Date: October 11-12, 2012

Venue: Manchester Town Hall

Day 1  The Open Abdomen

Thursday 11^th October

9.30 – 10.30 Registration and coffee

10.30 – Welcome and introduction – Martin Kurzer

Day 1 The Open Abdomen  Chair: Andrew de Beaux

Acute management of the open and dehisced abdomen


Professor Iain Anderson – Manchester

Management of the open abdomen; the Swedish Experience

Professor Agneta Montgomery – Sweden

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  Professor 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 – David Bennett

Prize for the best poster presentation

15.15 – 16.00 Coffee

16.00 – 16.45 Video presentation  Chair – A deBeaux and A Sheen

Prize for the best video

16.45 – 17.30 Astley Cooper Lecture –  TBA

20.00 `           Dinner at Manchester United Stadium, Old Trafford.

Day 2 The Sportsman’s Groin

Friday 12^th October

08.45 – 09.30 The Hernia Quiz  – Quizmaster – Brian Stephenson

09.30 – 10.00  What’s new – Top 10 hernia articles of the last 12months

Professor Andrew Kingsnorth

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee

10.30 – 12.00 The Sportsman’s Groin

Chair Brian Stephenson

Diagnosis and non-surgical options
Dr Ian Beasley

Senior Medical Officer to the England Football team

Radiology and special investigations
Dr P Robinson

Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Leeds

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation post-surgery -
Mr David Fevre

Senior Physiotherapist, Blackburn Rovers Football Club

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.30 The Sportsman’s ‘Hernia’ – surgical perspective

Chair Aali Sheen

- 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 END

BHS Conference Oct 2012

The two topics are the Sportsperson’s hernia (Olympic year) and the problem of the Open Abdomen. Truly a meeting of two halves.

The programme is available to view through the link below:
View programme

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.  This will be  a fantastic opportunity to put the  ‘experts’ on the spot and ask them questions about why, what and how they do what they do.

Abstracts & video submission guidelines

Submit abstracts to abstracts@britishherniasociety.org

• Abstracts must be on one side of A4, 1½ line spacing, Arial 12 font
• Submit as a word   .doc    or   .docx    file
• Title, authors ( lastname, initials), institution, address, email address of corresponding author.
• Structured abstract headings are :-
• Aims, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions
• NO charts or diagrams
• Videos should be .wmv format. No more than 5 minutes in length.
• email Mr A Sheen prior to sending your video -  aalisheen@aol.com

DEADLINE FOR Abstract and Video submission is 26th July 2012

There are be two ‘hernia’ sessions this week at ASGBI in Liverpool

Make sure you don’t miss them.  They are both on Wednesday afternoon, 9th May.

The first, on Incisional Hernias is at 14.00

The second, on Medico-legal Aspects of Hernia Surgery, is at 16.00

Both are ‘hot topics’ and will be popular sessions. Get there early to make sure of a seat.

http://asgbi.org.uk/liverpool2012

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.

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.

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