CADAVERIC HERNIA MASTERCLASS (Only registered Participants) takes place at the Manchester Surgical Skills & Simulation Centre (MSSSC) LECTURES IN NOWGEN CENTRE, Manchester Royal Infirmary Moderator: Stella Smith, UK ; Oroog Ali, UK INTUITIVE – ROBOTIC PRECONFERENCE COURSE (Only registered Participants) Takes place at Manchester Central - the Congress Venue |
CADAVERIC HERNIA MASTERCLASS (Only registered Participants) takes place at the Manchester Surgical Skills & Simulation Centre (MSSSC) |
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09:00 – 17:00 | EHS EDUCATION SEMINAR | salas Exchange 9, 10 |
UEMS EXAMINATION | Charter 1 | |
INTUITIVE – ROBOTIC PRECONFERENCE COURSE (Only registered Participants) |
Charter 2 & 3 | |
18:00 - 20:00 |
REGISTRATION OPENS |
07:00 | REGISTRATION |
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08:30 – 09:15 | WELCOME TO MANCHESTER | Main Auditorium |
09:15 – 10:00 | KEYNOTE 1 Moderator: Aali J. Sheen, UK; Filip Muysoms, Belgium The Makings of a True Specialty Todd Heniford, USA |
Main Auditorium |
10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK + INDUSTRY EXHIBITION Eposters Sesssion 1: Saurabh Jamdar (UK) & Lars Jorgensen (Denmark) |
Poster Area |
10:30 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE 2 Moderator: David Lourie, USA; E. Goodman, Israel What lessons to learn from mistakes Manu Kapur, Switzerland |
Main Auditorium |
12:00 – 13:00 | KEYNOTE 3 Moderator: Ralph Lorenz, Germany; Hans Friis-Andersen, Denmark Hernia surgery at the extremes Miguel Ángel García Ureña, Spain |
Main Auditorium |
10:30 – 12:45 | HERNIA POT POURRI Moderator: Ramana Balasubramaniam, India; Rigo Álvarez, Mexico Acute management of traumatic hernia Andreas Koch, Germany When to operate on nephrectomy hernias Ramana Balasubramaniam, India Hernias in the transplant patient David Van Dellen, UK Intercostal hernias Andrew de Beaux, UK Challenges with Robotic Surgery: the learning curve C Conrad Ballecer, USA |
Charter 1 |
10:30 – 11:45 | Short Papers 1: Ventral hernias (1st part) Moderator: Aman Bhargava, UK ; Brian Jacobs, USA |
Charter 2 |
11:45 – 13:00 | Short Papers 1: Ventral hernias (2nd part) Moderator: Oroog Ali, UK; Lars Jorgensen, Denmark |
Charter 2 |
10:30 – 12:45 | MESH TECHNOLOGY Moderator: Alastair Windsor, UK; Cesare Stabilini, Italy Classification of mesh Alastair Windsor, UK Does mesh polymer make a difference? Maciej Smietanski, Poland Science of mesh related problems Ralph Lorenz, Germany New Mesh technology Barbora East, Czech Republic Tomorrow’s mesh, where future research is needed Agneta Montgomery, Sweden |
Charter 3 |
12:45 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
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13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH INDSUTRY SIMPOSIA | Charter 1 & 3 |
14:00 – 15:30 | WHAT’S NEW IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF HERNIAS? MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY HERNIAS Moderator: Maciej Pawlak, UK; Todd Heniford, USA Guidelines on emergency hernia surgery Belinda De Simone, France When to operate on untreatable incisional hernias? |
Main Auditorium |
14:00 – 14:20 | KEYNOTE 4 Moderator: Frederik Helgstrand, Denmark; Henry Hoffmann, Switzerland The British Hernia Society Registry Liam Horgan, UK |
Charter 1 |
14:20 – 15:30 | THE GREAT REGISTRY DEBATE Moderator: Liam Horgan, UK; Erwin Van Geffen, Netherlands; Dominic Slade, UK Panel Frederik Helgstrand, Denmark Bernd Stechemesser, Germany Marc Miserez, Belgium Peter Rogmark, Sweden Hakan Kulacoglu, Turkey Heather Bougard, Republic of South Africa Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Greece |
Charter 1 |
14:00 – 14:20 | KEYNOTE 5 Moderator: David Sanders, UK; Hannu Paajanen, Finland Incisional hernia reporting of outcomes; how can we report internationally Deena Harji, UK |
Charter 2 |
14:20 – 15:30 | IMMUNE REACTION AND HERNIA SURGERY Moderator: Nadia Henriksen, Denmark; Dimitris Damaskos, UK Inflammatory markers in incisional hernia surgery Fiona Wilkinson, UK Immune reactions comparing polypropylene mesh in inguinal hernia surgery Tervaert Cohen, Canada What future experiments and studies are needed to investigate mesh and its immune response? James Pritchett, UK ASIA syndrome Shirin Towfigh, USA Medicolegal implications of mesh implantation Archana Ramaswamy, USA |
Charter 2 |
15:30 – 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK + POSTER VIEWING ePosters Session 2: Aman Bhargava, UK & Cesare Stabilini, Italy |
Poster Area |
16:00 – 17:30 | HOW TO TEACH HERNIA SURGERY IN THE MODERN ERA Moderator: Knut Borch, Norway ; Maciej Pawlak, UK Entrustable professional activities in hernia surgery Maarten Simons, Netherlands Surgical educations from own videos David Lourie, USA Standardizing the steps of hernia procedures; how can it help in education? Ulrich Dietz, Switzerland Using social media to train, teach and learn Brian Jacobs, USA What trainees want from their trainers Nasra Alam, UK |
Main Auditorium |
16:00 – 17:30 | LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE: PATIENT’S STORY OF HERNIA SURGERY Moderator: Jackie Bullock, UK; Susannah Hill, UK; Shirin Towfigh USA Sex & Drugs & rock & roll Susannah Hill /Olivia Smith, UK A meaningful consent process Susannah Hill / Srinivas Chintapatla, UK Post-surgery outcomes; patient and surgeon perceptions Jackie Bullock, UK / Barbora East, Czech Republic Empathy with patients on mesh related issues Paul Wilson, UK Supporting patients through social media Paula Goss, UK / Shirin Towfigh, USA |
Charter 1 |
16:00 – 17:00 | DEBATE: WHO WILL FIX MY HERNIA? Moderator: D. Koppelmann, Israel; Alexis Theodorou, Greece The general surgeon Andrej Goscimki, UK The cancer specialist Gabrielle Van Ramhorst, Netherlands The hernia surgeon Joachim Conze, Germany The emergency / trauma surgeon Erwin Van Geffen, Netherlands Hernia surgery as a recognized specialty: pitfalls and challenges Sarfaraz Baig, India |
Charter 2 |
17:00 – 18:00 | BEST SHORT PAPERS 2 Moderator: Kristian Kiim Jensen, Denmark; Vedra Augenstein, USA |
Charter 2 |
17:45 |
WELCOME DRINKS RECEPTION Mr Christian Macutkiewicz, UK Speeches – Dr Filip Muysoms, Belgium; President of EHS; Prof Aali Sheen, UK; Congress President |
07:30 – 08:30 | INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM |
Charter 3 |
08:30 – 10:00 | ELECTIVE INCISIONAL HERNIA: WHAT TO DO WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS Moderator: David Chen, USA; David Sanders, UK Dealing with contamination and enterotomies Alastair Windsor, UK You just can't close the defect intra operatively René Fortelney, Austria Mistakes in component separation and how to avoid them Conrad Ballecer, USA The third recurrence- admit defeat or try again Marja Boermeester, Netherlands When should I not use mesh? Nadia Henriksen, Denmark How I learnt TAR, my results Gregori Chatzimavroudis, Greece |
Main Auditorium |
08:30 – 10:00 | DRAGON’S DEN/ RESEARCH AWARD (HANS JEEKEL RESEARCH AWARD) Moderator: Filip Muysoms, Belgium; Toby Hammonds, UK Invigilators: Lars Jorgensen, Denmark Giampiero Campanelli, Italy Paras Jethwa, UK Todd Heniford, USA Gabrielle Van Ramshorst, Netherlands Manuel López Cano, Spain Carlos Magalhães, Portugal |
