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 | |  | | BLUE1 | 08:30 - 10:00 PROVA -PROVA | | |
15:15 - 16:45 FREE PAPER SESSION - HIATAL HERNIA |  | |  | | Castelijns B. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL VERSUS SYNTHETIC MESH-REINFORCEMENT DURING LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF HIATAL HERNIAS IN NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION |
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 | |  | | Wu J. M. THE OUTCOME OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE COMPLICATED WITH HIATAL HERNIA AND ASTHMATIC SYMPTOMS: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY OF 476 CASES |
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 | |  | | Idani H. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF HIATAL HERNIA WITH TAILORED FUNDOPLICATION |
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 | |  | | Prasad A. ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR HIATUS HERNIA IN SUPER OBESE |
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 | |  | | Asti E. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF LARGE TYPE II AND III HIATAL HERNIA: POTENTIAL UTILITY OF CRURAL REINFORCEMENT WITH A SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE MESH |
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 | |  | | Wright R. UNEXPECTED SEROSAL GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR ENCOUNTERED DURING LAPAROSCOPIC HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Zhang C. A CLINICAL COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN AND TOUPET FUNDOPLICATION FOR HIATAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Loi K. USAGE OF BIO-ABSORBABLE MESH (BIO-A) IN HIATUS HERNIA REPAIR - RESULTS AND OPERATION TECHNICS |
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 | |  | | Castelijns B. QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER MESH-REINFORCED CRUROPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF INTRATHORACIC STOMACH: FOLLOW-UP OF UP TO 9 YEARS |
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 | |  | | Zhang C. THE EFFICACY OF LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION VERSUS ANTERIOR 180° PARTIAL FUNDOPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HIATAL HERNIA: A HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY WAY |
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 | |  | | Hua R. AN ANALYSIS OF REASONS FOR METABOLIC DISEASES IMPROVED AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION IN 34 PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Ondede K. INITIAL EXPERIENCE OF LAPAROSCOPIC NISSENS FUNDOPLICATION FOR SYMPTOMATIC GERD IN NAIROBI, KENYA |
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 | |  | | Kelimu A. ACTIVITY OF ESOPHAGEAL HIATUS LIPOMA IN PATHOGENESIS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (8 CASE REPORTS ATTACHED) |
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 | |  | | Tian W. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF ESOPHAGEAL HIATAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | BLUE2 | 15:15 - 16:45 FREE PAPER SESSION - RARE AND SPECIAL CASES |  | |  | | Razi K. ACUTE PARAOESOPHAGEAL HIATUS HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Srivastava K. SPIGELEAN HERNIA: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA AND LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT |
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 | |  | | Ballerini A. THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL MESH (PERMACOL) TO REPAIR A CONTAMINATED WALL DEFECT RELATED TO EVISCERATION AND MULTIPLE ENTERO-ATMOSPHERIC FISTULAE |
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 | |  | | Khare R. A COMPLICATED CASE OF "POSTERIOR INFECTED SEROMA" OF MESH DEALT CONSERVATIVELY |
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 | |  | | Shabbir A. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF LARGE PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Ji Z. MANAGEMENT OF MESH RELATED INFECTION AFTER INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR BY MEANS OF LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | East B. IPOM FOR A SMALL UMBILICAL HERNIA WITH A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF DOMAIN |
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 | |  | | Li J. LAPAROSCOPIC LUMBAR HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Malik D. S. A SERIES OF RARE ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS - CASE REPORTS |
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 | |  | | Reddy P. TRANSFASCIAL 'SUTURE' HERNIA: A NEW AND RARE ENTITY |
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 | |  | | Forgione GIANT FOR TRAUMATIC HERNIA DETACHMENT MUSCLES IN THE WIDE RIGHT ILIAC CREST, AND MEDIUM MULTISACULAR HERNIA, LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH AND COMBINED OPEN TREATMENT |
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 | |  | | Xiong M. TROCAR SITE HERNIA AFTER LAPAROSCOPY,CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE |
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 | |  | | Luo X. G. SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH COOK-MESH-REPAIR FOR DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA COMPLICATED BY INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION UNDERWENT ESOPHAGECTOMY ON ACCOUNT OF ESOPHAGUS CANCER: A CASE REPORT |
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 | |  | | Aboulwafa A. PAPILLARY CYSTADENOCARCINOMA IN A HERNIA SAC OF THE CANAL OF NUCK, A RARE CASE PRESENTATION |
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 | |  | | RED1 | 16:45 - 17:05 PLENARY SESSION - OVERFLOW |  | |  | | ° ° Plenary Session - Overflow |
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17:05 - 19:00 HERNIASURGE: WORLD GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF GROIN HERNIA. PROJECT OVERVIEW AND PANEL DISCUSSION |  | |  | | Simons Maarten Herniasurge: history, introduction and methods of development |
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 | |  | | Pawlak Maciej Herniasurge E-tools development and launch of website |
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 | |  | | Jorgensen Lars Evidence from registries. Better than from RCT's? |
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 | |  | | van den Heuvel Baukje Indications for treatment. Individualisation necessary? |
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 | |  | | Conze Joachim What is the preferred technique in inguinal hernia surgery? Non mesh methods |
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 | |  | | Miserez Marc What is the preferred technique in inguinal hernia surgery? Open anterior methods |
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 | |  | | Berrevoet Frederik What is the preferred technique in inguinal hernia surgery? Open preperitoneal methods |
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 | |  | | Bittner Reinhard What is the preferred technique in inguinal hernia surgery? Endoscopic methods |
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 | |  | | Tran Hanh Recurrent hernia, which technique? |
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 | |  | | Wijsmuller Arthur Anesthesia: more under local? |
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 | |  | | Loos Maarten Pain prevention and treatment, any evidence? |
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 | |  | | Sanders David Quality control, new strategies? |
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 | |  | | Smietañski Maciej Herniasurge and future projects |
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 | |  | | Bonjer Jaap Implementation of world guidelines. How achieve the impossible? |
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 | |  | | RED2 | 15:15 - 16:45 FREE PAPER SESSION - ABDOMINAL WALL MISCELLANEOUS |  | |  | | Tai F. MESH REPAIR FOR UMBILICAL HERNIA IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENT WITH INTRACTABLE ASCITES |
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 | |  | | Li J. W TRANSABDOMINAL PARTIAL EXTRAPERITONEAL REPAIR (TAPE) OF LUMBAR HERNIA: A CLINICAL STUDY OF 12 PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Basta M. ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH VENTRAL HERNIA: ESTABLISHING BENCHMARK OUTCOME-SPECIFIC UTILITY SCORES |
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 | |  | | Tall J. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: IMPROVED OUTCOME AFTER INTRAOPERATIVE CLOSURE OF THE FASCIAL DEFECT? |
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 | |  | | Huntington C. VENTRAL HERNIA OUTCOMES WITH BIOLOGIC MESH AS A FASCIAL BRIDGE |
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 | |  | | Strömberg H. BURST ABDOMEN, INCISIONAL HERNIAS AND STOMAL HERNIAS. A SWEDISH POPULATION-BASED REGISTER STUDY |
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 | |  | | Hope W. 12-MONTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA REPAIR WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT TISSUE SEPARATING MESH IN COMBINATION WITH AN ABSORBABLE FIXATION DEVICE |
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 | |  | | Jacombs A. THE USE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN A ELONGATES THE LATERAL ABDOMINAL WALL PRIOR TO SURGERY FOR GIANT COMPLEX VENTRAL HERNIAS AND MAY REPLACE COMPONENT SEPARATION |
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 | |  | | Lyo V. WOUND CLASS DOES NOT ALTER RECURRENCE IN COMPLEX VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH MESH: A SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW |
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 | |  | | Iesalnieks I. PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ABDOMINAL WOUND DEHISCENCE BY INTRAPERITONEALY APPLIED POLYGLACTIN-MESH (VICRYL®) |
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 | |  | | Azoury S. THE EFFECT OF TISSEEL FIBRIN SEALANT ON SEROMA FORMATION FOLLOWING COMPLEX ABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND DERIVED COST ANALYSIS |
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 | |  | | McMahon L. VAC THE SAC: AN ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR GIANT OMPHALOCELE |
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 | |  | | Hicks C. OPTIMIZING OUTCOMES OF COMPLEX VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIRS USING A SANDWICH RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE PAIRED WITH HYBRID-VAC CLOSURE |
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 | |  | | Fattori L. BIOLOGIC MESHES TO REPAIR THE ABDOMINAL WALL IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Baccay F. NOVEL SURGICAL PARADIGM AND TECHNIQUE: APPLYING PHYSICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TO INCISIONAL/VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIRS |
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 | |  | | SILVER | 08:00 - 09:00 SESSIONE TEST | | |
15:00 - 16:45 LIVE SURGERY - PRIMARY INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |  | |  | | Chen David Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Lichtenstein repair |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Tello Rodriguez Eliécer Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan -Sutureless repair Trabucco |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Kukleta Jan Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - TAPP |
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 | |  | | Hunkeler Rolf Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Lomanto Davide Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - TEP |
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 | |  | | Cuccurullo Diego Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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16:45 - 17:05 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Negro Paolo "MADE IN ITALY" FOR HERNIA. THE ITALIAN HISTORY OF GROIN HERNIA REPAIR |  |
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17:05 - 19:00 DEBATE "YOUNG" TRIALIST SURGEONS VS "OLD" EXPERIENCED SURGEONS IS REALITY MORE REAL THAN SCIENCE? |  | |  | | Itani Kamal Age and experience: do they influence the result of a trial in inguinal hernia? |
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 | |  | | Oyen Tom Does TEP impair sperm motility? RCT, three-year follow-up |
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 | |  | | Morrison John Does TEP impair sperm motility? RCT, three-year follow-up |
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 | |  | | Cavalli Marta Does fibrin glue achieve the same result in recurrence rate as sutures in Lichtenstein repair? Glue versus suture fixation of mesh in open repair of inguinal hernias: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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 | |  | | Chen David Does fibrin glue achieve the same result in recurrence rate as sutures in Lichtenstein repair? Glue versus suture fixation of mesh in open repair of inguinal hernias: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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 | |  | | Poelmanl Marijn Does laparoscopic incisional hernia repair improve the postoperative recovery of the patient? The INCH trial |
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 | |  | | Moosa Al-Shamai Mahdi Jasim Does laparoscopic incisional hernia repair improve the postoperative recovery of the patient? The INCH trial |
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 | |  | | Meena Munesh Do lightweight meshes work better than heavyweight meshes? Comparison of lightweight vs heavyweight mesh in Lichtenstein repair of hernia. Randomized Control Trial |
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 | |  | | Gianetta Ezio Do lightweight meshes work better than heavyweight meshes? Comparison of lightweight vs heavyweight mesh in Lichtenstein repair of hernia. Randomized Control Trial |
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 | |  | | Pipia Irakli Does TAPP cause less complications in the treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia? Comparison of Lichtenstein and laparoscopic transabdominal pre-peritoneal repair of recurrent inguinal hernias |
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 | |  | | Itani Kamal Does TAPP cause less complications in the treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia? Comparison of Lichtenstein and laparoscopic transabdominal pre-peritoneal repair of recurrent inguinal hernias |
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 | |  | | WHITE1 | 15:15 - 16:45 QEA VIDEO - INCISIONAL HERNIA |  | |  | | Veronesi P. LAPAROSCOPIC POST-TRAUMATIC LUMBAR HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Sahoo M. LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF DIASTASIS RECTI |
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 | |  | | Radu V. INCISIONAL HERNIA M3 W3 REPAIRED BY LAPAROSCOPIC APPROCH AND ENDOSCOPIC COMPONENT SEPARATION |
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 | |  | | Novitsky Y. TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS RELEASE FOR REPAIR OF A COMPLEX FLANK HERNIA IN A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT |
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 | |  | | Morales-Conde S. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF MULTIRRECURRENT LATERAL POSTRAUMATIC HERNIA CLOSING THE DEFECT |
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 | |  | | López-Quindós P. RECURRENT MIDLINE INCISIONAL HERNIA AND RIGHT INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Lopez-Monclus J. POSTERIOR COMPONENTS SEPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF COMPLEX INCISIONAL HERNIA IN A PATIENT WITH UROSTOMY AND ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA |
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 | |  | | García-Ureña M. POSTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION IN A HIGH RISK PATIENT WITH A GIANT VENTRAL HERNIA WITH LOSS OF DOMAIN |
