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Programme for the 2012 British Hernia Society Scientific Meeting
Date: October 11-12, 2012
Venue: Manchester
‘The Open Abdomen and the Sportsman’s Groin’
Thursday 11th October
9.30 – 10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30 – Welcome and introduction – Martin Kurzer
Day 1 The Open Abdomen Chair Mr Andrew de Beaux
Acute management of the open and dehisced abdomen
Professor Iain Anderson – Manchester
Lessons learned from personal experience and the Swedish Hernia Registry on management of the open abdomen
Professor Agneta Montgomery, Sweden
The open abdomen and complex incisional hernias – the role of biological mesh
Mr Al Windsor- University College London Hospitals
12.25 -12.45 Questions / debate
12.45 Lunch, trade exhibition and poster viewing
13.45 How I do it – Expert Videos
Chair Prof P J O’Dwyer
- Fascial closure Agneta Montgomery
- Laparoscopic fascial closure Andrew de Beaux
- Management of the open abdomen – Iain Anderson
- Use and abuse of Biological mesh – Al Windsor
14.45 – 15.15 Poster presentations
Chair Mr David Bennett
15.15 – 16.00 Coffee
16.00 – 16.45 5 minute videos and 2 minute discussion (6 videos)
16.45 – 17.30 Astley Cooper Lecture – TBA
18.30
Buses pick up from hotels
Manchester United Stadium – Old Trafford
Complimentary Tour of Museum and Stadium
20.00 Dinner at Manchester United Stadium
11.00 Buses to hotels
Friday 12th October
Day 2 The Sportsman’s Groin
08.45 – 09.30 The Hernia Quiz
09.30 – 10.00 What’s new – the annual roundup of the 10 most important hernia articles of the last 12months – Professor Andrew Kingsnorth
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 12.00 The Sportsman’s Groin
Chair Mr Brian Stephenson
Non-surgical options Dr Ian Beasley
[senior doctor to the England Football team]
Radiology and special investigations –Dr P Robinson
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Leeds
The place of physiotherapy TBA
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 The Sportsman’s ‘Hernia’ (cont)
Chair Mr Aali Sheen
Surgery for the Sportsman’s ‘hernia’
- Mr David Lloyd – ‘the Lloyd release’
- Mr Jerry Gilmore – ‘Gilmore’s Groin’
- Mr Ian Maclennan – Open Surgical Repair
14.30 CONSENSUS DEBATE on the management of the Sportsman’s groin
15.30 Conclusion and closing remarks
ASiT Conference, Cardiff, Fri 23 – Sun 25 March 2012
We are delighted to announce that the 2012 ASiT Conference will be held in the historic City Hall in Cardiff. Nearly 500 trainees attended the 2011 conference in Sheffield. Educational pre-conference courses, an interactive and informative programme, and our famous Gala Dinner party make this essential for all surgical trainees.
Click on the link below for more information:
http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/2012
BHS Scientific Meeting – Manchester 2012
The next full meeting of the British Hernia Society will be in Manchester 2012 in October of that year – Olympic year. The local organizer is Aali Sheen and it is likely to be a very well attended event, with an exciting venue (already arranged, but will not be announced till nearer the time) and a range of international speakers.
We have chosen two apparently diverse topics – the Sportsperson’s hernia (Olympic year) and the problem of the Open Abdomen. Truly a meeting of two halves.
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They are both relatively rare, but can present real management problems when they land in your lap. We’ll have some answers for you at the meeting, and we’ll be keeping you up to date with details of the full programme.
There will be a call for abstracts early in 2012. This looks set to be an excellent and stimulating meeting, and we look forward to seeing you there – early booking is advised.
ASGBI Liverpool 2012
Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th May 2012
There wil be two ‘hernia’ sessions – details early in 2012
http://asgbi.org.uk/liverpool2012
AHS meeting March 2012
5th International Hernia Congress March 28-31, 2012 (New York, NY, USA)
Future Events
Our close links with ASGBI has enabled us to have a number of sessions at each annual ASGBI conference. Some of the most popular sessions have been those that have dealt with biological meshes – some basic science and theory and the practicalities of their use and abuse. This is a rapidly developing area, which you really need to know about, and we aim to keep you at the cutting edge. At the recent ASGBI Conference in Bournemouth we had an excellent session.
We also have a session at the next AUGIS meeting in Belfast, September 15-16 later this year 2011– http://www.augis.org/belfast2011/index.htm on the repair of Incisional Hernia a subject that has proved to be a tremendously popular at previous ASGBI meetings. The session at this years AUGIS meeting is likely to be equally well attended and prove equally worthwhile.
The next full meeting of the British Hernia Society will be in Manchester 2012 in October of that year – Olympic year. The local organizer is Aali Sheen and it is likely to be a very well attended event, with an exciting venue (already arranged, but will not be announced till nearer the time) and a range of international speakers.
We have chosen two apparently diverse topics – the Sportsperson’s hernia (Olympic year) and the problem of the Open Abdomen. Truly a meeting of two halves. They are both relatively rare, but can present real management problems when they land in your lap. We’ll have some answers for you at the meeting, and we’ll be keeping you up to date with details of the full programme. Equally exciting and something to really look forward to is the 2014 European Hernia Society meeting, which Andrew DeBeaux tendered for and won (against extremely stiff opposition). So it will be in Edinburgh, with Andrew as the local organizer.
We are currently negotiating an attractive membership package with some very appealing benefits, and will be revealing all on this website soon. On behalf of my fellow Board members I would like to thank you for your interest, and we look forward to meeting you at future conferences.
RCS Edinburgh – Lister Centenary Celebrations 2012
Join RCS Edinburghfrom 9-11 February 2012 in order to celebrate the life and work of Joseph Lister, the pioneer of antiseptic surgery, on the occasion of the centenary of his death.
The College will be joined by our three sister Colleges as well as by a number of the surgical Specialty Associations for a programme of symposia and lectures which in addition to an historical content, will place Lister’s pioneering work in a contemporary context.
The activities will also include the final of the Lister surgical skills competition for which entrants from all UK medical schools will be competing in a series of heats which are taking place throughout the UK later this year.