Techniques in open complex ventral hernia repair
When: October 15–16, 2023
Cook Biotech Academy invites surgeons from Australia and New Zealand to this educational cadaveric lab event being held immediately following the conclusion of the General Surgeons Australia (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Gold Coast, QLD, AUS.
This program supports SET5+ Trainees, Younger Fellows and Consultants.
Coach transfers and important logistics information.
Cook Biotech will transfer all delegates from the GSA ASM in Gold Coast to the Marriott Brisbane in Brisbane following the close of the GSA ASM. Room and board will be provided during the course. More details to follow.
After the Cook Biotech Academy in Brisbane, Cook Biotech will transfer those delegates needing to fly home to the Brisbane (BNE) airport. Please book any return flights from Brisbane (not Gold Coast).
Contact [email protected] with any enquiries.
Session One
Sunday, October 15, 2023
6:00 – 9:30 pm
- Learning objectives
- Science of tissue regeneration
- How to avoid needing mesh
- Case Study
- Dinner
Session Two
Monday, October 16, 2023
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Anatomy of the abdominal wall
- Preparing for complex ventral hernia repair
- Tailoring the repair
- Evidence for what we do
- Overview of Rives-Stoppa, ACS, & PCS procedures
- Lunch
Session Three
Monday, October 16, 2023
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF) Queensland University of Technology, Staib Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032
- Practical sessions
- Rives-Stoppa repair
- Anterior components separation
- TAR components separation
Session One
Sunday, October 15, 2023
6:00 – 9:30 pm
- Learning objectives
- Science of tissue regeneration
- How to avoid needing mesh
- Case Study
- Dinner
Session Two
Monday, October 16, 2023
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Anatomy of the abdominal wall
- Preparing for complex ventral hernia repair
- Tailoring the repair
- Evidence for what we do
- Overview of Rives-Stoppa, ACS, & PCS procedures
- Lunch
Session Three
Monday, October 16, 2023
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF) Queensland University of Technology, Staib Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032
- Practical sessions
- Rives-Stoppa repair
- Anterior components separation
- TAR components separation