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 | |  | | Di Maio V. GIANT RECURRENT EPIGASTRIC INCISIONAL HERNIA. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT |
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 | |  | | Berta R. POSTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR LARGE VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR USING GORE BIO-A AND POLYPROPYLENE MESH |
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 | |  | | Cumbo P. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR INCISIONAL HERNIA AFTER OPEN NEPHRECTOMY |
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 | |  | | García-Ureña M. SELF-GRIPPING SUBLAY MESH TO REPAIR RECURRENT VENTRAL HERNIA WITH PREVIOUS ONLAY PROSTHESIS |
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 | |  | | Crespi M. PRIMARY FASCIAL CLOSURE IN LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Majumder A. PARASTOMAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS RELEASE (TAR) AND NOVEL STAPLED TRANSABDOMINAL OSTOMY REINFORCEMENT WITH MESH (STORM) |
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 | |  | | Tomaiuolo P. LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO COMPLEX INCISIONAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Berta R. ROBOTIC ASSISTED REPAIR OF A LARGE RECURRENT SUB-XIPHOID INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | O'Hare L. LAPAROSCOPIC BLADDER MOBILIZATION FOR REPAIR OF A LARGE SUPRAPUBIC ABDOMINAL WALL INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | YELLOW1-2 | 15:15 - 16:45 FREE PAPER SESSION - PARASTOMAL HERNIA, RISKY ZONE AND PROPHILACTIC MESH |  | |  | | De Keersmacker G. RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE INCIDENCE OF INCISIONAL HERNIAS AFTER REVERSAL OF TEMPORARY ILEOSTOMIES FOLLOWING RECTAL CARCINOMA RESECTION WITH FOLLOW-UP CT SCANS |
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 | |  | | Blázquez Hernando L. USE OF PROPHYLACTIC MESH IN SUBCOSTAL LAPAROTOMIES |
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 | |  | | Franklin M. UNREPORTED PROBLEM: HERNIA AT THE STOMA SITE CLOSURE AFTER REVERSAL PROCEDURE. HOW WE PREVENT IT AT TEXAS ENDOSURGERY INSTITUTE |
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 | |  | | Molina E. CUBAN'S EXPERIENCE IN THE LAPAROMESH MESH USE |
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 | |  | | Mykytiuk S. FEATURES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOMA REGARDING ABDOMINAL HERNIA PREVENTION |
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 | |  | | Köhler G. MAGNETIC RESONANCE VISIBLE 3-D FUNNEL MESHES FOR LAPAROSCOPIC PARASTOMAL HERNIA PREVENTION AND TREATMENT |
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 | |  | | Tu C. PREVENTION OF PARASTOMAL HERNIA WITH A PROSTHETIC MESH: AN UPDATE META-ANALYSIS |
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 | |  | | Pauli E. A NOVEL METHOD FOR OPEN PARASTOMAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Chukwumah C. EVOLUTION IN MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX PARASTOMAL HERNIAS: A SINGLE SURGEON EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Bilkhu A. PROPHYLACTIC MESH REPAIR FOR THE PREVENTION OF PARASTOMAL HERNIATION: A CASE CONTROLLED COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE PROPHYLACTIC MESH AND NON-MESH GROUP |
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 | |  | | Bertoglio C. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL BORDER AND PARASTOMAL INCISIONAL HERNIAS: A CONSENSUS REPORT |
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 | |  | | Köckerling F. REPAIR OF INCISIONAL HERNIAS EXTENDING IN THE SUBXIPHOIDAL RIK ZONE- RESULTS OF 1502 CASES |
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 | |  | | Borreca D. LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL SELF-ADHESIVE MESH REPAIR FOR LATERALLY PLACED VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Lysenko R. ALLOPLASTY OF ABDOMINAL WALL AT INCISIONAL HERNIAS DEVELOPED AFTER ADRECTAL INCISION |
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 | |  | | Zuvela M. COMBINATION OF THE THREE TECHNIQUES IN ONE PROCEDURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX SUBCOSTAL ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS |
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 | |  | | BLUE1 | 08:15 - 08:45 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - ASPIDE MEDICAL MEET THE EXPERT - CLINICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT USING NON-WOVEN BARRIER MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR | | |
11:00 - 13:00 SESSION EDUCATION AND TRAINING |  | |  | | van Goor Harry Introduction |
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 | |  | | Molegraaf Marijke The need to learn |
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 | |  | | Miserez Marc Learning curve in laparoscopic hernia surgery |
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 | |  | | Matthews Brent Proctorship in complex hernia surgery training |
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 | |  | | ten Cate Hoedemaker Henk Gaming in laparoscopic training |
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 | |  | | Fortelny René Simulation models in hernia surgery education |
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 | |  | | Lomanto Davide Taxonomy of learning hernia surgery and training in open inguinal hernia |
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 | |  | | van Goor Harry New technology coaching hernia surgery |
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 | |  | | BLUE2 | 11:00 - 13:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - UMBILICAL AND EPIGASTRIC HERNIA |  | |  | | Kercher K. Umbilical hernias: from A to Z, my personal algorithm |
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 | |  | | Gitelis M. PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Olory-Togbe J-L. TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS AT THE VISCERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL OF COTONOU BENIN |
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 | |  | | Trukhalev W. REPEREN USAGE EXPERIENCE IN LAPAROSCOPIC IPOM OPERATIONS IN VENTRAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Jairam A. ANAESTHESIA TECHNIQUES IN UMBILICAL AND PARAUMBILICAL HERNIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW |
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 | |  | | Volmer U. PUMP REPAIR - SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS AFTER 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Skach J. LIBEREC LOOP PURSE STRING HERNIOPLASTY IN A TREATMENT OF UMBILICAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | DeAsis F. PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Danga Mandoboy J. UMBILICAL HERNIA IN CHILDREN: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 450 CASES COLLECTED IN DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY OF ARISTIDE LE DANTEC HOSPITAL IN DAKAR, SENEGAL |
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 | |  | | Ballerini A. ROLE OF PROCEEDTM VENTRAL PATCH (PVP) IN THE TREATMENT OF SMALL VENTRAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Cavallaro G. TITANIUM VS ABSORBABLE TACKS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT POLYPROPYLENE MESH FIXATION DURING LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN ONGOING MULTICENTRIC TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Kokotovic D. A WATCHFUL WAITING STRATEGY FOR PATIENTS WITH A VENTRAL HERNIA IS SAFE |
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 | |  | | Devadhar S. UMBILICAL HERNIA: CHOICE OF REPAIR WITH MESH BUTTONS |
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 | |  | | Hounnou G. CHILD UMBILICAL HERNIA AT COTONOU TEACHING HOSPITAL: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS |
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 | |  | | Konate Ibrahima UMBILICAL HERNIA IN ADULTS AT THE ARISTIDE LE DANTEC TEACHING HOSPITAL IN DAKAR (SENEGAL): RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 96 CASES |
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 | |  | | Subramanian V. SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE IN "C-QUR V PATCH" MESH REPAIR FOR UMBILICAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Salimin L. OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR USING AN OVERLAPPING FASCIAL REPAIR AND MESH - CAN WE REDUCE RECURRENCE RATES? |
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13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - B-BRAUN LUNCH SESSION EXPLORING FRONTIERS IN ABDOMINAL WALL HEALTH |  | |  | | Dumanian Gregory A. Synthetic mesh in non-sterile conditions - (more than) a consideration |
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 | |  | | Fortelny René Practicing prevention: short stitch technique in abdominal wall closure |
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 | |  | | Hoyuela Carlos Sutureless groin hernia repair with NBCA is fast, safe and efficient: a prospective randomized multicenter clinical trial |
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 | |  | | RED1 | 08:50 - 11:00 PLENARY SESSION - OVERFLOW |  | |  | | ° ° Plenary Session - Overflow |
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11:00 - 12:45 SESSION - COMPLICATIONS IN INGUINAL AND ABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR |  | |  | | Tumtavitikul Sathien Overview |
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 | |  | | Alexandre Jean-Henri Complaints after hernia surgery: how to avoid and manage them |
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 | |  | | Hope William Management of complication |
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 | |  | | Cuccurullo Diego Recurrence after LAP ventral |
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 | |  | | Gillion Jean Francois Periprosthetic infection |
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 | |  | | Allen Buenafé Alfred Seroma in LAP ventral |
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 | |  | | Bowker Andrew Pain following laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair |
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12:45 - 13:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC |  | |  | | Shah Rajesh C. Litigation in hernia surgery |
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13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - COVIDIEN LUNCH SESSION MESH FIXATION IN HERNIA REPAIR: FROM TECHNOLOGY TO PATIENT OUTCOMES |  | |  | | Kingsnorth Andrew Self-fixating and self-gripping mesh: fixation is no longer required in inguinal hernia repair? |
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 | |  | | Ramshaw Bruce Self-fixating and self-gripping mesh: fixation is no longer required in inguinal hernia repair? |
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 | |  | | Chelala Elie Is resorbable fixation the solution to reduce pain in ventral hernia repair? |
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 | |  | | Jacob Brian Is resorbable fixation the solution to reduce pain in ventral hernia repair? |
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14:20 - 17:30 PLENARY SESSION - OVERFLOW |  | |  | | ° ° PLenary Session - Overflow |
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 | |  | | SILVER | 08:50 - 09:10 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Alexandre Jean-Henri THE IMPORTANCE OF ANATOMY FOR A GOOD SURGERY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A PLEASANT RELATIONSHIP "FOR AN EXCITING AND FRUITFUL CARREER" |
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09:10 - 11:00 PLENARY SESSION COMPLEX VENTRAL SITUATION |  | |  | | Warren Jeremy Loss of domain |
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 | |  | | Carbonell Alfredo Extra-peritoneal approach |
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 | |  | | Kingsnorth Andrew Onlay possibility |
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 | |  | | Rosen Michael Posterior component separation |
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 | |  | | Sharma Anil TAPE repair for sovra-pubic incisional hernia |
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 | |  | | Yampolski Igal Lateral complex hernia |
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 | |  | | Cavalli, Giampiero Campanelli Marta Flank hernia open repair |
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 | |  | | D'Amore Linda Compartmental syndrome |
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 | |  | | Mommers Elwin Quick hot spot - Calculating post-operative risk of complications after large ventral hernia repair based on hernia volume |
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11:00 - 12:30 SESSION MESH: PRESENT AND "MOSTLY" THE FUTURE |  | |  | | Misra Mahesh Chandra Quick hot spot - Intra-abdominal propylene: is it worthwhile? |
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 | |  | | Macario Faylona Jose 2005-2015: a decade of important innovation in hernia implant |
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 | |  | | Ramshaw Bruce The need for improvement: what surgeons expect from future implants |
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 | |  | | Le Blanc Karl Resorbable synthetic implant: is this the next hype in hernia surgery? |
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 | |  | | Conze Joachim Biologics: a reality check |
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 | |  | | Klinge Uwe New imaging technique: making the progress in implantology visible |
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 | |  | | Petter Puchner Alexander Tissue engineering in abdominal wall repair (stem cell, 3D printing and beyond) |
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12:30 - 13:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA IN EMERGENCY |  | |  | | Choua Ouchemi Strangulated hernia |
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 | |  | | Catena Fausto WSES Guidelines |
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14:20 - 14:40 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Chen David MODERN ERA OF HERNIA SURGERY: FROM TRANSATLANTIC CONNECTION TO MONDIAL MEETING OF HERNIA SURGERY |
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14:40 - 17:30 PLENARY SESSION - EVERYTHING CARRIES ITS OWN BURDEN (CIT. AESCHYLUS) PURE TISSUE -> MESH, LAPAROSCOPIC -> ROBOTIC SURGERY WHERE IS THE TRUTH? |  | |  | | Schumpelick Volker Why we must discuss pure tissue repairs in the "century" of mesh repairs |
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 | |  | | Bendavid Robert The influence of industry! What would Hippocrates say? |
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 | |  | | Petersen Kevin Result of hernia mesh removal for pain |
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 | |  | | Lorenz Ralph Individual risk factors and the problem of recurrence in inguinal hernias |
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 | |  | | Nicolo Enrico How and why I do Bassini repair |
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 | |  | | Desarda Mohan The comeback of pure tissue repair on new principles - Desarda repair, a global review |
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 | |  | | Guirguis Ihab Kadry Merhom How and why I do Shouldice repair |
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 | |  | | Guarnieri Francesco How and why I do Guarnieri repair |
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 | |  | | Klinge Uwe Clinical trials: inherent limitation of RCTs & meta-analysis in comparing hernia therapies. A dilemma |
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 | |  | | Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul Role of robotic in hernia surgery |
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 | |  | | Parra-Davila Eduardo Indication advantages and amenable hernia types |
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 | |  | | Abdalla Ricardo Inguinal hernia |
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 | |  | | Le Blanc Karl Ventral IPOM |
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 | |  | | Ballecer Conrad Robotic retromuscular hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Lomanto Davide Robotic prostatectomy and hernia surgery |
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17:30 - 18:30 OPENING CEREMONY |  | |  | | Dominioni Lorenzo Insubria University |
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 | |  | | Galli Francesco San Donato Group |
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 | |  | | Gianetta Ezio Italian Chapter of the European Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Schumpelick Volker European Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Matthews Brent Americas Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Tumtavitikul Sathien Asia-Pacific Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Sebai Farouk Afro Middle East Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Tran Hanh Australasian Hernia Society |
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 | |  | | Piazza Diego Italian Association of Hospital Surgeon |
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 | |  | | Corcione Francesco Ialian Society of Surgery |
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 | |  | | Campanelli Giampiero Chairman of the 1st World Hernia Conference |
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 | |  | | WHITE1 | 08:15 - 08:45 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - ACELITY- KCI / LIFECELL / SYSTAGENIX MEET THE EXPERT A GLOBAL APPROACH TO COMPLEX AB WALL RECONSTRUCTION | | |
11:00 - 12:00 Q&A VIDEO - INGUINAL HERNIA, FEMORAL HERNIA, PIPS, MESH & PROSTHESIS |  | |  | | Wong W. NEEDLESCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL (TEP) INGUINAL HERMIOPLASTY USING SELF-FIXATING ANATOMICAL MESH |
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 | |  | | Morales-Conde S. MANAGEMENT AND ADVANTAGES OF NEW SELF-ADHESIVE MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Crusius T. MODIFIED INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR USING SELF-ADHESIVE MESH FOR PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE |
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 | |  | | Aboulwafa A. NERVE ENTRAPMENT AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC TAPP MESH REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIA : LAPAROSCOPIC REVISION (VIDEO) |
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 | |  | | Takehara H. BASIC LAPAROSCOPIC PERCUTANEOUS EXTRAPERITONEAL CLOSURE (LPEC METHOD) AS A NEEDLESCOPIC SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Gok H. FEMORAL NERVE INJURY AFTER TEP REPAIR: EVALUATION OF 4 PATIENTS AND SURGICAL APPROACH |
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 | |  | | Cardoso G. CORRECTION OF LAPAROSCOPIC BILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA WITH TEP IN AMBULATORY WITH SELF-ADHERING PROSTHETICS |
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 | |  | | Soler M. TRANS INGUINAL PRE PERITONEAL PROCEDURE (MINIMALLY OPEN APPROACH) WITH A NEW EXPANDABLE, POLYPROPYLENE MESH, PROSTHESIS |
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 | |  | | Wijerathna S. AN APPROACH TO COMPLICATED RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR USING INTRA-PERITONEAL ON-LAY MESH TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Regala J. RELAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR FOR A RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA WITH A PREVIOUS LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR: A CASE REPORT |
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 | |  | | Doerhoff C. OPTIONS FOR REPAIR WHEN LIGHTWEIGHT MESH FAILS |
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 | |  | | Wijerathne S. EFFECT OF CLOSURE OF DIRECT DEFECTS ON INCIDENCE OF POST-OPERATIVE SEROMA DURING TEP INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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12:00 - 13:00 Q&A VIDEO - INGUINAL HERNIA, FEMORAL HERNIA, PIPS, MESH & PROSTHESIS |  | |  | | Marin J. THE NEW 3D MESH DIABOLO FOR INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY - IDEAL IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Hayakawa T. THE MINIMAL ACCESS LAPAROSCOPIC TRANS-ABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR AIMED AT NO POSTOPERATIVE RECURRENCE AND PAIN REGARDING THREE PREPELITONEAL SPACIAL STRUCTURES |
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 | |  | | Doerhoff C. LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOPLASTY - LESSONS LEARNT OVER TWO DECADES |
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 | |  | | Tantia O. TIPS AND TRICKS FOR INGUINOSCROTAL TAPP HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Santilli O. REPAIR FOR INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIAS WITH THE BILAYER PATCH |
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 | |  | | Sakurai S. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF AN OBSTRUCTED FEMORAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Khare R. TEALE'S PREVASCULAR FEMORAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Doerhoff C. EXTRAPERITONEAL ENDOSCOPIC REPAIR OF URINARY BLADDER INJURY AFTER TEP HERNIA PROCEDURE |
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 | |  | | Axer S. HERNIA OBSTURATORIA AS ANOTHER ENTITY OF PATIENTS WITH THE SO-CALLED SPORTMAN HERNIA: THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH |
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 | |  | | Morales-Conde S. TEP INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY - USE OF SELF ADHESIVE MESH - PARIETEX PROGRIP LAP |
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 | |  | | YELLOW1-2 | 11:00 - 13:00 SESSION UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN DAILY PRACTICE IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |  | |  | | Kulacoglu Hakan The perfect anaesthesia |
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 | |  | | Wijsmuller Arthur How to manage nerves |
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 | |  | | Ceci Francesca Which mesh and why |
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 | |  | | Abusalih Adel Which fixation |
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 | |  | | Pelissier Edouard Choose pre-peritoneal |
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 | |  | | Poulose Benjamin Recurrences |
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 | |  | | Shabbir Asim Obesity and hernia |
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 | |  | | BLUE1 | 10:00 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - TRIALS AND GUIDELINES |  | |  | | Roumen R. A DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON SURGERY FOR CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN DUE TO ANTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME (ACNES) |
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 | |  | | Wijerathne S. A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL TO COMPARE SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC TEP VERSUS STANDARD LAPAROSCOPIC (3 PORT) TEP INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Simon T. OUTCOMES AFTER INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: THE BENEFITS OF LAPAROSCOPIC MESH REPAIR VS. OPEN SUBLAY TECHNIQUE. RESULTS FROM THE HERNIAMED REGISTRY |
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 | |  | | Siawash M. LONG TERM OUTCOME OF ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY FOR ANTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME (ACNES) IN A PEDIATRIC POPULATION |
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 | |  | | Lincourt A. A FORMAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR HERNIA CENTERS |
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 | |  | | Andresen K. EARLY RESULTS OF THE ONSTEP VERSUS LICHTENSTEIN STUDY, 30 DAY FOLLOW UP OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Fischer J. A POPULATION BASED ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL WALL INCISIONAL HERNIA SURGERY: THE COST OF COMPLICATIONS |
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 | |  | | East B. EURAHS - CONFIRMATION OF EXPECTATIONS, A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Jorgensen L. N. A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PARIETEX? COMPOSITE VENTRAL PATCH IN PRIMARY VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: INTERIM RESULTS OF THE PANACEA PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTRE TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Holihan J. ASSESSMENT OF THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF VENTRAL HERNIAS: A FOCUSED EVALUATION OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS, SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, AND META-ANALYSES |
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 | |  | | Hassan S. IS IT TIME TO REVISE THE GUIDELINES FOR ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN HERNIA REPAIR? |
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 | |  | | Van Veenendaal N. A NEW METHOD OF FOLLOW-UP AFTER INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR; THE PINCH-PHONE |
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 | |  | | Kaufmann R. A MULTICENTRE, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF MESH AND SUTURE UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR IN ADULTS |
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 | |  | | Pathania B. COMPARATIVE CLINICAL TRIAL OF LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH AND WITHOUT PARTIAL THICKNESS CLOSURE OF DEFECT |
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12:00 - 13:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - EDUCATION |  | |  | | Deeken C. EFFECT OF MESH DENSITY AND PORE SIZE/SHAPE ON TISSUE INGROWTH IN A PORCINE MODEL OF INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Roll S. FREE HERNIA SURGERY FOR THE UNDERSERVED: A MODEL OF TRAINING CONDUCTED IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN BRAZIL FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ENHANCEMENT SURGEONS IN THE LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Ndungu B. HERNIA SOCIETY OF KENYA AND THE PILOTING OF KENYA HERNIA REGISTRY |
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 | |  | | Lorenz R. HERNIE KOMPAKT - GERMAN EDUCATION PROGRAMM FOR HERNIA SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Dietz U. ENDOSCOPIC SKILLS FOR GROIN HERNIA REPAIR CAN BE LEARNED AND TRAINED IN THE LAB: PRESENTATION OF A NEW TAPP-TEACHER |
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 | |  | | Matos-Azevedo A. M. IMPLANTATION OF A NEW 3D MESH FOR INGUINAL HERNIA - PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Zollinger R. PATIENT EDUCATION ON THE WEB: THE QUALITY OF ONLINE HERNIA INFORMATION |
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 | |  | | Ray S. IMPROVING ACCESS TO HERNIA CARE: ESTABLISHING A HUMANITARIAN SURGICAL PROGRAM IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRY |
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 | |  | | Bandyopadhyay S. REMEMBERING HERNIA SURGERY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY - MUSINGS, AFTERTHOUGHTS AND AN ODE TO OUR PREDECESSORS |
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 | |  | | Okinyi W. TRAINING OF HERNIA SURGERY TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI IN NAIROBI, KENYA, EAST AFRICA |
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16:00 - 17:30 SESSION OLD NEW TREND IN ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR, HOW I DO IT STEP BY STEP |  | |  | | Reinpold Wolfgang Endoscopic-assisted mini-open sub-lay: the new rives? |
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 | |  | | Franklin Morris Close the defect during laparoscopy |
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 | |  | | Butler Charles E. Open anterior component separation |
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 | |  | | Chen David Laparoscopic subfascial component separation |
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 | |  | | Daes Jorge Laparoscopic subcutaneous anterior component separation |
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 | |  | | Montgomery Agneta New technique for retromuscular mesh placement in large midline incisional hernias |
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17:30 - 18:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC - PERINEAL HERNIA |  | |  | | Beck Mathieu Treatment of perineal eventration after miles: perineal approach |
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 | |  | | BLUE2 | 10:00 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - INCISIONAL HERNIA. COMPLICATIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE |  | |  | | Petersson U. NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF MESH INFECTION AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY: LONG-TERM RESULTS AND PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME |
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 | |  | | Hu S. B. NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY FOR MESH-SITE INFECTION AFTER INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW |
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 | |  | | Jensen K. FEW SHORT-TERM COMPLICATIONS AFTER ENDOSCOPIC COMPONENT SEPARATION FOR GIANT VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Birolini C. THE USE OF SEPRAMESH® IN THE INFECTED SURGICAL FIELD: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL, CHRONIC MESH INFECTION AND BOWEL RESECTION |
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 | |  | | Sarro G. TOPICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE FOR TREATING INFECTIONS COMPLICATING OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH NON-ABSORBABLE MESH |
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 | |  | | Huang H. TREATMENT EXPERIENCES FOR COMPLICATIONS OF ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | De Paep K. QUALITY OF LIFE AND COSMETIC OUTCOME FOLLOWING COMPONENT SEPARATION FOR OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR FOR LARGE HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Giordano P. A LONG-TERM EVALUATION OF PERMACOL? SURGICAL IMPLANT IN ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR: INTERIM RESULTS OF THE ENHANCE PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTRE TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Ramshaw B. IMPROVING VALUE-BASED OUTCOMES FOR ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION |
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 | |  | | Gialamas E. THE CHALLENGE OF TREATING COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS: A PROPOSAL FOR A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH |
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 | |  | | Bojovic P. ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES IN OUTCOME OF INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR BY PREPERITONEAL (SUBLAY) MESH IMPLANTATION DEPENDING ON THE PLACE OF THE PREVIOUS LAPAROTOMY? |
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 | |  | | Zahiri H. OPERATIVE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT POST ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION WITH NONABSORBABLE MESH FOR VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Deng X. A PROSPECTIVE NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL FOR HYBRID AND LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Han X. F. INITIATIVE VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY PERFORMED IN HUGE VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Rosen M. MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL TRIAL EVALUATING RECURRENCE, SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CONTAMINATED VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR USING BIOSYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE MESH |
