeons who are new to robotic surgery. We will teach you basic skills on robotic simulators adapting to the level of the trainee. The participants will exercise to gain familiarity with the movements of instruments, camera control, needle handling, knot tying and anastomosis.

Learning objectives:

• Exercises to gain familiarity with camera control and depth perception
• Movement of instruments, dissections, and needle handling
• Knot tying and anastomosis

In surgery, 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.

Ultrasound is important in the evaluation of severely injured patients. In this workshop participants will learn how to perform the eFAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) under supervision of experienced tutors.
Participants without ultrasound knowledge are also welcome.

Learning objectives:

• Participants will learn how to perform a proper eFAST exam
• Participants will correctly interpret ultrasound results
• Participants will list important artifacts in ultrasound

Participants will train different anastomotic techniques, such as linear and circular stapler anastomoses, including small bowel anastomosis, colorectal anastomosis and esophagojejunal anastomosis.

After a theoretical part with video presentations, the practical part includes exercises of anastomosis on porcine and synthetic intestines under supervision of experienced instructors, allowing a realistic experience for stapling anastomosis.

Set-up of the courses is similar to the annual DAVOS GI course. In small groups of two participants, this course aims for optimal exposition.

This masterclass aims to teach basic principles of management of 2 proctological diseases during the course

1. Anal fissure
2. Anal fistula

Each section will be divided into:

• Anatomy
• Etiology
• Classification
• Management
• Surgical management
• How do I do it video?
• Cases discussion

Learning objectives

• Improve knowledge of anal fissure
• Improve knowledge of anal fistula
• Surgical treatment of anal fistula

Learing objective:
To obtain technical skills in aortic and iliac endovascular procedures
only hands-on training, suitable for all training levels in vascular surgery

Please contact Dr. Simone Hofer (simone.hofer@ksgr.ch) before registering for this course, to ensure that the course is suitable for you.
Registration can be done here: https://scs-congress.ch/2024/registration

Basic course on osteosynthesis of the fingers and metacarpal region.

Ultrasound is important in the evaluation of severely injured patients. In this workshop participants will learn how to perform the eFAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) under supervision of experienced tutors.
Participants without ultrasound knowledge are also welcome.

Learning objectives:

• Participants will learn how to perform a proper eFAST exam
• Participants will correctly interpret ultrasound results
• Participants will list important artifacts in ultrasound

This course covers the principles of electrocautery for hemostasis on liver tissue and for using the cautery device to separate the gallbladder from the liver bed.
The handling and dangers of electrocautery as well as tips and tricks for cholecystectomy are highlighted.

After a theoretical part on cautery, all participants will perform a cholecystectomy under supervision of experienced instructors on a pig liver. In small groups of two participants, this course aims for optimal exposition to train cholecystectomy.

Learing objective:
To obtain technical skills in aortic and iliac endovascular procedures
only hands-on training, suitable for all training levels in vascular surgery

Please contact Dr. Simone Hofer (simone.hofer@ksgr.ch) before registering for this course, to ensure that the course is suitable for you.
Registration can be done here: https://scs-congress.ch/2024/registration

This basic course will introduce you to laparoscopic and arthroscopic surgery training on mixed-reality simulators. While for both techniques eye-hand coordination 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.

We provide a basic course of robotic surgery for surgeons who are new to robotic surgery. We will teach you basic skills on robotic simulators adapting to the level of the trainee. The participants will exercise to gain familiarity with the movements of instruments, camera control, needle handling, knot tying and anastomosis.

Learning objectives:

• Exercises to gain familiarity with camera control and depth perception
• Movement of instruments, dissections, and needle handling
• Knot tying and anastomosis

In this practical course on wound management, students will be introduced to the essential fundamentals of asepsis, with an emphasis on infection prevention.
They will learn to master basic suturing techniques, including the simple stitch, to effectively close wounds and promote optimal healing.
Additionally, students will be trained in the safe and effective administration of local anesthesia to the skin, ensuring adequate pain relief for patients while minimizing complications.
This course will provide students with the practical skills necessary to effectively manage wounds in various medical settings, while ensuring patient safety and well-being.

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.

Learning objectives:

• Which type of technique for which kind of inguinal hernia should I use
• How to manage complications after open, laparoscopic or robotic operations
• The future of hernia repair: robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery.

Participants will train different anastomotic techniques, such as linear and circular stapler anastomoses, including small bowel anastomosis, colorectal anastomosis and esophagojejunal anastomosis.

After a theoretical part with video presentations, the practical part includes exercises of anastomosis on porcine and synthetic intestines under supervision of experienced instructors, allowing a realistic experience for stapling anastomosis.

Set-up of the courses is similar to the annual DAVOS GI course. In small groups of two participants, this course aims for optimal exposition.

Trainees will learn principles of laparoscopic suturing and knot tying (including needle handling, guiding the needle through the tissue, working with limited space, suture handling and knot tying). Hereby, the surgical sliding knot will be presented and trained.
A minimal surgical training of 2 years is highly recommended for this course.

Saw Bone Workshop & Virtual Reality with the TFNA Proximal Femur Nailing System.
Participants will implant a TFNA with the original instruments on a saw bone model. The same surgery will then be performed in a virtual reality environment.

Learning objectives:

• TFNA indications for short and long nails, with blade and screw option
• Learn and apply the feature and benefits of the Implant and Instruments
• Learn indication and benefit for an Implant augmentation with Traumacem

Besides technical skills ideal planning is key in vascular access surgery. Especially patients with compromised arterial and venous vessels benefit 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.

Learning objectives:

• Vascular ultrasound assessment
• Vascular anatomy of the upper extremity
• Planning and decision making for vascular access surgery

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.

In this practical course on wound management, students will be introduced to the essential fundamentals of asepsis, with an emphasis on infection prevention.
They will learn to master basic suturing techniques, including the simple stitch, to effectively close wounds and promote optimal healing.
Additionally, students will be trained in the safe and effective administration of local anesthesia to the skin, ensuring adequate pain relief for patients while minimizing complications.
This course will provide students with the practical skills necessary to effectively manage wounds in various medical settings, while ensuring patient safety and well-being.

Trainees will learn principles of laparoscopic suturing and knot tying (including needle handling, guiding the needle through the tissue, working with limited space, suture handling and knot tying). Hereby, the surgical sliding knot will be presented and trained.
A minimal surgical training of 2 years is highly recommended for this course.

This course covers the principles of electrocautery for hemostasis on liver tissue and for using the cautery device to separate the gallbladder from the liver bed.
The handling and dangers of electrocautery as well as tips and tricks for cholecystectomy are highlighted.

After a theoretical part on cautery, all participants will perform a cholecystectomy under supervision of experienced instructors on a pig liver. In small groups of two participants, this course aims for optimal exposition to train cholecystectomy.

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) is life-saving 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 hemostasis.
A standardized algorithm is key for successful REBOA. In this course REBOA is explained in detail.
Participants can practice REBOA using a REBOA model and a simulator, where REBOA and EVAR (endovascular aortic repair) can be trained in a patient with a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm and hemodynamic instability.

Learning objectives:

• To get to know REBOA and to know the essential steps.
• To know the pitfalls in REBOA.
• To be able to perform REBOA.