Soft Tissue Surgery I

Name: Soft Tissue Surgery I
Start: 2026-07-20T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-25T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Warsaw, Poland

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Program Director:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gilles Dupré Dipl. ECVS (FR/AT)

Principal Course Master(s):

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gilles Dupré Dipl. ECVS (FR/AT)

Course Master(s):

Dr. Laurent Findji, Dipl. ECVS (UK)

Instructor(s):

Dr. Ruta Noreikaite (LT)

Course Overview

This course focuses on the basic principles of surgery, tissue handling, knotting techniques and general abdominal and gastro-intestinal surgery.

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, participants 1) shall be able to apply atraumatic surgery principles on all occasions, 2) master current abdominal surgeries principles and techniques, 3) have changed paradigm, not trying anymore to know “how” but “why”.

Course Location:

THEORETICAL LECTURES
Hotel Mercure Warszawa Centrum
ul. Złota 48/54
00-120 Warsaw, Poland
Web: https://all.accor.com/hotel/3385/index.en.shtml

PRACTICAL SESSIONS
Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
Nowoursynowska Street 159 C (Building No 22)
02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Web: https://www.sggw.edu.pl/en/

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 20 July 2026: Online Course Introduction

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome & Introduction

8 hours of Recorded Webinars on Surgical Methods
· Surgical site infections Allerton / Dupré
· Instrument and tissue handling techniques Findji
· Patient, surgeon, OP room preparation Findji
· Disinfection / Sterilisation methods Moser
· Haemostasis, haemostatic devices Findji
· Suture material and suture techniques Findji
· Pain management in abdominal surgery Rocchi / Eberspächer-Schweda
· Nutritional support Handl

Saturday, 22 August 2026 – At Hotel Mercure Warszawa Centru

08:30 – 09:00 Local welcome
09:00 – 10:15 Abdominal wall anatomy, approaches, closure
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30 Abdominal biopsies
11:30 – 13:00 Gastrointestinal surgery: anatomy, surgery
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Gastric dilatation volvulus
15:15 – 16:00 The Omentum: the surgeon´s best friend
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Indications and various techniques of splenectomy
17:15 – 18:00 Introduction to certificate and master programs
Suture exercises and conclusion of the da

Sunday, 23 August 2026: Practical exercises on dogs – At Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

08:30 – 10:30 Knotting techniques
Laparotomy / Abdominal exploration
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 11:00 – 12:30 Abdominal biopsies, splenectomy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Enterotomies, gastropexies
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Resection anastomosi

Monday, 24 August 2026: Lectures and wrap-up session – At Hotel Mercure Warszawa Centru

08:30 – 09:45 Diseases and surgery of large intestines (excl. rectum)
09:45 – 10:30 Nutritional support and feeding tubes placement
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Debriefing webinars
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 The septic peritonitis
15:00 – 15:45 Introduction to minimally-invasive surgery
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Wrap-up
19:00 Social Dinner

Tuesday, 25 August 2026: Practical exercises on cats – – At Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

08:30 – 09:00 Introduction
09:00-10:30 09:00 – 10:30 Feeding tubes placement / Abdominal exploration / Advanced dissections (pancreas, adrenals, aorta…)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 11:00 – 12:30 Small and large intestines (1)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break, Group picture, Course Evaluation
13:30-15:00 13:30 – 15:00 Small and large intestines (2)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Advanced procedures
17:00 – 17:30 Debriefing and farewell