Soft Tissue Surgery I

Name: Soft Tissue Surgery I
Start: 2025-12-16T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-16T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Vienna, Austria

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Program Director:

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

Principal Course Master(s):

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

Course Master(s):

Univ. Prof. Dr. Guillaume Chanoit, Dipl. ECVS, Dipl. ACVS (FR)
Dr. Gabriele Gradner, Dipl. ECVS (AT)

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 Program (Subject to change)

Tuesday, 16/12/2025 – Online Course introduction/Explanation

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome & Introduction
7 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 Merca
• Hemostasis, hemostatic devices Findji
• Suture material and suture techniques Findji
• Pain management in abdominal surgery Rocchi / Eberspächer-Schweda
• Nutritional support Handl

Tuesday, 13/01/2026 – Lectures and Dry Lab

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 – 18:00 Dry labs on suture and ligature techniques
18:00 – 19:00 Ice breaker

Wednesday, 14/01/2026 – Practical excercises

09:00 – 10:00 Diseases and surgery of large intestines (excl. rectum)
10:00 – 10:45 Nutritional support and feeding tubes placement
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 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

Thursday, 15/01/2026 - Lectures and wrap-up session

Friday, 16/01/2026 – Practical exercises

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