Endoscopic Port-Access Mitral Valve Repair Drylab Training (Dec 09 - 10, 2019)

Endoscopic Port-Access Mitral Valve Repair Drylab Training is organized by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and will be held from Dec 09 - 10, 2019 at Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

Learning Objectives : 
• Indication and results of minimally invasive mitral valve repair
• Patient selection
• Surgical repair techniques
• Complications
• Gain familiarity and knowledge in instrumental necessities for endoscopic mitral valve repair
• Practice and learn the basic techniques in endoscopic surgery for mitral valve repair on high-fidelity simulators
• Mitral valve repair using annuloplasty ring and neochords on high-fidelity simulators

Specifics of the simulators : 
• True simulated physical model of endoscopic port-access set-up whereby the operator can train from the basic technique to full complex repairs
• Disposable mitral valves and papillary muscles that have been created out of material resembling the physical characteristics of connective tissue giving the operator true experience
• Simulator can give feedback about the length and depth of each stich on mitral valve annulus with picture of each created stich. The operator can train his/her skills based on pre-set parameters of length and depth

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.