Charter 1 |
08:30 – 10:00 | HERNIA AFTER CANCER SURGERY/ COMPLEX DISEASES Moderator: Cesare Stabilini, Italy; E. Goodman, Israel Implications of ongoing cancer treatment in Hernia patients Juan Valle, UK When to offer a hernia repair for cancer patients Ajith Siriwardena, UK Synchronous surgery for cancer and a hernia Jared Torkington, UK Hernia as part of cosmetic surgery David Ross, UK Hernia for surgery in the presence of Ascites Frederik Berrevoet, Belgium |
Charter 3 |
10:00 – 10:30 | MEET THE EXPERT DR. GABRIELLE VAN RAMSHORST Moderator: Duncan Light, UK; Harsha Jayamanne, UK |
Exhibition Hall |
10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK + INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ePosters Session 3: Aman Bhargava, UK & Hannu Paajanen, Finland |
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10:30 – 11:45 | BJS AWARD SESSION Moderator: Andrew de Beaux, UK; Manuel López Cano, Spain |
Main Auditorium |
11:45 – 12:30 | KEYNOTE: BJS LECTURE Moderator: Stella Smith, UK; Agneta Montgomery, Sweden Surgeons as the second victim Haytham Kaafarani, USA |
Main Auditorium |
10:30 – 10:50 | KEYNOTE 6 Moderator: Hakan Gök, Turkey; Todd Heniford, USA When a fistula complicates the picture Marja Boermeester, Netherlands |
Charter 1 |
10:50 – 12:45 | OPEN ABDOMEN SESSIONS Moderator: Hakan Gök, Turkey; Todd Heniford, USA When to leave the abdomen open Carlo Vallicelli, Italy Bin the Bogota bag-how to manage the open abdomen Arnulf Gregori Willms, Germany Mesh mediated fascial closure Ulf Petersson, Sweden The role of vacuum therapy René Fortelny, Austria IFT – Fasciotense Henning Niebuhr, Germany Cool study Andrew Kirkpatrick, Canada |
Charter 1 |
10:30 – 11:15 | VIDEO SESSION 1 Moderator: Jan F. Kukleta, Switzerland; Victor Radu, Romania |
Charter 3 |
11:15 – 13:00 | THE FEMALE GROIN: UPDATES AND CONTROVERSIES Moderator: Shirin Towfigh, USA; Dermot Hehir, Ireland Female groin anatomy Nasra Alam, UK The clinical evaluation Shirin Towfigh, USA Robotic repair Periklis Chrysocheris, Greece Mesh or no mesh Andreas Koch, Germany Rare hernia, cyst in the canal of nuck Oroog Ali, UK Obturator Hernia in Women Johanna Osterberg, Sweden |
Charter 2 |
12:45 - 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH INDSUTRY SIMPOSIA | Charter 1 & 3 |
14:00 – 15:30 | MEDICOLEGAL DEBATE Moderator: Filip Muysoms, Belgium; Archana Ramaswamy, USA Experts and Co-Chair: Andrew de Beaux, UK; David Chen, USA. Counsel -- Matthew Snarr, UK Counsel -- Julie Anne Luck, UK Counsel -- Dimitrios Damaskos, UK Judge – Chris Kennedy, UK |
Main Auditorium |
14:00 – 14:20 | KEYNOTE 7 Moderator: Vedra Augenstein, USA Diastasis Recti- Surgery for pain or cosmesis Pilar Hernandez- Granados, Spain |
Charter 1 |
14:20 – 15:30 | UNUSUAL & CHALLENGING HERNIAS Moderator: Conrad Ballecer, USA ; Barbora East, Czech Republic What constitutes a difficult hernia Conrad Ballecer, USA ; Barbora East, Czech Republic Xiphoid hernias Yohann Renard, France Perineal hernias Neil Smart, UK Flank denervation hernias Giampiero Campanelli, Italy Kocher’s incision Wolfgang Reinpold, Germany |
Charter 1 |
14:00 – 14:45 | THE EUROPEAN HERNIA SOCIETY INCISIONAL HERNIA: KEY TAKE HOME MESSAGES AND AUDIENCE VOTING Moderator: Maciej Pawlak, UK; David Sanders, UK |
Charter 3 |
14:45 – 15:30 | SHORT PAPERS 3: GROIN Moderator: Miguel Ángel Garcia Urena, Spain; Paras Jethwa, UK |
Charter 3 |
15:30-16:00 | COFFEE BREAK AND INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ePosters Session 4: Saurabh Jamdar, UK; Sarfaraz Baig, India |
Poster Area |