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12:00 - 13:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - FEMORAL HERNIA AND EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY |  | |  | | Cox T. DOES LAPAROSCOPY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE FOR REPAIRING FEMORAL HERNIAS? |
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 | |  | | Abdullah A. FEMORAL HERNIA REPAIR CAN BE SAFELY UNDERTAKEN USING A TITANISED POLYPROPYLENE MESH PLUG: EARLY EXPERIENCE IN 20 PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Shen Y. M. A PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF PREPERITONEAL TENSION-FREE OPEN HERNIORRHAPHY WITH LAPAROSCOPIC PREPERITONEAL HERNIORRHAPHY FOR THE TREATMENT OF FEMORAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Liu C. EFFECTIVENESS OF LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL TENSION-FREE REPAIR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUND LIGAMENT OF THE UTERUS FOR FEMORAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Song Y. H. EFFECTS OF UPP (ULTRAPRO PLUG) ON FEMORAL VEIN AFTER FEMORAL HERNIA REPAIR THROUGH AN INFRAINGUINAL APPROACH |
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 | |  | | Mykytiuk S. REGIONAL FEMORAL HERNIA REGISTER AS A PART OF NATIONAL HERNIA REGISTER IN UKRAINE |
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 | |  | | Henriksen N. A. TYPE V COLLAGEN TURNOVER AS A SEROLOGICAL BIOMARKER FOR ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Zhang Z. L. A COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT MESHES ON THE STRUCTURE OF VAS DEFERENS IN RAT MODELS |
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 | |  | | Liu L. J. ASSESSING THE SAFETY OF VICRYL MESH AS AN ADJUNCT TO POSTERIOR FASCIAL CLOSURE DURING POSTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION WITH RETROMUSCULAR PLACEMENT OF SYNTHETIC MESH IN A PORCINE MODEL |
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 | |  | | Zhang J. PREPARATION OF VOLUMETRIC SKELETAL MUSCLE WHOLE ORGAN ACELLULAR MATRIX TO REGENERATE CONTRACTILE, VASCULARIZED, INNERVATED MUSCLE IN RODENT AND CANINE MODEL |
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16:00 - 18:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - INCISIONAL HERNIA DAILY CASES |  | |  | | LeBlanc K. THE OVERLAP OF MESH MATERIALS AFFECTS LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR RECURRENCE |
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 | |  | | Jensen K. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY DECREASES THE INCIDENCE OF INCISIONAL HERNIAS AFTER SURGERY FOR COLONIC CANCER: NATIONWIDE STUDY WITH SIX-YEAR FOLLOW-UP |
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 | |  | | Zappa B. LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL/VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH SUTURE CLOSURE |
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 | |  | | Bellido Luque J. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH SELF-FIXATION MESH REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE PAIN. PROSPECTIVE COHORT ESTUDY |
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 | |  | | Nardi M. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF INCISIONAL AND VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR. RESULTS ON 198 CASES WITH 5-YEARS FOLLOW-UP |
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 | |  | | Christoffersen M. HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE AFTER ABSORBABLE VS. NON-ABSORBABLE TACK FIXATION OF THE MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: A NATIONWIDE PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY |
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 | |  | | Vanini P. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF INCISIONAL HERNIA: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Katsumoto F. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AMBULATORY VENTRAL OPEN HERNIA REPAIR UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH SEDATION |
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 | |  | | Ahlqvist S. INCISIONAL HERNIA FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY: A 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP |
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 | |  | | Ndungu B. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF INITIAL LOCAL EXPERIENCE IN KENYA |
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 | |  | | Jovanovic S. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF PRIMARY VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIAS WITH RELIMESH |
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 | |  | | Bansal V. PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY COMPARING LONG TERM OUTCOMES, CHRONIC PAIN, QUALITY OF LIFE AND COST EFFECTIVENESS FOLLOWING TWO TECHNIQUES OF MESH FIXATION- NON-ABSORBABLE VERSUS ABSORBABLE TACKERS - FOR LAPAROSCOPIC MESH REPAIR OF INCISIONAL AND VENTRAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Björklund I. 10 years of Incisional hernia repair: Postoperative complications and recurrences |
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 | |  | | Vetrone G. EXPERIENCE WITH TOTAL ABSORBABLE TACKS FIXATION IN LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL AND VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Antor M. LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN REPAIR FOR LATERAL INCISIONAL HERNIA: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY |
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 | |  | | Ichihara K. THE OUTCOME OF LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF AN ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Galimov O. SURGICAL TREATMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIA FOR OBESITY PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Sarik J. THE RIVES-STOPPA TECHNIQUE FOR VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE |
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 | |  | | Tang L. A HYBRID TECHNIQUE FOR THE INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: 11 CASES REPORT |
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 | |  | | RED1 | 10:00 - 11:30 SESSION ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE AND PROPHYLACTIC MESH |  | |  | | Udomsawaengsup Suthep Risk factor for incisional hernia |
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 | |  | | Clarke John Evolution of abdominal wall closure |
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 | |  | | Israelsson Leif Physiology and healing of abdominal wall: developing of the correct technique of closure |
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 | |  | | Fortelny René Paradigm shift in closure technique of primary midline laparotomy |
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 | |  | | Lange Johan Prevention of incisional hernia by mesh augmentation or suture technique? |
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 | |  | | Muysoms Filip Abdominal wall closure guidelines |
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 | |  | | Hidalgo Pascual Manuel Prevention of incisional hernia during open abdominal surgery |
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11:30 - 12:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC - FIX OR NOT FIX THE MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE | | |
12:00 - 13:00 SESSION EXPERIMENTAL SESSION: AT THE BENCH, BEFORE THE BEDSIDE |  | |  | | Novitsky Yuri Cell response: Biomaterial induces fibrosis |
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 | |  | | Pascual Gonzalez Maria Gemma Cell response: Adhesion and the omentum |
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 | |  | | Klinge Uwe Cell response: Cellular changes in response to hernia/genetics and collagen ratios |
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 | |  | | Matthews Brent Model in hernia research: In vitro testing |
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 | |  | | Kockerling Ferdinand Model in hernia research: In vivo testing |
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 | |  | | Schreinemacher Marc Working together: harmonization and standardization: EHS Experimental working group/ Presentation and validating adhesion score |
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16:00 - 17:30 SESSION PARASTOMAL HERNIA |  | |  | | Smietansky Maciej Classification of parastomal hernia |
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 | |  | | Prabhu Ajita Frequency of short and long term stoma complications after expert colon surgery |
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 | |  | | Israelsson Leif Role of relocation for parastomal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Rosen Michael Open repair of parastomal hernia |
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 | |  | | Le Blanc Karl Laparoscopic approach: why keyhole failed |
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 | |  | | Hansson Bibi Why Sugarbaker is really superior |
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 | |  | | Yao Qiyuan Lap functional parastomal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Berger Dieter Do we need the Sandwich technique? |
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17:30 - 18:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC |  | |  | | Sakurai Shintaro HERNIA IN WOMEN: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |
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 | |  | | Towfigh Shirin HERNIA IN WOMEN: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |
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 | |  | | Ippon Pier Luigi HERNIA IN WOMEN: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |
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 | |  | | RED2 | 16:00 - 17:30 SESSION EBM VS DAILY PRACTICE: IS REALITY MORE REAL THAN SCIENCE? |  | |  | | Sanders David Introduction |
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 | |  | | Cavalli Marta Trials and their influenced on daily practice |
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 | |  | | Campanelli Giampiero Trials and their influenced on daily practice |
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 | |  | | Konate Ibrahima Influence of guidelines on daily practice |
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 | |  | | Muysoms Filip Importance of RCTs in guideline development |
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 | |  | | Fortelny René Do normal surgeons utilize evidence-based surgery? The laparoscopic experience |
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 | |  | | Sutedja Barlian The academic perspective and importance of utilizing available evidence |
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 | |  | | De Beaux Andrew Registry outcomes vs RCTs: best ways of accurately analysing outcomes |
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 | |  | | Kockerling Ferdinand Summary |
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17:30 - 18:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC - EMERGENCY INGUINAL HERNIA |  | |  | | Yang George Laparoscopic approach |
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 | |  | | Hernandez-Granados Pilar Mortality after emergency |
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 | |  | | SILVER | 08:50 - 09:10 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Chowbey Pradeep HERNIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
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09:10 - 10:00 DEBATE - WHICH IS THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD HERNIA CONGRESSES & INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION? |  | |  | | Schumpelick Volker President |
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 | |  | | Tumtavitikul Sathien President |
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 | |  | | Rauso Jeff Company representative (Ethicon) |
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 | |  | | McShane Alec Company representative (Covidien) |
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 | |  | | Pisarczyk Scott Company representative (Bard Davol) |
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 | |  | | Root Karen Company representative (WL Gore) |
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 | |  | | Timmerhuis Bjorn Company representative (B. Braun) |
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10:00 - 13:00 LIVE SURGERY INGUINAL HERNIA: IS IT BETTER POSTERIORLY? |  | |  | | Rosenberg Jacob Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - ON STEP |
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 | |  | | da Costa Rui Soares Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Soler Marc Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - MOPP |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Berrevoet Frederik Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - TIPP |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Birk Dieter Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - TAPP for recurrent hernia |
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 | |  | | Cuccurullo Diego Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Carbonell Alfredo Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - TAPP for recurrent hernia - TAPP for recurrent hernia |
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 | |  | | Faillace Giuseppe Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Tran Hanh Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - SILS TEP |
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 | |  | | Faillace Giuseppe Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - ETHICON LUNCH SESSION - HERNIA SURGERY - HOW CAN WE IMPROVE AND STANDARDIZE THE SURGICAL OUTCOME |  | |  | | Conze Joachim How surgical stress influences the outcome and what the reasons |
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 | |  | | Todd Heniford B. Can evidence make decision for surgeons and patients easier? |
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 | |  | | Tumtavitikul Sathien Update on guidelines and their meaning for us and our patients |
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14:15 - 14:35 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Jeekel Johannes THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN SURGERY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN LIFE |
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14:35 - 16:00 PLENARY SESSION - POSTPARTUM FLOPPY ABDOMEN DIASTASIS: THE SURGEON, THE PLASTIC SURGEON, THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST |  | |  | | Nahabedian Maurice A plastic surgeon's perspective: when to operate and what to do |
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 | |  | | Klinger Marco How to improve profile: a combined approach |
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 | |  | | Rosen Michael Component separation: how and when |
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 | |  | | Shui Huang Ching Which mesh and how |
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 | |  | | Towfigh Shirin Women with no more pregnancy, medium diastasis, small umbilical and epigastric hernia and little excess skin: what to do if they do not want abdominoplastic |
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 | |  | | Tupler Julie Non-surgical approach: the Tupler technique |
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16:00 - 18:00 QUICK SHOT AND YOUNG SURGEON PRESENTATIONS |  | |  | | Gu Y. APPLICATION OF DECELLULARIZED MUSCULAR MATRIX SCAFFOLDS IN ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS |
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 | |  | | Quiles-Pérez M. T. NATURAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DERIVED SURGICAL SCAFFOLDS. MOLECULAR SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND HOST-TISSUE RESPONSE |
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 | |  | | Thiels C. A NOVEL ALTERNATIVE FOR TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE OF THE OPEN ABDOMEN: TRANSFASCIAL CONTINUOUS TENSION |
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 | |  | | Bringman S. 12-MONTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING HERNIA REPAIR WITH AN ABSORBABLE FIXATION DEVICE |
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 | |  | | Grossi J. PREDICTORS OF INCISIONAL HERNIA IN MORBID OBESE PATIENTS: BMI, ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE AND NECK CIRCUMFERENCE |
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 | |  | | Ertem M. ABDOMINAL CT EVALUATION OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCLES' APONEUROTIC RELATIONS |
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 | |  | | Teo A. LAPAROSCOPIC COMPLEX HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH DUAL-SIDED COMPOSITE MESH AND FIBRIN GLUE FIXATION |
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 | |  | | Eng A. PROXIMAL HERNIATION OF THE GASTRIC TUBE AFTER SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY |
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 | |  | | Wise K. SHORT TERM MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF INFECTED VENTRAL HERNIA MESH EXTIRPATION AND SALVAGE HERNIORRHAPHY |
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 | |  | | Feleshtynsky Y. INTRAABDOMINAL ALLOPLASTY COMBINED WITH THE COMPONENT SEPARATION FOR GIANT INCISIONAL HERNIAS OF ABDOMINAL WALL |
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 | |  | | Infantes Ormad M. SUGARBAKER WITH COMPOSITE MESH IN PARASTOMAL HERNIA REPAIR: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Uemura Y. SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF INCISIONAL HERNIA WITH THE LOWER END OF THE DEFECT LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS |
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 | |  | | Matsubara T. A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF TRANSINGUINALPREPERITONEAL REPAIR WITH THE POLYSOFT PATCH OR ULTRAPRO HERNIA SYSTEM WITH UNDERLAY MESH ONLY |
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 | |  | | Tse P. REVIEW ON TRANSFASCIAL EXTRACORPOREAL PERCUTANEOUS (TEP) FIXATION TECHNIQUE IN LAPAROSCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Uksov A. PATIENT WITH URINARY RETENTION CAUSED BY A LARGE SCROTAL INGUINAL HERNIA. CASE REPORT |
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 | |  | | Avalos Gómez V. A COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES BETWEEN TAPP AND TEPP LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Razi K. OUTCOMES AND MANAGEMENT OF OBTURATOR HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Degheili J. SIGMOID TO SCROTAL FISTULA SECONDARY TO MESH EROSION: A RARE COMPLICATION OF INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR IN A PATIENT ON ANTICOAGULATION |
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 | |  | | WHITE1 | 08:15 - 08:45 ACELITY- KCI / LIFECELL / SYSTAGENIX MEET THE EXPERT MEASURING SUCCESS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF COMPLICATIONS IN COMPLEX AB WALL RECONSTRUCTION | | |
10:00 - 11:30 TUPLER TECHNIQUE®: PREPARATION FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY AND TREATMENT OF DIASTASIS RECTI | | |
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 | |  | | YELLOW1-2 | 10:00 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA: LAP VS OPEN |  | |  | | Vassiliadis A. TEP REPAIR: SHOULD WE DO IT? RESULTS OF A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Huang H. KUGEL PROCEDURE FOR INGUINAL AND FEMORAL HERNIAS: A TEN-YEAR, SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE IN 3200 CONCESSIVE PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Wada N. CLINICAL RESULTS OF A SINGLE-INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE IN SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH CONSCIOUS SEDATION |
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 | |  | | Hirukawa H. EFFICACY OF LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR USING NEEDLESCOPIC INSTRUMENTS FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Choua O. LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF INGUINAL HERNIAS REPAIRED BY LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE IN A RESOURCE LIMITED COUNTRY |
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 | |  | | Fu X. J. ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GROIN AREA IN CHINESE POPULATION |
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 | |  | | Yang S. ANALYSIS OF THE POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR (A REPORT OF 681 CASES) |
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 | |  | | Olory Togbe J. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS AT THE NATIONAL TEACHING HOSPITAL (CNHU HKM ) OF COTONOU - BENIN |
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 | |  | | Cijan V. RESULTS OF THE BELGRADE HERNIA SERVICE: AN EXPERIENCE WITH 500 PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Agresta F. TAPP IN A GENERAL SURGERY UNIT SETTING: 1000 CASES OVER 10 YEAR'S EXPERIENCE (THE WAY WE DO IT) |
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 | |  | | Lubrano T. ORIGINAL TWO-COMPONENT PROSTHESIS FOR INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Nácul M. EFFECTIVENESS OF A REUSABLE LOW-COST BALLOON TROCAR DISSECTION DEVICE IN THE CREATION OF PREPERITONEAL SPACE IN ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN SWINE |
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 | |  | | Bansal V. LAP TEP REPAIR - 10YEAR EXPERIENCE AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER |
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 | |  | | Wang P. EXPERIENCE OF PERFORMING PREPERITONEAL APPROACH REPAIR FOR INGUINAL HERNIA BY HERNIA SAC TOP (HST) PATHWAY |
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 | |  | | Altinli E. LAPAROSCOPIC TEP REPAIR WITH 3 D MESH IMPLANTATION |
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 | |  | | Jacob B. THE USE OF PARIETEX PROGRIP? SELF-GRIPPING MESH DURING LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL (TEP) INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A PROSPECTIVE FEASIBILITY AND LONG TERM OUTCOMES STUDY |
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12:00 - 13:00 FREE PAPERS SESSION - RECTUM DIASTASIS, POST PARTUM FLOPPY WALL AND OBSCURE GROIN PAIN IN WOMEN |  | |  | | Hu J. LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED RECTI DIASTASIS APPROXIMATION (LARDA), EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOME OF A NOVEL TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Dumanian G. SIMULTANEOUS ABDOMINOPLASTY AND PROSTHETIC MESH ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION FOR SEVERE RECTUS DIASTASIS AND VENTRAL HERNIA DEFECTS |
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 | |  | | Ponten J. WHAT IS RECTUS DIASTASIS AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT? |
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 | |  | | Zahiri H. REPAIR OF SYMPTOMATIC ABDOMINAL BULGING IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND CORE MUSCLE FUNCTIONALITY |
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 | |  | | Shui Huang Ching THE USE OF THE MESH AND ITS IDEAL POSITION IN POSTPARTUM FLOPPY ABDOMEN DIASTASIS |
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 | |  | | Verhagen T. SURGICAL NEURECTOMY FOR RESISTIVE CHRONIC POST-PFANNENSTIEL PAIN SYNDROME |
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 | |  | | Morfesis F. USE OF A LIGHTWEIGHT PLA POLYESTER PLUG FOR REPAIR OF RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIAS IN WOMEN |
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 | |  | | Zarrinkhoo E. HIDDEN HERNIAS AS CAUSE OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN |
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 | |  | | o ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE ROUND LIGAMENT: HOW TO OVERCOME A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE |
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 | |  | | Scheltinga M. THE POST-PFANNENSTIEL PAIN SYNDROME IN WOMEN: CONSIDER ABDOMINAL WALL ENDOMETRIOSI |
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 | |  | | BLUE1 | 13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - COVIDIEN LUNCH SESSION IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES DRIVE INNOVATION |  | |  | | Muysoms Filip Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with Progrip laparoscopic self-fixating mesh: interim results of a quality of live validation study |
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 | |  | | Berrevoet Frederik Clinical evaluation of Parietex composite ventral patch in primary ventral hernia repair: interim results of the PANACEA prospective, multi-centre trial |
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 | |  | | Lepère Marc Symbotex composite mesh for ventral hernia repair: preliminary observations of the SymCHro registry study |
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17:30 - 18:30 SESSION QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER HERNIA REPAIR |  | |  | | Le Blanc Karl Evaluating the QOL using the Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS) after Proflor ? repair of the open inguinal hernia |
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 | |  | | van Lander Aude Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with a self-fixating mesh (Progrip? Laparoscopic): interim results of a quality of life validation study |
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 | |  | | Blair Laurel The effect of Tack choice and number on quality of life (QOL) in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) |
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 | |  | | Pandian Twinkle Differing surgical outcomes after endoscopic TEP inguinal hernioplasty: comparing St. Mary's Hospital with the Gonda Outpatient Surgery Center |
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 | |  | | Halmerbauer Gerhard Variation in care processes in patients undergoing hernia repair - an eight hospital study |
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 | |  | | Magnusson Jesper Relationship between preoperative symptoms and improvement in quality of life 3 years after inguinal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Huntington Ciara Predictive model for the development of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Cheng Huang Chi The development and validation of HERQL: the hernia-specific quality of life assessment instrument |
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 | |  | | Agrusti Sonia Quality of life in Elderly patients after open inguinal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Olory Togbe Jean Leon Socio-cultural aspects of umbilical herniaire in Benin Republic |
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 | |  | | BLUE2 | 11:30 - 13:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - INCISIONAL HERNIA: DIFFICULT CASES 2 |  | |  | | Novitsky Y. OUTCOMES OF COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTIONS WITH TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINUS RELEASE (TAR) WITH RETROMUSCULAR PORCINE BIOLOGIC MESH REINFORCEMENT |
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 | |  | | Woeste G. COMPARISON OF BIOLOGIC AND SYNTHETIC MESH IN ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION IN VHWG GRADE 3 AND 4 PATIENTS USING COMPONENT SEPARATION TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Fayezizadeh M. EFFICACY OF TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) BLOCK WITH LIPOSOMAL BUPIVACAINE DURING OPEN ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTIONS |
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 | |  | | Skipworth J. A COMPARISON OF BIOLOGICAL AND SYNTHETIC MESH OUTCOMES FOR VENTRAL HERNIA WORKING GROUP GRADE 2 PATIENTS UNDERGOING ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION |
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 | |  | | Olmi S. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF GIANT INCISIONAL HERNIA WITH USE COMPOSITE MESH: RESULTS ON 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Lyo V. SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MASSIVE VENTRAL HERNIAS WITH PREOPERATIVE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMOPERITONEUM: A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Zuvela M. MESH INFECTION FOLLOWING COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT REPAIR - VAC THERAPY |
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 | |  | | Tian W. USE OF ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX COMBINED WITH COMPONENTS SEPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR REPAIR OF CONTAMINATED LARGE VENTRAL HERNIAS: A POSSIBLE IDEAL SOLUTION FOR THIS CLINICAL CHALLENGE |
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 | |  | | Pittman M. LOL: A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR THE COMPLICATED INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Perrakis A. INCISIONAL HERNIA AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: IS THERE ANY PLACE FOR MESH REPAIR? |
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 | |  | | Grande M. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF GIANT INCISIONAL HERNIA: AN EXPERIENCE OF 35 PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Birolini C. IS IT WORTH TO OPERATE GIGANTIC VENTRAL HERNIAS IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS? THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE SERIES |
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 | |  | | Shi Y. APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC MESH IN CONTAMINATED VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Bauder A. MICROSURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL: A VITAL COMPONENT FOR THE SOFT TISSUE CRIPPLE |
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13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - WL GORE LUNCH SESSION GORE BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT - A MATERIAL ALTERNATIVE IN CHALLENGING CASES. |  | |  | | Fortelny René Biologics and 3D Biosynthetics to generate new tissue - Proof or just promises? |
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 | |  | | Birk Dieter Repair of large hiatal hernias - the value of bioabsorbable reinforcement |
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 | |  | | Rosen Michael COBRA - final 2 year data from a global, prospective study on complex abdominal wall reconstruction |
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17:30 - 18:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - COMPLEX CASES IN ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR AND PROPHILACTIC MESH |  | |  | | Kubota T. PLANNED VENTRAL HERNIA AFTER ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME |
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 | |  | | Schaprynsky V. LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOPLASTY OF VENTRAL HERNIAS ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL IN ELDERLY AND SENILE PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Basta M. MORTALITY AFTER INPATIENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: DEVELOPING A RISK-STRATIFICATION TOOL BASED UPON 55,760 OPERATIONS |
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 | |  | | Tan W. B. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: CLINICAL OUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS |
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 | |  | | Siawash M. NERVE ENTRAPMENT AS A CAUSE OF CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ADOLESCENTS |
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 | |  | | Roumen R. LONG-TERM SUCCESS RATES FOLLOWING AN ANTERIOR NEURECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH AN ABDOMINAL CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME |
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 | |  | | DeAsis F. VENTRAL HERNIA RECURRENCE IS HIGHER IN PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM |
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 | |  | | Bauder A. ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS AND MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL INJURY FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION |
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 | |  | | Maggiori L. BIOPROSTHETIC MESH REINFORCEMENT DURING DIVERTING ILEOSTOMY REVERSAL IN RECTAL CANCER PATIENTS REDUCES INCISIONAL HERNIA RATE: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY |
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 | |  | | Köhler G. PREVENTION OF PARASTOMAL HERNIAS WITH 3D FUNNEL MESHES IN INTRAPERITONEAL ONLAY POSITION BY PLACEMENT DURING INITIAL STOMA FORMATION |
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 | |  | | Gruber-Blum S. THE PROPHYLACTIC USE OF BIOLOGIC IMPLANTS IN ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Narang S. PARAUROSTOMY HERNIA FOLLOWING RADICAL CYSTECTOMY AND ILEAL CONDUIT DIVERSION FOR URINARY BLADDER CANCER |
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 | |  | | RED1 | 09:30 - 11:00 SYMPOSIUM - ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR |  | |  | | Roll Sergio LAP repair: the evolution of technique |
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 | |  | | Skinovsky James Single-incision TAPP |
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 | |  | | Dapri Giovanni Single-incision TEP |
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 | |  | | Roberts Kurt Single-incision primary abdominal hernia |
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 | |  | | Tran Hanh Single-incision IPOM for recurrent abdominal hernia |
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 | |  | | Lomanto Davide Notes: is it worthwhile? |
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11:00 - 11:30 EXPERT HOT TOPIC - LUMBAR-FLANK HERNIA, HOW I DO IT: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |  | |  | | Morales-Conde Salvador LAP |
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11:30 - 13:00 SESSION IMPORTANCE OF REGISTRY |  | |  | | Kockerling Ferdinand The importance of patient registry |
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 | |  | | Kyle-Leinhase Iris Comparison of the registry in Europe |
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 | |  | | Van Geffen Erwin The International Hernia Registry |
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 | |  | | Muysoms Filip The EuraHs platform |
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 | |  | | Birolini Claudio Hernia surgery in Brazil and South America |
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 | |  | | Hu Xingchen Hernia surgery in China |
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 | |  | | Konate Ibrahima Hernia surgery in Africa |
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 | |  | | Galyuk Volodymyr Hernia surgery in Ukraina |
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 | |  | | Kingsnorth Andrew Humanitarian hernia surgery with Hernia International |
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13:15 - 14:15 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION - BARD DAVOL LUNCH SESSION BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BIOLOGICS AND SYNTHETICS: PHASIXTM MESH |  | |  | | Windsor Alastair Reabsorable mesh the answer to our prayers |
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 | |  | | Badylak Stephen Technology in review: pre-clinical evidence in support of a P4HB based biosynthetic absorbable mesh |
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 | |  | | Martindale Robert Biosynthetic absorbable mesh: early clinical experience |
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17:30 - 18:30 SESSION HERNIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA: CAN WE ACHIEVE A BETTER CONSENSUS THROUGH ONLINE COLLABORATION THAN BY RCTS ? |  | |  | | Jacob Brian Introduction to social media as a teaching tool and to the International Hernia Collaboration (IHC) Facebook group |
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 | |  | | Kukleta Jan Risks of using the IHC and social media to discuss about patients: the European perspective |
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 | |  | | Gok Hakan Experience and lessons learned: the Turkish and Australian perspectives |
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 | |  | | McGregor Hugh Experience and lessons learned: the Turkish and Australian perspectives |
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 | |  | | Szotek Paul Wearable technology in the operating room: what every surgeon must have right now |
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 | |  | | Jensen Kristian Kiim Social media (professional media) may one day replace journals and meetings as we know them |
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 | |  | | Chen David Facebook IHC as an international platform for hernia for the underserved |
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 | |  | | Daes Jorge Live surgery and social media: basic components of the system and applications on surgical education |
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 | |  | | Schreinemacher Marc Professionalism of online posting in social media platforms |
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 | |  | | Schreinemacher Marc Summary / audience participation with live IHC and Linked-in use |
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 | |  | | RED2 | 11:00 - 13:00 SESSION PUBIC INGUINAL PAIN SYNDROME (PIPS-SPORTS HERNIA) |  | |  | | Santilli Osvaldo Multidisciplinary evaluation for pubalgia |
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 | |  | | Garvey John Sportshernia or groin disruption injury? |
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 | |  | | Muschaweck Ulrike Minimal repair |
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 | |  | | Brunt Michael Surgical approach |
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 | |  | | Cavalli Marta Tendons, nerves and hernia in one-time treatment |
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 | |  | | Campanelli Giampiero Tendons, nerves and hernia in one-time treatment |
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 | |  | | Koch Andreas Anterior pelvic floor repair |
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 | |  | | Paksoy Sabri Melih The laparoscopic approach |
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 | |  | | Sheen Aali J. Report of the 1st Consensus Conference on the Sportsmen's Groin, Manchester 2014: journey to a better scientific understanding |
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17:30 - 18:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE |  | |  | | Harlaar J. INCISIONAL HERNIA: AN EARLY COMPLICATION AFTER MEDIAN LAPAROTOMY? |
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 | |  | | Samartsev V. A. BIOMECHANICAL MULTI-SCALE CONCEPTION OF MODERN SUTURE MATERIALS EVALUATION IN SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Morawski J. NOVEL SUTURE TECHNIQUE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC FASCIAL CLOSURE AND IPOM REINFORCEMENT |
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 | |  | | Robin A. TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE WITH EPTFE MESH |
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 | |  | | Costa T. ROBOTIC ASSISTED MIDLINE RECONSTRUCTION: OVERVIEW AND DESCRIPTION |
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 | |  | | Hope W. A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL WALL TENSION |
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 | |  | | Hope W. SUTURE TO WOUND LENGTH RATION IN ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE: HOW WELL ARE WE DOING? |
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 | |  | | Alam N. ADJUNCTS TO ABDOMINAL WALL EXPANSION FOR REPAIR OF COMPLEX INCISIONAL HERNIAE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW |
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 | |  | | Guérin G. METHOD USING 3D DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION TO ASSESS THE BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF ONLAY HERNIA REPAIRS |
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 | |  | | Abbonante F. PASCAL'S LAW IN SURGERY OF HUGE INCISIONAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | SILVER | 08:50 - 09:10 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Filipi Charles HUMANITARIAN HERNIA SURGERY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE |
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09:10 - 13:00 LIVE SURGERY ABDOMINAL WALL |  | |  | | Scott Michael Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Open IPOM |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Rosen Michael Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Open posterior component separation |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Chebbi Faouzi Room 1 (OPEN), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Open retromuscular |
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 | |  | | Pavoni Gianni Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Maggiore Daniele Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Chelala Elie Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Cuccurullo Diego Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Tollens Tim Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Faillace Giuseppe Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Berger Dieter Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Parastomal hernia repair/ventral IPOM |
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 | |  | | Cuccurullo Diego Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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 | |  | | Sharma Anil Room 2 (LAP), via satellite connection from Clinica La Madonnina, Milan - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Faillace Giuseppe Assistant #1 |
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 | |  | | Papotti Roberto Assistant #2 |
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14:20 - 14:40 KEY NOTE LECTURE |  | |  | | Murphy John THE HORIZON OF HERNIA SURGERY: SUTURE, MESH, OPEN, LAP, ROBOTIC?WHERE ARE THE LIMITS? |
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14:40 - 16:10 PLENARY SESSION PAIN AFTER HERNIA SURGERY MUST BE AVOIDED AND HOPEFULLY TREATED |  | |  | | Kehlet Henrik Epidemiology and prevention |
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 | |  | | Alaedeen Diya Assessment and evaluation of patients with inguinodynia after inguinal hernia repair |
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 | |  | | Champault Gérard Avoidance of groin pain in inguinal hernia surgery |
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 | |  | | Iakovlev Vladimir Quick hot spot - Systematic pathological assessment of explanted hernia meshes reveals important information of mesh-body interactions |
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 | |  | | Chen David Technical aspects and appraisal of laparoscopic triple neurectomy |
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 | |  | | Cavalli Marta One step anterior and posterior triple neurectomy and mesh removal |
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 | |  | | Campanelli Giampiero One step anterior and posterior triple neurectomy and mesh removal |
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 | |  | | Barolat Giancarlo Neurosurgeon view |
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 | |  | | Coluzzi Flaminia Pain therapist view |
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 | |  | | Liem Liong Quick hot spot - Targeted spinal cords stimulation (SCS) for treatment of groin pain. A multicentre case series in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation |
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16:10 - 17:30 PLENARY SESSION OPEN/BURST GIANT ABDOMEN |  | |  | | Berrevoet Frederik Staged closure with TAWT for fascial closure |
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 | |  | | Leppaniemi Ari Open abdomen in trauma and acute care surgery: the emergency care surgeon's point of view |
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 | |  | | Chung Min Infected open: treatment |
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 | |  | | Sebai Farouk Laparoscopic approach of open abdomen trauma |
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 | |  | | Kaplan Mark Advanced management of acute laparotomy wound failure and the open abdomen |
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 | |  | | Pelosi Paolo Compartmental syndrome |
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17:30 - 18:00 EXPERT HOT TOPIC |  | |  | | Bittner Reinhard DISASTERS IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL AND VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: PREVENTION AND SOLUTION |
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 | |  | | Khullar Rajesh DISASTERS IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL AND VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: PREVENTION AND SOLUTION |
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18:00 - 18:30 EXPERT HOT TOPIC |  | |  | | Mandalà Vincenzo FEMORAL HERNIA: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |
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 | |  | | Earle David FEMORAL HERNIA: FACE-TO-FACE DEBATE |
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 | |  | | WHITE1 | 08:00 - 09:30 HERNIA REVIEWER BREAKFAST MEETING |  | |  | | Fitzgibbons Robert J. Introduction and presentation of Ass Editors and APHS as new partner Robert |
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 | |  | | Miserez Marc Overview of Hernia 2014 data & future plans |
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 | |  | | Fitzgibbons Robert J. What can we learn from other journals |
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 | |  | | Montgomery Agneta What can we learn from other journals |
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09:45 - 11:00 Q&A VIDEO - ABDOMINAL WALL - TOPIC: ABDOMINAL WALL AND INGUINO FEMORAL HERNIA REPAIR AS A SUPER SPECIALIZATION |  | |  | | Hawthorne W. SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC INTRAPERITONEAL ONLAY MESH REPAIR OF RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA AFTER FAILED ANTERIOR AND LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Hawthorne W. SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH TELESCOPIC EXTRAPERITONEAL DISSECTION: HOW TO DO IT |
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 | |  | | Nakano K. AN EASY PROCEDURE TO RETRIEVE LARGE NEEDLES USED WITH U REVERSE STITCHES IN LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIA DEFECT CLOSURE |
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 | |  | | Maldonado C. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF MORGAGNI HERNIA: AN INTERESTING CASE WITH HEMOPERICARDIUM AS POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION |
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 | |  | | Gorganchian F. INCOMPLETE EPIGASTRIC HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Bhardwaj A. LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SPIGELIAN HERNIA: OUR EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Saeed M. AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF A SPIGELIAN HERNIA AND EMERGENCY LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR WITH GOOD OUTCOME |
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 | |  | | Soler M. THE USE OF THE NEW TARGET MESH FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE SMALL OMBILICAL HERNIA, WITH AN OPEN MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Radovanovic B. TEP IN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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11:30 - 13:00 Q&A VIDEO - RECENT INNOVATIONS, HIATAL HERNIA - TOPIC: RECENT INNOVATIONS IN HERNIA SURGERY |  | |  | | Bima C. LAPAROSCOPIC MESH REPAIR WITH PRIMARY CLOSURE OF THE DEFECT FOR GIANT INCISIONAL HERNIA OUTSIDE THE MIDLINE |
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 | |  | | Warren J. ROBOTIC RIVES-STOPPA RETROMUSCULAR INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Tran H. SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL REPAIR OF SPIGELIAN AND INGUINAL HERNIAS: HOW I DO IT |
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 | |  | | Tantia O. VIDEO PRESENTATION ON HERNIA ENDOTRAINER: RESULTS OF TRAINING ON SELF DESIGNED HERNIA TRAINER BOX |
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 | |  | | Pereira Cavalini W. COMBINED TECHNIQUE TEP AND TAPP WITH MINILAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS |
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 | |  | | Loi K. TIPS AND TRICKS ON INSERTION OF SELF-ADHESIVE PARIETEX PROGRIP MESH FOR INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Darecchio A. "THE NEO-PNEUMOPERITONEUM CONCEPT" POSITIONING AND MESH FIXATION IN LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL/ INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Augenstein V. VIDEO: THE USE OF BOTOX INJECTIONS IN REPAIR OF THE FLANK HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Akiyama G. A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE FORMATION OF AN EXTRAPERITONEAL SPACE USING THE OPTICAL VIEW METHOD FOR TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Teo A. A TECHNIQUE OF PROSTHETIC MESH FIBRIN GLUE FIXATION FOR CRURAL REINFORCEMENT IN LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF LARGE HIATAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Hoyuela C. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF RECURRENT HIATAL HERNIA BY APPLYING COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT MESH (PHYSIOMESH®) |
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 | |  | | Holihan J. LAPAROSCOPIC MORGAGNI HERNIA REPAIR: A VIDEO CASE REPORT |
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 | |  | | Costanzi A. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF MORGAGNI-LARREY DIAPHGRAMATIC HERNIA WITH DUAL MESH |
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17:30 - 18:30 Q&A VIDEO - RARE&SPECIAL CASES - TOPIC: RARE AND SPECIAL CASES , THE REAL "STRANGE CASES" |  | |  | | Teoh A. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITH BIOLOGICAL MESH |
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 | |  | | Sekmen U. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA AS AN INCISIONAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Sahoo M. NOVEL APPROACH TO REPAIR LUMBAR HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Paksoy M. TEP IN IRREDUCIBLE INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Tonizzo C. A. A RARE CLINICAL SCENARIO: POST-TRAUMATIC BLADDER HERNIA. REPAIR WITH BIOLOGICAL MESH |
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 | |  | | Khetan M. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF EVENTERATION OF LEFT HEMIDIAPHRAGM - A SURGICAL CHALLENGE |
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 | |  | | Hansske B. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF AN INTERCOSTAL HERNIA WITH IMPLANTATION OF A MESH |
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 | |  | | Ertem M. GASTRIC CANCER IMPLANTS IN THE HERNIA SAC: LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH |
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 | |  | | Cavallaro G. LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF A NON-REDUCIBLE HUGE GROIN HERNIA INVOLVING THE BLADDER |
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 | |  | | Bertoglio C. DOUBLE MESH POSTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION REPAIR FOR GIANT TRAUMATIC LUMBAR HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Panizzo V. BOCHDALEK HERNIA IN ADULT PATIENT: LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH |
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 | |  | | YELLOW1-2 | 09:45 - 11:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA: POST OP CHRONIC PAIN |  | |  | | Sevonius D. CHRONIC GROIN PAIN AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY AFTER RECURRENT GROIN HERNIA REPAIR - IMPACT OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR MESH REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Zwaans W. MESH REMOVAL AND SELECTIVE NEURECTOMY FOR PERSISTENT GROIN PAIN FOLLOWING LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Verhagen T. SURGERY FOR DYSEJACULATION AFTER ROUTINE INGUINAL HERNIORRAPHY |
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 | |  | | Bökkerink W. TRANSRECTUS SHEATH PREPERITONEAL MESH REPAIR VERSUS TRANSINGUINAL PREPERITONEAL PROCEDURE: A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL ON INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Yang Z. F. THE STUDY OF THREE-NERVE-RECOGNIZING LICHTENSTEIN PROCEDURE FOR INGUINAL HERNIA TO REDUCE THE RISK OF PERSISTENT INGUINODYNIA |
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 | |  | | Narita M. THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY CHRONIC PAIN FOLLOWING INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Karampinis I. TRANSABDOMINAL LAPAROSCOPIC RETROPERITONEAL NEURECTOMY FOR CHRONIC PAIN AFTER INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR AND APPENDICECTOMY - A MATCHED-PAIR CASE SERIE |
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 | |  | | Scheltinga M. THE GROINPAIN TRIAL: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INJECTION THERAPY VERSUS NEURECTOMY FOR POST-HERNIORRAPHY INGUINAL NEURALGIA |
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 | |  | | Murphy J. EVALUATION OF IMMEDIATE POST-OP PAIN FOLLOWING A LICHTENSTEIN AND PRO-FLOR OPEN HERNIA REPAIRS: A RAMDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND STUDY |
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 | |  | | Yang F. THE NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT STRATAGEM OF POSTOPERATION PAIN OF INGUINAL HERNIA PATIENTS AFTER TENSION FREE HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | van Assen T. INCIDENCE OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN DUE TO THE ANTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT |
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11:30 - 13:00 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA: CROSSFIRE BETWEEN THE MESHES |  | |  | | Teoh A. A RANDOMISED COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF LIGHTWEIGHT VERSUS HEAVY WEIGHT MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Protasov A. V. EFFECTS OF POLYPROPYLENE VS. POLYESTER MESH IMPLANTS ON MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AFTER INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY IN A RAT MODEL |
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 | |  | | Origi M. LIGHTWEIGHT NON-ABSORBABLE MESH VERSUS LIGHTWEIGHT PARTIALLY-ABSORBABLE MESH (HERNIAMESH® HYBRIDMESH®). RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING LICHTENSTEIN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH ANTERIOR APPROACH. PRELIMINARY REPORT |
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 | |  | | Burgmans I. RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLINDED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL OF ULTRAPRO VERSUS PROLENE MESH IN ENDOSCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR (TULP-TRIAL) |
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 | |  | | Miyazaki K. PROLENE HERNIA SYSTEM AND ULTRAPRO HERNIA SYSTEM FOR PRIMARY UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: 3-YEAR OUTCOME OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Porrero-Carro JL. SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PVDF MESH IN THE INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY. MULTICENTRIC NATIONAL STUDY COMPARING WITH PPL MESH |
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 | |  | | Jenkin A. BIODESIGN GRAFTS IN LICHTENSTEIN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE IN RURAL AUSTRALIA |
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 | |  | | Amato G. COMPARING THE BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF CONVENTIONAL STATIC MESHES AND DYNAMIC RESPONSIVE IMPLANTS |
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 | |  | | Fang Z.X. BIOLOGIC MESH VERSUS SYNTHETIC MESH IN OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: SYSTEM REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS |
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 | |  | | Ungpinitpong W. COMPARISON OF BILAYER MESH HERNIOPLASTY (ULTRAPRO HERNIA SYSTEM; UHS) VERSUS LICHTENSTEIN HERNIOPLASTY (LICH) IN OPENED INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Morfesis F. COMPARISON OF TWO LIGHTWEIGHT, BIO-SYNTHETIC PLUGS FOR ELECTIVE, RECURRENT OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Kishimoto T. LONG-TERM RESULTS OF OPEN MESH REPAIR FOR INGUINAL HERNIA: MESH-PLUG VS KUGEL PATCH |
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 | |  | | Lorenz R. GILBERT REPAIR WITH UHS ® - RESULTS OF 5380 CASES IN A MULTICENTRIC QUALITY MANAGEMENT STUDY IN GERMANY |
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 | |  | | Kalhan S. LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH MEDIUM WEIGHT MESH- THE BALANCED APPROACH |
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17:30 - 18:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - ABDOMINAL WALL: REGISTER AND MISCELLANEOUS |  | |  | | Alves A. AN INNOVATIVE QUANTITATIVE PATHOLOGY METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF SOFT TISSUE REPAIR PRODUCTS |
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 | |  | | Cox T. PRE-OPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE FACTORS PREDICT CHRONIC PAIN FOLLOWING VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Goderich Lalán J. RESULTS OF STERILIZATION OF POLYPROPYLENE MESHES WITH SOLUTIONS |
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 | |  | | Di Marzo F. ANALYSIS OF 2013 ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA SURGERY IN TUSCANY: REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RECORDS DATABASES (HDD) VS CLINICAL DATABASES |
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 | |  | | Reinpold W. CHRONIC PAIN AFTER VENTRAL AND INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR - RESULTS FROM THE GERMAN HERNIA REGISTRY |
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 | |  | | Samartsev V. A. FEATURES OF VENTRAL HERNIAS SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Dietz U. "EURAHS CLASS OF 2013": THE FIRST MULTICENTRIC STUDY OF THE EHS-REGISTRY (RESULTS OF THE 1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP) |
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 | |  | | Asti E. ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA REPAIR: SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE OVER A 12-YEAR PERIOD |
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 | |  | | Rogmark P. THE BACKGROUND OF INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR RECURRENCES - DATA FROM THE SWEDISH VENTRAL HERNIA REGISTER |
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 | |  | | BLUE1 | 09:10 - 11:10 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA: RECURRENCES, TAILORED SURGERY AND PUBIC INGUINAL PAIN SYNDROME (SPORTSMEN HERNIA) |  | |  | | Shapovalyants S. G. COLLAGEN TYPES I AND III RATIO AS A PREDICTOR OF RECURRENCE RATE IN PATIENTS WITH INGUINAL HERNIA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
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 | |  | | Lorenz R. RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIAS - A PERSISTENT PROBLEM IN HERNIA SURGERY? ANALYSIS OF 14640 RECURRENT CASES IN THE GERMAN HERNIA DATABASE "HERNIAMED" |
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 | |  | | Burcharth J. DIRECT INGUINAL HERNIAS ARE DOMINATING IN FEMALE INGUINAL HERNIA RECURRENCES |
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 | |  | | Andresen K. LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR PERFORMED IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS OR LOW-VOLUME CENTERS HAVE INCREASED RISK OF REOPERATION FOR RECURRENCE |
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 | |  | | Li J. W THE SURGICAL STRATEGY FOR LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH IN RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR (A REPORT OF 225 CASES) |
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 | |  | | Roscio F. LAPAROSCOPIC TAPP REPAIR FOR RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA: IS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS? |
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 | |  | | Zhao X. APPLICATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL REPAIR FOR RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Kuo L. ANTERIOR OPEN PREPERITONEAL MESH REPAIR IN RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Dudai M. COMPLICATED GROIN HERNIA: RECURRENT, BIG, AND RISKY |
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 | |  | | Zeng Y. J. A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 56 RECURRENT HERNIA CASES RECEIVED TEP AFTER INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY WITH PLUG PERFIX MESH |
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 | |  | | Kawaguchi M. LOCKING PROCEDURE TO PREVENT RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Shui Huang Ching TAILORED TENSION-FREE GROIN HERNIA REPAIR BASED ON PATIENT'S MPO PATHOLOGY AND CO-MORBIDITY BURDEN |
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 | |  | | Sorge A. THE USE OF TABOTAMP COMPRESS IN THE INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Kato J. IMPACT OF HIGH BMI ON TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OF TEP HERNIOPLASTY AMONG EXPERIENCED SURGEONS |
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 | |  | | Iuamoto L. IMPACT OF PREVALENCE OF PREVIOUS SURGERY ON TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OF PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO HERNIORRHAPHY BY TEP TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | R. Almehdi, Y. Alazri LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA AT THE ROYAL HOSPITAL IN MUSCAT. A PLATFORM FOR SERVICE AND TRAIINING IN A MAJOR CENTRE IN OMAN |
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 | |  | | Inaba T. RESENT RECURRENT CASES OF INGUINAL HERNIA - RECURRENCES AND REPAIRS USING PREPERITONEAL FLAT MESH INSERTION TECHNIQUE |
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 | |  | | Pokorny H. TAPP REPAIR IN ATHLETES WITH "PUBIC INGUINAL PAIN SYNDROME" (PIPS): A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL COHORT STUDY |
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 | |  | | Etherson K. SPORTSPERSON'S HERNIA- OUTCOMES AFTER STANDARD LAPAROSCOPIC TAPP MESH REPAIR, AND TACKLESS/SUTURELESS MESH REPAIR USING 'FIBRIN SEALENT' |
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 | |  | | Chung J. IMPACT OF INCIDENTAL INGUINAL PATHOLOGY ON OUTCOMES AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF SPORTS HERNIAS |
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11:10 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA: RECURRENCES, TAILORED SURGERY AND PUBIC INGUINAL PAIN SYNDROME (SPORTSMEN HERNIA) |  | |  | | Magalhães C. SPORTSMAN HERNIA - LAPAROSCOPIC TEP REPAIR - OUR EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Sekmen U. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SPORTSMAN'S HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Ceriani F. INGUINAL HERNIA IN SPORTSMAN: COMPARISON OF OUTCOME BETWEEN ANTERIOR TENSION FREE REPAIR AND TAPP USING OPTOMETRIC WALKING TEST |
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 | |  | | BLUE2 | 09:10 - 11:10 FREE PAPER SESSION - RECENT INNOVATIONS AND DAILY PROBLEMS |  | |  | | Tsai Y. A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A NOVEL COMMERCIAL SINGLE PORT IN LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE-SITE SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Ross N. VALIDITY OF ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GROIN HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Niebuhr H. GROIN HERNIA DIAGNOSTIC: DYNAMIC INGUINAL ULTRASOUND (DIUS) |
