Wednesday 11 May 2011
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration/badge pickup |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome and presidential address |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome |
| F. Muysoms, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | EHS Presidential address |
| V. Mandala, Palermo, Italy | |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | EHS Secretary general |
| G. Campanelli, Milan, Italy | |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Opening session: Evidence Based Medicine Level 1 Presentations |
| Moderators: G. Campanelli, Milan, Italy & M. Miserez, Leuven, Belgium | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Long-term incidence of incisional hernia after abdominal surgery: a prospective randomized trial comparing two suture materials |
| A. Bloemen, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Inguinal hernia repair. RCT: Laparoscopic TEP versus Lichtenstein (n=660) |
| J.F. Lange, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | One-year follow-up after incisional hernia treatment: Results of a prospective randomized study |
| L. Venclauskas, Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Inguinal hernia repair. RCT: Ultrapro versus Prolene in laparoscopic TEP (n=402) |
| P. Chowbey, New Delhi, India | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Long-term outcome after randomising Prolene Hernia System, Mesh Plug Repair and Lichtenstein for inguinal hernia repair |
| S.W. Nienhuijs, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Inguinal hernia repair: RCT: Light weight in Lichtenstein repair: 5 years follow up of on two RCT (n= 199 & n= 392) |
| M. Śmietański, Gdansk, Poland | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Best free papers en free videos |
| Moderators: F. Berrevoet, Ghent, Belgium & M. Śmietański, Gdansk, Poland | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Interim analysis of a comparative randomized study: Potential benefit of AbsorbaTack™ absorbable fixation in the treatment of ventral hernia by laparoscopic approach |
| M. Lepere, La Roche Sur Yon, France | |
| 11:45 - 11:55 | Robotic Single-port Hernia Surgery: The Future is Today |
| H.M. Tran, Sydney, Australia | |
| 11:55 - 12:10 | Subcutaneous Talc Lowers the Incidence of Wound Complications after Open Ventral Hernia Repair with Panniculectomy |
| V.B. Tsirline, Charlotte, USA | |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Pearls and Pitfalls of Abdominal Wall Anatomy in Component Separation |
| Z.M. Hurwitz, Worchester, USA | |
| 12:20 - 12:35 | Laparoscopic surgery (TEP) for sportsman's hernia is more effective than non-operative treatment. A randomized clinical trial with magnetic resonance imaging of 60 patients |
| H. Paajanen, Kuopio, Finland | |
| 12:35 - 12:45 | Complex abdominal wall reconstruction with a component separation technique in an ostomized patient with a loose of domain incisional hernia |
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G. Ureña, Coslada, Spain |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 | GORE Bio-A Tissue Reinforcement for pelvic floor defects after laparoscopically-assisted abdominoperineal resection |
| T. Mussack, München, Germany | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | LUNCH SYMPOSIA |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Sponsor Symposium Tutogen: Clinical experience with a novel technique for complicated hernia repair. Review of retrospective and preliminary prospective clinical data |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Sponsor Symposium W.L. Gore: A valuable alternative to biologics - Clinical applications in hernia |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Sponsor Symposium Johnson & Johnson: Less is more; new approaches in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | PARALLEL SYMPOSIA 1-3 |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel session 1: New technology in hernia surgery |
| Moderators: G. Champault, Paris, France & H. Tran, Sydney, Australia | |
| 14:30 - 15:04 | Biological meshes and remodeling: fact or fiction? |
| PRO: M. Franz, Ann Arbor, USA | |
| CON: A. Petter-Puchner, Wien, Austria | |
| 15:04 - 15:38 | Less is more! Also for ventral hernia repair? |
| Single port surgery: W. Brunner, Salzburg, Austria | |
| NOTES: D. Lomanto, Singapore | |
| 15:38 - 16:00 | NEW: Classification of surgical meshes for hernia repair |
| U. Klinge, Aachen, Germany | |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel session 2: Free paper session on groin hernias |
| Moderators: J.H. Alexandre, Paris, France & H.J.A.A. van Geffen, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Prospective randomized trial comparing polypropylene and new biomaterials in plug and patch surgery for inguinal hernia |
| A. Verbo, Rome, Italy | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Preliminary results of a comparative randomized study (RCT): Benefit of self-gripping Parietexstudy ProGrip™ mesh in open inguinal hernia repair |
| A.N. Kingsnorth, Plymouth, United Kingdom | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Is it possible to prevent emergency surgery for femoral hernia by earlier intervention? |
