Accreditation

Target Audience

This comprehensive and highly interactive reconstructive Summit is suited for all surgeons involved in abdominal wall reconstruction including general, plastic, and trauma surgeons, and residents involved in both routine and complex abdominal reconstructions.

Learning Objectives

During the Summit, you will be exposed to all aspects of Hernia Surgery including:

• Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs
• Robotic Hernia Repairs
• Complex open abdominal wall reconstruction techniques
• Open (traditional) component separation
• Laparoscopic and periumbilical sparing component separation
• Posterior component separation and transversus abdominis release (TAR)
• Laparoscopic and Robotic Totally Extraperitoneal Retromuscular Repairs
• Para-stomal and other difficult hernia repairs
• Reconstructions in setting infection, contamination, enterocutaneous fistulas, loss of abdominal domain
• Umbilical and inguinal hernia repairs
• Comprehensive review of groin repairs and groin pain management
• Plastic surgery considerations for difficult soft tissue scenarios

Satisfactory Completion

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.