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Minimally Invasive Gynaecological Surgery - Hands-on Cadaver Lab - 1st Edition

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September 12th 2024 - September 14th 2024
COURSE COORDINATORS
Fátima Faustino (MD) , 
Hugo Gaspar (MD, MSc) , 
José Lourenço Reis (MD)
COURSE PRESENTATION
This an intensive and interactive course for gynaecological surgeons, namely OB/GYN residents and specialists who have already achieved some competency in gynaecological laparoscopy, and who are interested in optimizing strategies and improving skills, to performing laparoscopic gynaecological surgeries with different levels of complexity.

Cadaver training, due to its anatomical equivalence with real surgery, is an important component of surgeon training before starting complex surgeries in the operating room. In this course, trainees will become familiar with the relevant pelvic anatomy, training dissection of the lateral and retroperitoneal pelvic wall, dissect the major pelvic vessels and nerves, dissect the sacral promontory, training gynaecological procedures (hysterectomy, adnexectomy, vaginal cuff closure, colposacropexy) and learn how to deal with some of the most common laparoscopic complications (such as repair of bladder and bowel injuries).

It is an imminently practical course, in which for each topic there will be a trainer explaining the steps of the dissection or procedure and at the same time the trainees, distributed in 2 to 3 for each cadaver, execute the planned. The aim is that by the end of the course, students can have acquired the fundamental knowledge to perform such procedures in real surgeries, in a safer and more effective way.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Gynaecologic surgeons, OB/GYN residents and specialists who have already achieved some competency in gynaecological laparoscopy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES >> KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP
  1. Entry techniques in laparoscopy (Veress, optical trocar, direct entry, Palmer's point) 
  2. Learn the topographical anatomy of the pelvis
  3. Retroperitoneal spaces dissection
  4. Pelvic sidewall dissection 
  5. Identify and dissect major pelvic vessels
  6. Find the origin of uterine artery
  7. Identification and isolation of pelvic ureter, basic principles for ureterolysis
  8. Exposition of sacral promontory
  9. Use of different energies: monopolar diathermy, bipolar diathermy, harmonic scalpel 
  10. Laparoscopic intracorporeal suturing and knotting skills – tips and tricks
  11. Training the steps of laparoscopic hysterectomy
  12. Closure of vaginal cuff – using different techniques.
  13. Training the pelvic lymphadenectomy
  14. Steps of Sacrocolpopexy
  15. Develop the anatomical spaces of endometriosis
  16. Bladder injury repair
  17. Bowel injury repair
  18. Re-anastomosis of the ureter
ADMISSION CRITERIA
  • CV
  • At least 1 year of laparoscopic practice/contact
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