| U. Dahlstrand, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Outcomes of emergency groin hernia surgery in a district teaching hospital: a 2-year study |
| V. Cijan, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Interim Analysis of a Comparative Randomized Study: Benefit of AbsorbaTack™ Absorbable Fixation in the Treatment of Inguinal Hernia by Laparoscopic Approach |
| M. Lepere, La Roche Sur Yon, France | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Risk factors for complications in groin hernia surgery; a National Register Study |
| P.N. Nordin, Östersund, Sweden | |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel session 3: Free paper session meshes and new devices |
| Moderators: G. Amato, Palermo, Italy & W.M.J. Reinpold, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Tailored hernia surgery with 3-D-Meshes - first results of a german multicenter study with 1467 patients |
| R.L. Lorenz, Berlin, Germany | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Complex Ventral Hernia Reconstruction: Long-Term Results After Component Separation and Porcine Biologic Graft |
| R.M. Dunn, Worcester, USA | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | No mesh related adverse events at 2 years in 50 consecutive patients treated with Dynamesh IPOM technique |
| B. Smet, Roeselare, Belgium | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Prophylactic use of ventral patch meshⓇ in postrocar hernia in bariatric surgery |
| S. Morales-Conde, Seville, Spain | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Bio-absorbable meshes use in abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia repair in case of contaminated surgical fields |
| L.J. Sanchez, Florence, Italy | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | A Belgian multicentre prospective evaluation of a large pore tissue separating mesh in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair |
| F. Berrevoet, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Tea break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | PARALLEL SYMPOSIA 4-6 |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel session 4: Humanitarian hernia surgery |
| Moderators: M. Huyghe, Antwerp, Belgium & A.N. Kingsnorth, Plymouth, United Kingdom | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Operation Hernia: Achievements in Ghana during 5 years |
| F.C. Oppong, Plymouth, United Kingdom | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Belgian mission to Ghana: Viewed by the surgeon |
| C. Sommeling, Waregem, Belgium | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Operation Hernia: viewed by the resident |
| D. Sanders, Truro, United Kingdom | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Humanitarian hernia surgery in rural Nigeria |
| P. Nussbaumer, Lachen, Switzerland | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Operation Hernia: viewed from the public health perspective |
| A.N. Kingsnorth, Plymouth, United Kingdom | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Round table with Q & A |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel session 5: Techniques for open incisional hernia repair |
| Moderators: M. Franz, Ann Arbor, USA & V. Mandala, Palermo, Italy | |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Open mesh repair: sublay technique. The gold standard? |
| V. Schümpelick, Aachen, Germany | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Open mesh repair: onlay technique. The Liège experience |
| C. Desaive, Liège, Belgium | |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | Open mesh repair: intraperitoneal mesh technique |
| J.P. Arnaud, Angers, France | |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | The use of uncoated soft polypropylene for reinforcement of components separation repair of midline ventral hernias |
| G.A. Dumanian, Chicago, USA | |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Round table with Q & A |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel session 6: Free video session 1: Inguinal hernia repair |
| Moderators: S. Olmi, Monza, Italy & P. Hernández Granados, Madrid, Spain | |
| 16:30 - 16:41 | TEP repair with a sticky mesh. Yes you can! |
| M. Michiels, Mol, Belgium | |
| 16:41 - 16:52 | Transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty with microlaparoscopy and mesh fixation with biological glue |
| A. Noceti, Cairo Montenotte-Savona, Italy | |
| 16:52 - 17:03 | Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: vascular complication after 72 cases |
| A. Meyer, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| 17:03 - 17:14 | Modified grid iron, (F. Ugahary), hernioplastie, using a new self expandable prothesis |
| M. Soler, Cagnes sur Mer, France | |
| 17:14 - 17:25 | Bilateral TAPP with Physiomesh™ |
| C. Doerhoff, Jefferson City, USA | |
| 17:25 - 17:36 | Migration of an inguinal hernia mesh 17 years after placement |
| J.S.B. Bontinck, Ghent, Belgium | |
| 17:36 - 17:47 | Fixation of the mesh by glue in TAPP laparoscopic groin hernia repair |
| J. Jerabek, Brno, Czech Republic | |
| 17:47 - 17:58 | Adhesix in TAPP repair: Tips and tricks |
| T. Tollens, Bonheiden, Belgium | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | ART BY SURGEONS (ICC Ghent) |