16:00 – 16:30 | UPDATE ON UEMS EXAMINATION Moderator: Ferdinand Köckerling, Germany; Agneta Montgomery, Sweden |
Main Auditorium |
16:30 –-17:30 | EHS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2025 MEETING ANNOUNCED Moderator: Andrew de Beaux, UK |
Main Auditorium |
16:00 – 17:30 | Short Oral presentations 4 Moderator: Conrad Ballecer, USA; David Lourie, USA |
Charter 1 |
08:00 – 08:30 | MEET THE EXPERT DR. A. MONTGOMERY Moderator: Duncan Light, UK; Harsha Jayamanne, UK |
Exhibition Hall |
08:30 – 09:00 | KEYNOTE 8 Moderator: Rhiannon Harries, UK; Wolfgang Reinpold, Germany Why do we need an MDT? Oliver Warren, UK |
Main Auditorium |
09:00 – 10:00 | ABDOMINAL WALL MDT Moderator: Stella Smith, UK; Nadeem Khwaja, UK Panel Vinotha Nadarajah, UK Ramana Balasubramaniam, India Miguel Ángel García, Spain Vedra Augenstein, USA Oliver Warren, UK Rhiannon Harries, UK David Ross, UK |
Main Auditorium |
08:30 – 08:50 | KEYNOTE 9 Moderator: Marc Miserez, Belgium; Ferdinand Köckerling, Germany How to conduct an RCT Eva Deerenberg, Netherlands |
Charter 1 |
08:50 – 10:15 | RCTs UPDATES AND RESULTS Moderator: Neil Smart, UK ; Eva Deerenberg, Netherlands CIPHER study Neil Smart, UK Tackomesh Study James Pilkington, UK HART trial Jared Torkington, UK PREEMER Elisa Mäkäräinen, Finland |
Charter 1 |
08:30 – 09:00 | KEYNOTE 10 Moderator: Lars N. Jorgensen, Denmark; Yuri Novitsky, USA Parastomal guidelines Stavros Antoniou, Greece |
Charter 3 |
09:00 – 10:00 | PARASTOMAL HERNIA SESSION Moderator: Henry Hoffmann, Switzerland; Heather Bougard, Republic of South Africa PROPHER study Thomas Pinkey, UK Laparoscopic repair indications Filip Muysoms, Belgium Open repair Frederik Berrevoet, Belgium Complications associated with reversal and associated hernia formation Neil Smart, UK |
Charter 3 |
10:00-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK + INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ePosters session 5: Saurabh Jamdar, UK |
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10:30 – 10:50 | KEYNOTE 11 Moderator: Andrew de Beaux, UK; Jose A. Pereira, Spain Why is mesh coverage on the television? Shirin Towfigh, USA |
Main Auditorium |
10:50 – 13:00 | CHRONIC PAIN IN INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY: MDT Moderator: Maciej Pawlak, UK, Diego Cuccurollo, Italy MDT approach to diagnosing and treatment CPIP Maciej Pawlak, UK MDT treatment of CPIP in the US David Chen, USA Persistent Pain cycle; why we need to focus on patient’s ideas and concerns Matthew Lund, UK Non-surgical treatment of CPIP Eske Kvanner Aasvang, Denmark Recommendations of hernia surge update on CPIP Nadine Van Veenendaal, Netherlands When all else fails is it ACNES? Rudi Roumen, Netherlands |
Main Auditorium |
10:30 – 11:30 | DEBATE: MINIMALLY INVASIVE (LAP/ROBOT) VS OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR Moderator: Andrei Mihailescu, UK; Nadia Henriksen, Denmark Will robotics replace Lap surgery & if so, when? Yuri Novitsky, USA LAP. - Victor Radu, Romania ROBOT - Conrad Ballecer, USA OPEN - Giampiero Campanelli, Italy |
Charter 1 |
11:30 – 12:45 | IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES: ASK THE EXPERTS Moderator: Jared Torkington, UK; How to do a good retrorectus repair Joachim Conze, Germany How I do a TAPP; tips and tricks Jan F. Kukleta, Switzerland Why TEP is safer? Ferdinand Köckerling, Germany How to manage a persistent seroma/ abdominal wall pseudocyst Salvador Morales Conde, Spain My worst complications with laparoscopic surgery Carlos Magalhaes, Portugal |
Charter 1 |
10:30 – 11:30 | VIDEO SESSION 2 Moderator: Erwin Van Geffen, Netherlands; Ferdinand Köckerling, Germany |
Charter 3 |
11:30 – 12:45 | PRE-HABILITATION FOR HERNIA REPAIRS Moderator: Praminthra Chitsabesan, UK ; Erwin Van Geffen, Netherlands Use of CPET testing Nick Batchelor, UK Pre op. risk stratification Vedra Augenstein, USA Prehabilitation Baukje van den Heuvel, Netherlands Obesity surgery in patients with incisional hernias Sarfaraz Baig, India Pre op. Anaesthetic assessment for incisional hernias? Andrew Bolton, UK |
Charter 3 |
12:45 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
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13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH INDSUTRY SIMPOSIA | Charter 1 & 3 |
14:00 – 15:30 | PRACTICALITIES OF MESH REMOVAL: ASK THE EXPERTS (VIDEO SESSION) Moderator: Johanna Osterberg, Sweden; Kristian Kiim Jensen, Denmark Removal of groin mesh and nerve division open David Chen, USA Removal of mesh laparoscopic Vedra Augenstein, USA Removal of abdominal wall mesh open Andreas Koch, Germany Removal of mesh robotic Shirin Towfigh, USA Nerve mapping & ligation R. Álvarez, México |
Main Auditorium |
14:00 – 14:20 | KEYNOTE 12 Moderator: Filip Muysoms, Belgium; Paras Jethwa, UK Robotic inguinal repair; it is worth it Archana Ramaswamy, USA |
Charter 1 |
14:20 – 15:30 | COMPLICATIONS IN GROIN HERNIA SURGERY; WHAT TO DO? Moderator: Yohann Renard, France; Knut Borch, Norway Anatomical caveats to reduce pain David Lourie USA Immediate post op. pain Andrew de Beaux, UK Early recurrence Henry Hoffmann, Switzerland Immediate post op bleeding and persistent seroma Paras Jethwa, UK Testicular complications Ian Pearce, UK |
Charter 1 |
14:00 – 14:45 | BHS ADDRESS / AGM Moderator: Aali J. Sheen, UK; David Sanders, UK |
Charter 3 |
14:45 – 15:30 | SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION 5 Moderator: Brian Stephenson, UK; Sarfaraz Baig, India |
Charter 3 |
15:30-16:00 | COFFEE BREAK + INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ePosters Session 6: Diego Cuccurollo, Italy & Johanna Osterberg, Sweden |
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16:00 – 17:30 | DEBATE: DOES MESH BELONG IN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY Moderator: Knut Borch, Norway; David Ross, UK For: Hans Frii-Andersen, Denmark Filip Muysoms Bel Against: Dominic Slade, UK Victor Radu, Romania |
Main Auditorium |
16:00 – 17:30 | SPORTS GROIN MDT Moderator: Joachim Conze, Germany; Zarko Vuckovic, Serbia; John Rogers, UK Panel Brian Jacob, US Hannu Paajanen, Finland Waqar Bhatti, UK Dough Jones, UK John Rogers, UK Max Fehilly, UK Aali J. Sheen, UK |
Charter 1 |
16:00 – 16:45 | INGUINAL HERNIA GUIDELINES UPDATE; KEY MESSAGES AND VOTING Moderator: Maarten Simons, Netherlands; Cesare Stabilini, Italy |
Charter 3 |
16:45 – 17:30 | SHORT ORAL PAPERS 6 Moderator: Rhiannon Harries, UK; |
Charter 3 |
19:00 | GALA DINNER & PRESENTATIONS Best oral presentation BJS prize Dragon’s Den Vote of thanks EHS 2023 Sitges, Barcelona Manuel Lopez-Cano, Spain |
09:00 - 11:00 | MORNING - Manchester Royal Infirmary - Main Lecture theatre | Post Graduate Centre |
4 State of the Art Lectures Chairs: A J Sheen, UK; D Sanders, UK (Only for registered Participants) “Robotic surgery for hernia repairs – is this cost effective?” Bjorn Mueck– guest speaker “Women in Surgery, are we achieving our goals?” Oroog Ali (UK) “Academia in Hernia Surgery, is there clinical utility and are we being taken seriously?” Neil Smart (US) “Open Inguinal Hernia Surgery; how I can repair without mesh?” Ralph Lorenz (D) “LAP Inguinal Hernia Surgery; Why I chose TEP?” Paras Jethwa (UK) |