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Laparoscopic skills course

Date: Tuesday 22 September 2015

Time: 08:45 - 16:00
Location: Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Clinical Skills Laboratory, 101 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2 (tel: +353 1 402 2100)
Local faculty: Dara Kavanagh (Ireland), Sean Martin (Ireland)

Ethicon: part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companiesDesigned for senior trainees and young consultants

Supported by a grant from Ethicon

TimeEvent
08:45 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09.15 Introduction
09.15 - 10:15

Basics of laparoscopy

  • Basic Principles
  • Set-up
  • Patient position
  • Port placement
10:15 - 10:30

Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

Laparoscopic appendicectomy

  • Didactic talk - tips/tricks/conundrums
  • Principles of vascular ligation / division and extraction of appendix
11:00 - 12:30

Practical session: Laparoscopic appendicectomy
12:30 - 13:30

Lunch
13:30 - 14:00

Laparoscopic colorectal resection - didactic talk

  • Patient position
  • Medial to lateral vs Lateral to medial mobilisation
  • Vascular ligation - staple/clip/electrothermal coagulation
  • Division of the colon and rectum: intracorporeal vs open-assisted
  • Anastomosis: Intracorporeal vs open-assisted; Handsewn vs stapled
14:00 - 15:45

Practical session - laparoscopic colorectal resection
15:45 - 16:00

Questions and Answers / Feedback/ Closing remarks

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