INTENSIVE COURSE

IN LAPAROSCOPIC
GENERAL SURGERY
February 26th to March 1st, 2024

CHAIRMAN
Henrique Prata

PROGRAMME
President of Fundação Pio XII
Hospital de Amor - Barretos

PRESIDENT SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

Jacques Marescaux Armando Melani
President of IRCAD Americas Medical City
University of Strasbourg, France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Luis Gustavo Romagnolo
Hospital do Amor
EDITION

Barretos, Brazil

COURSE DIRECTOR COURSE CO-DIRECTOR

Armando Melani Luis Gustavo Romagnolo
Americas Medical City Hospital do Amor
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Barretos, Brazil

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
André Fermino Luis Romagnolo
Carlos Véo Marcos Denadai
Felipe Daldegan Paulo Bertulucci
Geraldo Siqueira Rodrigo Bregeiro

FACULTY *videoconference
André Fermino Jaques Marescaux* (France)
Andres Hanssen (Colômbia) Juverson Terra
Antônio Rocco Luis Poggi (Peru)
Armando Melani Luis Romagnolo
Carlos Véo Marcelo Furtado
Croider Lacerda Marcos Denadai
Dario Birolini Paulo Bertulucci
Felipe Daldegan Pedro Traucynski
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Felipe Victer Raphael Araujo*

Fernando Felippe Renato Tauil
Geraldo Siqueira Roberto Kaiser
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Giuliano Borda (Peru) Rodrigo Bregeiro

Gustavo Rachid Vinicius Cordeiro
Gustavo Soares
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TRAINERS
André Fermino Fernando Felippe Marcos Denadai
Andres Hanssen (Colômbia) Geraldo Siqueira Paulo Bertulucci
Antônio Rocco Giuliano Borda (Peru) Pedro Traucynski
Carlos Véo Guilherme Terra Renato Tauil
Claudemiro Neto Gustavo Rachid Rodrigo Bregeiro
Croider Lacerda Gustavo Soares Rodrigo Chaves
Dario Birolini Jorge Reina Rodrigo Mariano
Felipe Daldegan Jorge Reina Neto Rodrigo Sanderson
Felipe Victer José Ciongoli Vinicius Cordeiro

COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To provide the basic knowledge required for clinical applications.
• To describe all the basic principles (instruments, materials, equipments) and presente the most used basic
laparoscopic techniques.
• Hands-on training sessions to learn or improve performance of basic technical tasks in laparoscopic
surgery such as intra-corporeal suturing and knots tying techniques, two-hands co-ordination for dissection,
safe use of energy in laparoscopy.
• To describe results and potential complications of laparoscopic procedures.

EDUCATIONAL METHODS
• Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
• Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations.

THIS COURSE IS ACCREDITED BY:

American College of Surgeons World Endoscopy Organization Union Européenne des

Médecins Spécialistes
“An application has been made to the UEMS
EACCME® for CME accreditation of this event”.

DIPLOMA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG

In addition to the IRCAD course certificate, it will be possible to obtain a Proficiency Diploma in
General Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg.
The exam consists of an assessment of surgical skills during practical sessions and a proficiency
test (25 multiple-choice questions) on the last day of the course.

Optional Diploma Registration Fees

480,00 Euros

The diploma fees will have to be paid at IRCAD only by credit card to the “Université de Strasbourg”.
Registration on Monday and Tuesday during the coffee break at the reception desk
For successful candidates, the diploma will be sent by the University of Strasbourg via mail to the
address filled in the registration form.
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Monday, February 26th 2024

Faculty & Participants Shuttle Bus: Hotels - IRCAD

09:00 am Welcoming the participants L. Romagnolo

THEORETICAL SESSION

Chairpersons: G. Borda; J. Ciongoli

09.05 am EQUIPMENT (55´) L. Romagnolo

• Laparoscope- camera – light source

• Insufflators, instruments…

• Surgical energy devices: electrosurgery, ultrasounds

10:00 – 10:30 am COFFEE BREAK

10.30 am BASIC PRINCIPLES (90´) L. Romagnolo

• Operating room setup
• Methods of access to the peritoneal cavity
• Trocars caracteristics - risks – safe manipulation
• Physiology of the pneumoperitoneum

