Endoscopy in Reproductive Medicine

ESHRE Campus course

Leuven, Belgium

24-26 February 2010

Organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group Reproductive Surgery

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Programme– 24 February 2010

 Session 2: Hands on laparoscopic skill evaluation and suturing part 1

10.30 - 13.00

Laparoscopic psychomotor and suturing skill evaluation on individual basis Suturing lecture and suturing on gauze

Specific topics:

• General tissue approximation

• Suturing and technical problems

• Knotting: types of knots

• Circular suture

• Rotation of hand versus deflection

13.00- 13.50 Lunch break

Session 3: live surgery and lecture

14.00 – 17.00 Live surgery from H. Hart Hospital, Leuven and ZOL, Genk

lectures:

Laparoscopic complications and their prevention part 1 – Vasillos Tanos (Cyprus)

Uterine congenital anomalies – Marco Gergolet (Italy)

17.00 – 18.30 Suturing on chicken legs

Programme– 25 February 2010

Session 4: Live surgery and lecture

8:45-13:00 Live surgery

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

Session 5: Laparoscopic suturing, part 2

14.00-18.00       Knotting lecture, knotting on gauze

                             specific topics: both hand use in laparoscopic surgery, needle introduction, locating the needle, orientating the needle, Z-line, Greek-line, distort and remove needle through trocar, special session on straight needle

Programme – 26 February 2010

Session 6: Laparoscopic suturing part 3

Session 8 Suturing part 4 and laparoscopic skill evaluation

14.00 – 17.30

17.30 Closure

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