Friday 13 May 2011
| 09:00 - 10:30 | PARALLEL SYMPOSIA 19-21 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Parallel session 19: A tailored approach to incisional hernias |
| Moderators: A. deBeaux, Edinburgh, United Kingdom & E. Chelala, La Louvière, Belgium | |
| 09:00 - 09:25 | Tailoring the midline and subxiphoidal incisional hernia repair |
| OPEN: J. Conze, Aachen, Germany | |
| LAPAROSCOPIC: B. Ramshaw, Columbia, USA | |
| 09:25 - 09:50 | Tailoring the suprapubic hernia repair |
| OPEN: P. Verhaeghe, Amiens, France | |
| LAPAROSCOPIC: A.M. Carbonell, Greenville, USA | |
| 09:50 - 10:15 | Tailoring the lateral incisional hernia |
| OPEN: F. Muysoms, Ghent, Belgium | |
| LAPAROSCOPIC: S. Morales-Conde, Sevilla, Spain | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Panel discussion: Do we tailor the technique or the patient? |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Parallel session 20: Free paper session on animal experiments |
| Moderators: O. Ciccarelli, Brussels, Belgium & M. Schreinemacher, Maastricht, The Netherlands | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Lysostaphin treated porcine mesh dramatically improves animal survival and increases tissue integration in the presence of high bacterial inoculum |
| I. Belyansky, Charlotte, USA | |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | The MR-visible-Mesh as IPOM in rabbits: First in-vivo imaging of mesh ingrowth and delineation to its surrounding structures |
| J. Otto, Aachen, Germany | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Deformation behavior of lightweight surgical meshes in experimental hernia repair |
| M.V. Anurov, Moscow, Russian Federation | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Choice of Mesh for Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair (LVHR); a comparison of two intraperitoneal composite meshes in a rat caecal abrasion model |
| F. Abuzaina, North Haven, USA | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Evaluation of the tissue repair efficacy of biological meshes in a full thickness abdominal wall (FTAW) defect model in rats |
| N. Bryan, Liverpool, United Kingdom | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Adhesion formation to intraperitoneally implanted meshes |
| M. Ditzel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Parallel session 21: Free paper session on incisional hernias |
| Moderators: M. Hidalgo, Madrid, Spain & U. Dietz, Würzberg, Germany | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Complete versus partial midline reinforcement in incisional hernia repair: A randomized controlled trial (nct 00498810) |
| F. Berrevoet, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Incisional hernia prophilaxis |
| K.M. Mylytsya, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Significant differences in laparoscopic repair of primary versus incisional ventral hernias |
| E.J.P. Schoenmaeckers, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Comparison of ultrasonography and physical examination in the diagnosis of incisional hernia in a prospective study |
| A. Bloemen, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Endoscopic transhernial total extraperitoneal sublay ventral hernia repair in single port technique |
| W.M.J. Reinpold, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Risk factors for incisional hernia after J-shaped subcostal incision after liver transplantation: a prospective study |
| B. de Goede, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | PARALLEL SYMPOSIA 22-24 |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Parallel session 22: Controversies in inguinal hernia repair |
| Moderators: D. Cuccurullo, Napoli, Italy & A. Hoeferlin, Mainz, Germany | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | The role of ultrasound scan in the diagnosis of occult inguinal hernias |
| D. Light, Stockton on Tees, United Kingdom | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Does every groin hernia need treatment? |
| J.F. Lange, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Groin hernia repair in young males: Mesh or sutured repair? |
| T. Bisgaard, Køge, Denmark | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Should we use light weight large pore meshes in groin hernia repair? |
| D. Weyhe, Oldenburg, Germany | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Impact of previous inguinal hernia repair with mesh on the subsequent performance of radical prostatectomy? |
| M. Miserez, Leuven, Belgium | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Effects of prophylactic ilioinguinal nerve excision in mesh groin hernia repair: Short- and long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial |
| N. Crea, Brescia, Italy | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Parallel session 23: Laparotomy closure techniques |
| Moderators: H. van Goor, Nijmegen, The Netherlands & F. Muysoms, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 11:00 - 11:18 | Systematic review of elective midline laparotomy closure techniques and materials |
| P. Knebel, Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 11:18 - 11:36 | The "Sundsvall technique" for closure of midline laparotomies |
| L. Israelsson, Sundsvall, Sweden | |
| 11:36 - 11:54 | Therapeutic alternatives for burst abdomen |
| G. van Ramshorst, Beverwijk, The Netherlands | |
| 11:54 - 12:12 | Mesh augmentation as prevention for incisional hernias in patients at high risk for hernia development |
| J. Jeekel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 12:12 - 12:30 | Risk factors for incisional hernia development |
| U. Klinge, Aachen, Germany | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Parallel session 24: Free paper session on chronic pain and quality of life |
| Moderators: S. Smedberg, Helsingborg, Sweden & S. De Clercq, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | TEP inguinal hernia repair compared with Lichtenstein; quality of life (the LEVEL- trial) |
| P.J. Klitsie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Development an Validation of a screening instrument for the prediction of chronic postoperative pain |
| K.H. Moser, Köln, Germany | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Prospective randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight PTFE mesh and heavyweight polypropylene Preliminary results of short and medium-term results mesh in TEP groin hernia repair |
| I. Alarcónm, Sevilla, Spain | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Does socioeconomic and ethnical background influence how patients with groin hernia are treated? |
| J. Björstad, Västerås, Sweden | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve blocks for chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair |
| I. Thomassen, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Minimally symptomatic patients undergoing ventral hernia repair have improved quality of life: A prospective international review |
| D.A. Klima, Charlotte, USA | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Adriaan Van der Spiegel award & closing ceremony |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Presentation on Adriaan Van der Spiegel |
| P. Broos, Leuven, Belgium | |
| 12:45 - 12:50 | Announcement of the winners of the award for best free paper & best video |
| F. Muysoms, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | Invitation for the combined AHS-EHS congress in New York 2012 |
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T. Heniford, President AHS |
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13:00 |
Adjourn |