12.00 pm TISSUE APPROXIMATION-HEMOSTASIS (60´) P. Bertulucci

• Laparoscopic suturing and knotting methods
• Principles of mechanical stapling
• Techniques-devices and tricks for hemostasis

01:00 – 01:45 pm LUNCH AT THE IRCAD

01:45 pm Laboratory rules (15´) Laboratory Staff

Pre-lab session – Demonstration of the exercises to be

L. Romagnolo
performed (sutures in black box)

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY – DRY LAB

▪ Practical exercises in the laboratory (surgical
02.00 pm exercises intended to practice, ergonomics, suture, All faculty
knots and management of instrumentals).

End of session
06.00 pm
Evaluation of the day

Participants & Faculty Shuttle Bus : IRCAD – Hotels

08:00 – 10:30pm OFFICIAL DINNER at C. C. Dr. Paulo Prata

This program may be subject to modifications or cancellations for timing reasons

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Tuesday, February 27th 2024

THEORETICAL SESSION

Chairpersons: G. Borda; P. Trauczynski

08.00 am LAPAROSCOPIC BILIARY SURGERY

LIVE or PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (40´) J. Terra
08.45 am DIDACTIC SESSION
• Cholecystectomy - Basic principles (CVS - Critical View of Safety) (30´) F. Victer
09.20 am PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for Acute cholecistitis (30´) G. Borda
• Laparoscopic partial/sub-total cholecystectomy (30´) L. Poggi

10:30 – 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK

11.00 am DIDACTIC SESSION (40´) L. Poggi
• Bile Ducts Surgery
• MethModern management of CBD stones
• Bile duct injuries
• Incidence, risk factors, diagnosis and prevention
• Management and outcome
11.40 am Mirizzi Syndrome (15’) L. Poggi
11.55 am PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS (30´) A. Hanssen
• Laparoscopic Common bile duct exploration

12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE

01:30 pm Pre-lab session – Procedures descriptions (Auditorium) L. Romagnolo

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY – PRATICE ON LIVE TISSUE – monitor pra cima

01.45 pm • Basic principles : insufflation - positioning of trocars - open All faculty

laparoscopy
• Clips - staples - laparoscopic sutures - knots - surgitie
• Small bowel resection (endoGIA - intracorporeal suture - surgitie)
• Small bowel dissection and anastomosis
• Hand-sewn gastro-jejunostomy
• Cholecystectomy

End of the session

6.00 pm
Evaluation of the day

Participants & Faculty Shuttle Bus : IRCAD – Hotels

This programme may be subject to modifications or cancellations for timing reasons

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Wednesday, February 28th 2024

THEORETICAL SESSION
Chairpersons: A. Hanssen; P. Trauczynski V. Cordeiro
08:00 am Imaging robotics and artificial intelligence: The 3 weapons to achieve J. Marescaux*
a smart surgery (40’) Videoconference

08:40 am INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR

LIVE or PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS (60´)

▪ Iguinal hernia (60’) M. Furtado

PRINCISIONAL and VENTRAL HERNIA
PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

09:45 am • Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (20’) R. Tauil

DIDACTIC SESSION

10:10 am • Indications, mesh repair, suture repair, component separation G. Soares

repair, emergencies… (20’)
10:30 – 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK
EMERGENCIES: APPENDICITIS
DIDACTIC SESSION
11:00 am • Technique(s) of laparoscopic appendectomy (15’) D. Birolini
11:20 am • Management of appendicitis grade IV (15’) G. Borda
DIDACTIC SESSION (30´)
11:40 am • Role of laparoscopy in specific clinical conditions: recurrent V. Cordeiro
hernia, strangulated hernia….(10’)
11:50 am • TAPP hernia repair: tips & tricks (10’) M. Furtado
12:00 am • Rationale of the laparoscopic approach for inguinal hernia M. Furtado
repair (10’)
12:15 pm EMERGENCIES: GASTRIC PERFORATION
DIDACTIC SESSION (25´) G. Borda
• Modern management of gastric perforation: open -
laparoscopic or conservative
• Laparoscopic approach for gastric perforation

