Schematic programme
| Tuesday 10 May 2011 | ||||
| 17:00 - 20:00 | Pre-registration | |||
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Welcome reception (ICC Ghent) | |||
| Wednesday 11 May 2011 | ||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration | |||
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Welcome and presidential address Opening session: Evidence Based Medicine Level 1 presentations |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Best free papers and free videos | |||
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Sponsor Symposium Tutogen |
Lunch Sponsor Symposium W.L. Gore |
Lunch Sponsor Symposium Johnson & Johnson |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel session 1: New technology in hernia surgery |
Parallel session 2: Free paper session on groin hernias |
Parallel session 3: Free paper session meshes and new devices |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Tea break | |||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel session 4: Humanitarian hernia surgery |
Parallel session 5: Techniques for open incisional hernia repair |
Parallel session 6: Free video session 1: Inguinal hernia repair |
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| 18:00 - 20:00 | Art by surgeons (ICC Ghent) | |||
| Thursday 12 May 2011 | ||||
| 09:30 - 09:30 | Parallel session 7: Fixation of mesh during laparoscopic hernia repair |
Parallel session 8: Inguinal hernia in infants and children: a critical appraisal |
Parallel session 9: Free paper session on other abdominal wall hernias |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Sponsor Symposium B. Braun |
Sponsor Symposium Atrium |
Sponsor Symposium LifeCell |
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Session 10: Management of abdominal wall tumours |
Session 11: Free paper session on diverse topics |
Session 12: Free paper session on ventral hernias |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Sponsor Symposium Covidien |
Lunch Sponsor Symposium Baxter Healthcare |
Lunch Sponsor Symposium Bard Benelux |
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| 14:00 - 15:30 | Parallel session 13: Update on the treatment and the prevention of parastomal hernias |
Parallel session 14: Techniques for open inguinal hernia repair |
Parallel session 15: Free paper session on diverse topics |
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Tea break | General assemblee EHS | ||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel session 16: Reconstruction of the abdominal wall after open abdomen treatment |
Parallel session 17: Techniques for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair |
Parallel session 18: Free video session 2: Incisional and other hernias |
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| 20:00 - 01:00 | Congress dinner & EHS Lounge (at "De Handelsbeurs") | |||
| Friday 13 May 2011 | ||||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Parallel session 19: A tailored approach to incisional hernias |
Parallel session 20: Free paper session on animal experiments |
Parallel session 21: Free paper session on incisional hernias |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Parallel session 22: Controversies in inguinal hernia repair |
Parallel session 23: Laparotomy closure techniques |
Parallel session 24: Free paper sesison on chronic pain and quality of life |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Adriaan Van Der Spiegel award & closing ceremony | |||