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 | |  | | Köckerling F. INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR AND RISK OF BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH COAGULOPATHY OR ON ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY |
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 | |  | | Sun L. SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR MESH INFECTION AFTER PROSTHETIC PATCH REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Berney C. TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL BILATERAL REPAIR OF CLINICALLY UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA WITH POSITIVE ULTRASOUND FINDINGS OF THE CONTRALATERAL GROIN DOES NOT INCREASE DISCOMFORT OR MORBIDITY |
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 | |  | | Suarez D. EFFECT OF AEROBIC TRAINING ON FATIGUE POSTOPERATIVE SYNDROME IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING INGUINAL SHOULDICE HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Chen T. LOCAL ANAESTHETIC VS. GENERAL ANAESTHETIC FOR EMERGENCY INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Mancini R. LAPAROSCOPIC TRANS-ABDOMINAL PRE-PERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR (TAPP) FOR EMERGENCY INCARCERATED INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Bansal B. EVALUATION OF ALTERATION IN TESTICULAR PERFUSION AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Wijerathne S. LONG-TERM OUTOCOME OF A NEW 3D ANATOMICAL MESH FOR ENDO-LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Warren J. PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY OF ROBOTIC VS OPEN RIVES-STOPPA RETRORECTUS INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Guillaume O. DEVELOPMENT OF BIODEGRADABLE MESH FOR HERNIA REPAIR SUITABLE FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE CELL COATING |
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 | |  | | Yoshihara E. TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR USING A SELF-EXPANDING NITINOL FRAMED HERNIA REPAIR DEVICE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY |
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 | |  | | Nagahama T. REDUCED PORT LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR INGUINAL HERNIA: TEP WITH SINGLE INCISION |
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 | |  | | El-Hayek K. ZENAPRO? HYBRID HERNIA REPAIR DEVICE FOR VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Garcia D. BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF LINEA ALBA PROPHYLACTIC REINFORCEMENT WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO PLACE AND FIX POLYPROPYLENE MESH IN A RABBIT MODEL |
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 | |  | | Dumanian G. A NOVEL MESH SUTURE STRUCTURE STRENGTHENS EARLY LAPAROTOMY CLOSURES |
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 | |  | | Chen S. THE APPLICATION OF HERNIOSCOPY FOR THE EXPLORATION OF CONTRALATERAL INGUINAL REGION IN UNILATERAL OPEN TENSION-FREE INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY - EXPERIENCE BY ONE HERNIA CENTER |
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 | |  | | Guttadauro A. ALL IN ONE MESH INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A NEW METHOD FOR THE PATIENT'S MAXIMUM COMFORT |
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 | |  | | Subramanian V. PROFLOR FREEDOM MESH REPAIR FOR INGUINAL HERNIA - SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
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 | |  | | Venditti D. A NEW PROSTHESIS IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY |
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 | |  | | RED1 | 09:10 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - MESH AND PROSTHESIS |  | |  | | Ferzoco S. BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF REINFORCED BIOSCAFFOLDS: A NEW APPROACH TO HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Sta. Clara E. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF CONDENSED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Etherson K. SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF SELF-ADHERENT ADHESIX® MESH COMPARED TO A VARIETY OF MECHANICALLY SECURED MESHES FOR ABDOMINAL AND INGUINAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Berrevoet F. PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A SELF-GRIPPING LARGE PORE MESH FOR INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Rose B. USE OF A NOVEL, PORCINE DERMAL MATRIX (FORTIVA) IN THE REPAIR OF MULTI-FAILURE INCISIONAL HERNIAS: A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS USING THE AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE (AHSQC) |
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 | |  | | Armstrong N. LONG TERM FOLLOWUP OF INCISIONAL HERNIA PATIENTS PRESENTING INFECTED PROSTHETIC MESH: MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND INCISIONAL HERNIA RECURRENCE |
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 | |  | | Das Mohapatra S. SECONDARY HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILISATION FOLLOWING MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY EMPLOYING AN ACELLULAR RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX |
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 | |  | | Blair L. EVALUATION OF MEDLINX, A NOVEL PROSTHETIC MESH, VIA HERNIA REPAIR IN AN ANIMAL MODEL |
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 | |  | | Srivastava K. MESH RELATED INFECTIONS IN HERNIA SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Martindale R. EVALUATION OF A FULLY-ABSORBABLE COMPOSITE POLY-4- HYDROXYBUTYRATE/ABSORBABLE BARRIER MESH IN A PORCINE MODEL OF VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Ray D. MESH SALVAGE CASE REPORTS AND EVIDENCE BASE |
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 | |  | | Bossi M. SINGLE-STAGE VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR USING BIOLOGICAL MESH: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Berta R. COMPLEX VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR UTILIZING POLYGLYCOLIC ACID AND TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE REABSORBABLE MESH IN A CONSECUTIVE SERIES OF BARIATRIC PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Shen Y. M. SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF POLYLACTIDE-CAPROLACTONE COMPOSITE MESH VERSUS COLLAGEN HYDROGEL MATRIX FOR ADHESION PREVENTION FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, SINGLE-BLIND CONTROLLED TRIAL |
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 | |  | | Sharma M. LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF INFECTED MESH AFTER ENDOSCOPIC GROIN HERNIA SURGERY |
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 | |  | | Kumar S. EARLY COMPLICATIONS AND FOLLOW UP AFTER CYANOACRYLATE GLUE MESH FIXATION AT OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Lee S. LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITHOUT MESH: 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Alves A. PRECLINICAL OUTCOME OF A NEW LONG LASTING RESORBABLE FIXATION DEVICE FOR MESH HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Tung K. SAFETY OF UTILIZATION OF MESH REPAIR FOR ACUTELY INCARCERATED OR STRANGULATED GROIN HERNIA: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW IN SINGLE CENTRE |
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 | |  | | RED2 | 09:10 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: MESH FIXATION |  | |  | | Shen Y. NBCA (N-BUTYL-2-CYANOACRYLATE) MEDICAL ADHESIVE FOR MESH FIXATION IN INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY |
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 | |  | | Sun P. MESH FIXATION WITH GLUE VERSUS SUTURE FOR RECURRENCE AND PAIN IN LICHTENSTEIN INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Hoyuela C. RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE TRIAL COMPARING MESH FIXATION WITH HISTOACRYL® GLUE VS. SUTURES DURING INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS |
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 | |  | | Bellanova G. USE OF SELF ADHESIVE MESH IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR. OUR EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Agresta F. LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR. MESH FIXATION WITH FIBRIN SEALANT VERSUS ABSORBABLE TACKS RANDOMIZED STUDY |
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 | |  | | Cesana G. THE USE OF FIBRIN GLUE FOR MESH FIXATION IN LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR (T.A.P.P). |
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 | |  | | Chiaretti M. BUCKYPAPER (BP) AS ABSORBABLE ADHESIVE FOR SURGICAL APPLICATION IN ABDOMINAL WALL ISSUES |
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 | |  | | Blair L. A PROSPECTIVE, LONG-TERM, MULTICENTER EVALUATION OF MESH FIXATION WITH GLUE VS ABSORBABLE TACKS IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR (LIHR) - IMPACT ON RECURRENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) |
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 | |  | | Verhagen T. INGUINAL PAIN AFTER OPEN HERNIA REPAIR: A SINGLE CENTER, DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING THE SELF-GRIPPING PROGRIP MESH WITH A STANDARD POLYPROPYLENE MESH |
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 | |  | | Magalhães C. LAPAROSCOPIC TEP HERNIOPLASTY - NO FIXATION OF THE MESH |
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 | |  | | Lionetti R. FIBRIN GLUE MESH FIXATION UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA FOR THE TREATMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS |
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 | |  | | Pecic V. TRABUCCO'S TECHNIQUE IN THE TREATMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIAS-THRITEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Khan A. POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE VERSUS SKIN STAPLES FOR SECURING MESH IN LICHTENSTEIN INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Bellomo MP. DOES SELF-FIXING MESH EXTEND INDICATIONS TO TRANSABDOMINAL PRE-PERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR (TAPP)? |
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 | |  | | Teng A. CLINICAL COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SELF-FIXATING MESH AND SUTURED MESH FOR OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA |
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 | |  | | Abbonante F. SUTURELESS TECHNIQUE WITH HYBRIDMESH® PROSTHESIS IN GROIN HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Kosai N. THE EARLY OUTCOMES OF A RANDOMIZED SINGLE BLINDED PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: TAC FIXATION VERSUS SELF ADHESIVE MESH |
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 | |  | | Abusalih Adel THE USE OF SELF-FIXATING MESH IN OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR |
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 | |  | | Fenger A. FIBRIN SEALANT FOR MESH FIXATION IN LAPAROSCOPIC GROIN HERNIA REPAIR DOES NOT INCREASE LONG-TERM RECURRENCE |
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09:10 - 11:30 SESSION UMBILICAL, MIDLINE AND SPIGELIAN HERNIA: WHAT WE HAVE TO DO |  | |  | | Rao Jaideepraj Krishnaraj Epigastric hernia: what to do |
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 | |  | | Dapunt Emanuela Laparoscopic approach in cirrhotic patients |
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 | |  | | Stechemesser Bernd Giant midline primary hernia |
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 | |  | | Vironen Jaana Complication related to umbilical and epigastric hernia |
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 | |  | | Chelala Elie Laparoscopic IPOM with fascia closure |
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 | |  | | Anani Mihluedo-Agbolan Komlan Quick hot spot - Umbilicoplasty in children with huge umbilical hernia |
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 | |  | | Diano Folly Spigelian hernia: open approach |
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 | |  | | Crucitti Antonio Spigelian hernia: LAP approach |
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 | |  | | Tran Hanh Quick hot spot - Single-incision laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair of Spigelian and inguinal hernias |
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 | |  | | Costa Thiago Quick hot spot - Laparoscopic trans-abdominal midline reconstruction: technique and results |
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 | |  | | YELLOW1-2 | 09:10 - 11:30 FREE PAPER SESSION - INCISIONAL HERNIA: PLASTIC ASPECTS, COMPONENT SEPARATION, TECHNICAL DETAILS AND PEDIATRIC |  | |  | | Kenchadze G. COMPONENT SEPARATION TECHNIQUE IN LARGE INCISIONAL ABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR: OUR EXPERIENCE |
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 | |  | | Botezatu A. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL IN THE MEDIAN LARGE AND GIANT EVENTRATIONS AND RECURRENT HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Elzakaky N. COMPONENTS SEPARARTION TECHNIQUE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE VENTRAL HERNIAS |
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 | |  | | Espinosa-De-Los-Monteros A. EFFECTS OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE DESINSERTION DURING COMPONENTS SEPARATION TECHNIQUE IN PIGS |
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 | |  | | Yap Y. A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING TIGR® MATRIX SURGICAL MESH AND PROLENE® MESH IN RECTUS SHEATH REPAIR FOLLOWING PEDICLED TRAM FLAP SURGERY FOR BREAST RECONSTRUCTION |
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 | |  | | Dunn R. REPAIR OF EXTERNAL OBLIQUE TENDON DURING COMPONENT SEPARATION PREVENTS ATROPHY OF EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLES |
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 | |  | | Shepetko E. ALLOPLASTIC METHODS IN SURGERY OF POSTOPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ABDOMINOPLASTY |
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 | |  | | Espinosa-De-Los-Monteros A. CLOSURE OF LATERAL SUBCOSTAL AND FLANK-LUMBAR HERNIAS WITH COMPONENTS SEPARATION TECHNIQUE AND MESH |
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 | |  | | Fischer J. A COST-UTILITY ASSESSMENT OF MESH SELECTION IN CLEAN-CONTAMINATED VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR (VHR) |
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 | |  | | Lysenko R. SIMULATION COMPUTER MODELLING OF BIOMECHANICS OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL |
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 | |  | | Verhelst J. VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY IN PREMATURE INFANTS WITH INGUINAL HERNIA |
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 | |  | | Lee S. WHY DOES A RECURRENCE OCCUR AFTER SURGERY OF PEDIATRIC INGUINAL HERNIA & SCROTAL HYDROCELE? |
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 | |  | | Shen Y. M. LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR OF INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIAS WITH ACELLULAR TISSUE MATRIX GRAFTS IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PATIENTS (13 TO 45 YEARS OLD) |
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 | |  | | Boume M. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF THE PERITONEO-VAGINAL DUCT PERSISTENCES IN CHILDREN AT SYLVANUS OLYMPIO TEACHING HOSPITAL OF LOMÉ (TOGO): OUR FIRST SERIES IN 6 MONTHS |
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 | |  | | Alkassem S. SURGERY FOR INGUINAL HERNIA IN PEDIATRIC AGE |
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 | |  | | Akakpo-Numado G. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF THE PERITONEO-VAGINAL DUCT PERSISTENCES IN CHILDREN AT SYLVANUS OLYMPIO TEACHING HOSPITAL OF LOME (TOGO) |
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 | |  | | Hounnou G. CHILD INGUINALS HERNIAS AT COTONOU TEACHING HOSPITAL: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS |
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