12:45 – 1:30 pm LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE

01:30 pm Pre-lab session – Procedures descriptions (Auditorium) L. Romagnolo

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY – PRATICE ON LIVE TISSUE

01:45 pm • TAPP inguinal hernia repair All faculty
• Cholecystectomy
• Gastrointestinal-anastomosis
• Small bowel dissection and anastomosis
End of the session
6.00 pm
Evaluation of the day
Participants & Faculty Shuttle Bus : IRCAD – Hotels

This programme may be subject to modifications or cancellations for timing reasons

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Thursday, February 29th 2024

THEORETICAL SESSION
Chairpersons: A. Hanssen; A. Rocco

08.00 am COLORECTAL SURGERY

LIVE or PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION (120´)

• Sigmoidectomy A. Melani

10:00 – 10:30 am

10.30 am EMERGENCIES: ACUTE SIGMOIDITIS

DIDACTIC SESSION

• Current medical and surgical approaches (25’) A. Rocco

11.00 am SPLENIC SURGERY

DIDACTIC SESSION

• Indications and Surgical Techniques. Total and Partial

V. Cordeiro
Splenectomy (25’)

DIDACTIC SESSION

11:30 am • Basic principles of colorectal surgery: patient preparation-OR R. Kaiser

setup-energy tools…. (15’)

11:50 am • Right colectomy: anatomy-based resection (15’) A. Rocco

12:10 pm • Sigmoidectomy: anatomy-based resection (15’) F. Daldegan

12:30 pm • Introduction to Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) (15’) L. Romagnolo

12:50 – 01:45 pm LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE

01:45 pm Pre-lab session – Procedures descriptions (Auditorium) L. Romagnolo

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY – PRATICE ON LIVE TISSUE

02.00 pm • Reflux Hiatal Hernia All faculty

• Small bowel resection-anastomoses

• Sigmoidectomy

• Splenectomy

06.00 pm End of the session

Evaluation of the day

06:00 – 08:00 pm HAPPY HOUR AT IRCAD

This programme may be subject to modifications or cancellations for timing reasons

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Friday, March 1st 2024

THEORETICAL SESSION
Chairpersons: P. Bertulucci; L. Poggi

08.00 am ESO-GASTRIC SURGERY

LIVE or PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

▪ Hiatal hernia surgery M. Furtado

10:00 – 10:30 am COFFEE BREAK

DIDACTIC SESSION

10:30 am • Techniques of anastomoses after gastrectomy (25´) C. Lacerda

11:00 am • Principles and techniques of gastrectomy for cancer (20´) F. Felippe

11.00 am Proficiency Test (for cadidates enrolled for the University Diploma) – 1 hour

• Esophageal high-resolution manometry and 24-hour pH

11.25 am
Impedance. The value in chosing the appropriate technique (25´) L. Poggi

11:50 am • Esophageal manometry: dysmotility, acalasia (15´) L. Poggi

12:20 pm • The value of ICG of the gastric tube surgey (10´) L. Poggi

12:30 – 01:45 pm LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE

BARIATRIC and METABOLIC SURGERY

DIDACTIC SESSION

01:45 pm • An overview of the current role of laparoscopy (20´) J. Terra

• Tailored approach: gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy &

02:05 pm J. Terra
gastric bypass (20´)

02:30 pm • Management of common and difficult complications (10´) L. Poggi

02:40 pm • Anti-reflux post sleeve gastrectomy x bypass (10´) L. Poggi

HPB SURGERY

DIDACTIC SESSION

03:00 pm • An overview of the current role of laparoscopy (25’) R. Araujo*

*videoconference
03:30 pm CONCLUSIONS AND END OF THE SEMINAR

03:45 pm End of the course

Evaluation of the course
Presentations of certificates of attendance

04:00 pm Participants & Faculty Shuttle Bus : IRCAD – Hotels & IRCAD – Airports
This programme may be subject to modifications or cancellations for timing reasons
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