COMPLETED A COURSE OF IMPROVEMENT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY №2
From 17th to 28th October 2016 at the Department of General Surgery №2 NMU a series of thematic trainings for surgeons were held. The topic of trainings was “Laparoscopic ventral hernia hernioplasty”. Trainings were held by head of the department prof. Oleksandr Ioffe.
It have included lectures, devoted to modern methods of the anterior abdominal wall hernias treatment. During two weeks the surgeons from Kyiv and Chernihiv had great possibility to practice in laparoscopical treatment of hernias using modern simulator.
It allowes fully simulate the course of the operation in different types of hernias. It was also an opportunity to perform surgery of varying difficulty on the simulator, work out various options for surgical treatment of possible complications. An important part of the trainings was “live surgery”. During the classes laparoscopic operations for patients with umbilical and inguinal hernias were shown.
After successfully passing the exam, all surgeons received a certificate of state standard of training in laparoscopic abdominal wall hernia surgery.
The Department of General Surgery №2