S No

Time

Allotted Time

Session

Topic

Faculty

Chair

1

12noon

10 min

Inaugural Session

Dr Ramesh Punjani

Dr Pramod Shinde

Dr B Ramana

Dr Pawanindralal

2

1215hrs

12+3

Fundamentals

Anatomy 1

Outside - In

Open Anatomy of Groin

Dr John B Thanakumar

Dr Ramesh Punjani

3

1230hrs

12+3

Anatomy 2

Inside - Out

Endo anatomy

Dr Sharad Sharma

4

1245hrs

12+3

Imaging

Optimal Imaging –What, when and why?

Dr Ashwin Thangavelu

STATE OF ART

Video Session

5

1300hrs

7+3

Technique 1

Lichtenstein

Dr Ramesh Punjani

Dr Patta Radhakrishna

6

1310hrs

7+3

Technique 2

Tissue repair

Dr Arun Prasad

7

1320hrs

7+3

Technique 3

TEP

Dr P K Reddy

8

1330hrs

7+3

Technique 4

TAPP

Prof Sunil D Popat

9

1340hrs

7+3

Technique 5

eTEP

Dr Rahul Mahadar

10

1350

60 min

SOS PANEL

Safe Operative Strategies

Issue 1

Issue 1:

Loss of plane during MIS – Steps to avoid and regain

Dr Rajesh Srivatsava

Dr K Senthil Kumar

Dr Naveen Alexander

Dr Saravanan Nanjappan

Moderator

Dr Pawanindralal

11

Issue 2

Difficult closure of peritoneal defect

12

Issue 3

Large defects in inguinal hernia – Strategies

13

Issue 4

Scrotal abdomen

14

Issue 5

Optimal mesh fixation strategies

15

Issue 6

Redundant and left behind sac

16

Issue 7

Intraop surgery vascular complications

17

Audience Interaction

18

1450

60min

PROBLEM GROIN

POST SURGICAL ISSUES

EXPERT PANEL

1.       Persistent seroma

2.       Problem sinus

3.       Open groin

Special situations

Dr  Sunil D Popat

Dr Sharad Sharma

Dr SomyaaKhuller

Dr Pinak Das Gupta

Dr T Sivakumar

Dr Premkumar Balachandran

Moderator

Dr Jignesh Gandhi

19

AWRSC GLOBAL SESSION

Chair-

Dr B Ramana

Dr Pawanindralal

Dr M Muralidharan

20

1550

20+5

AWRSC Invited Lecture 1

Postoperative groin pain

Dr Aali Sheen

21

1615

20+5

AWRSC Invited Lecture 2

Mesh Tissue Integration, Effective porosity, Biofilm and translational research and its possible application to successful groin hernia repair

Dr Alex Kartassas

22

1640

10+5

AWRSC Invited Lecture 3

Adoption of eTEPinguinals

Dr YouriMnouskin

23

1655

20+5

AWRSC Invited Lecture 4

Recurrent groin hernia and Robotic groin hernia

Dr Flavio Macher

24

1720

20+5

AWRSC Invited Lecture 5

TBA

25

1745

20 min

AWRSC Invited Lecture 6

Contentious issues in groin hernia surgery

Dr Danny Rosin

26

1805

10 min

Ending the day

Closure bulletin

Dr B Ramana