SASES LAPCHOLE, APPENDICECTOMY AND SUTURING WORKSHOP

Thursday 26th & Friday 27th January 2023

The purpose of this workshop is to take a deeper look at the complications that are still common in Laparoscopy and ways at preventing them. A segment of the workshop will also focus on Laparoscopic Suturing Techniques. This workshop will be suitable for both Medical Officers, Registrars and Specialists that either wish to upskill or refresh their skills.

Attendance at one of the SASES LapChole Wokshops is a pre-requisite for attending the SASES Advanced Laparoscopic Training Workshop as well as the new Common Bile Duct Exploration Workshop initiated in 2022 by Professor Christo Kloppers..

Faculty: Prof Alp Numanoglu, Prof Christo Kloppers, Prof Marc Bernon & Dr Bernie Maree, Dr Anna Coccia & Mr Dirk von Delft

Surgical Skills Training Centre, 6th Floor ICH Building, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town.

Day 1:

08:00 Registration

08:30 Welcome

Principles of Laparoscopy

Energy Sources – what to use when and the function of each of the available energy devices

Ergonomics in MAS

Anatomy of Bile Ducts

Avoiding bile duct injuries

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

11:00 Tea

11:30 Practical exercises

Camera navigation

Hand-eye co-ordination

Bi-manual co-ordination

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Cholecystectomy (Porcine Model)

15:00 Tea

15:30 Cholecystectomy (Porcine Model) When to convert

Day 2:

8:00 Registration

On jig with rope

Anatomy of a knot: Reef, granny, surgeon’s knot converting a reef knot to a sliding knot

Tying a knot using two needle holders.

Specific attention to C-loop

Converting a reef knot to a sliding knot and locking back with needle holders

10.30 – 10.45: Tea

Suturing stage 1: Inserting the needle into peritoneal cavity

Suturing stage 2: Grasping and positioning the needle in the needleholder: 5 methods

Suturing stage 3: Inserting the needle and pulling suture through

12.45 – 13.30: Lunch

Practical: Box Trainer

Knotting – Forming C-loop – Reef knot

Capsizing and relocking

15h00 – Tea

Practical:  Practice on a foam pad

SUTT1 TEST

Register below: