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Monday 17th October

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

Tuesday 18th October

	CADAVERIC HERNIA MASTERCLASS (Only registered Participants) takes place at the Manchester Surgical Skills & Simulation Centre (MSSSC)
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

Wednesday 19th October

07:00	REGISTRATION
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 (1^st part) Moderator: Aman Bhargava, UK ; Brian Jacobs, USA	Charter 2
11:45 – 13:00	Short Papers 1: Ventral hernias (2^nd 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
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? Debora Nowakowski, Czech Republic Parastomal hernias with bowel obstruction Todd Heniford, USA Lap or open approach for acutely irreducible hernias Maciej Smietanski, Poland MASH study Matt Lee, UK	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

Thursday 20th October

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
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

Friday 21st October

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
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
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
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

Closing of the 44^th Annual International Congress of the European Hernia Society 2022

Saturday 22st October

(Limited Capacity)

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)