Intermediate Skills for Laparoscopic Surgeons 2025

Intermediate Skills for Laparoscopic Surgeons 2025 is organized by University of Dundee and will be held from Dec 08 - 10, 2025 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Description:
Our expert faculty team will provide a series of lectures, hints & tips and individual feedback during the practical sessions.

The course will cover (step-by-step demonstrations followed by hands-on sessions)

• Ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery
• Difficult access techniques and adhesiolysis
• Advanced surgical energy devices and their safe application
• Laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knot tying
• Laparoscopic continuous suturing techniques
• Tumbled square knot
• Free laparoscopic suturing exercise
• Prevention of laparoscopic bile duct injuries
• Intraoperative cholangiography
• Primary closure of CBD or 'T' tube insertion
• Hiatial repair using tumbled square knot
• Repair of perforated duodenal ulcer
• Repair of incisional hernia
• Laparoscopic stapled Gastroenterostomy

At the end of this practical training course you will be able to:

• Explain the techniques necessary to overcome the visual demands in laparoscopic surgery
• Demonstrate effective equipment and instrument positioning using ergonomic principles
• Utilise extracorporeal knot-tying technique for ligation in continuity
• Demonstrate optimal bite placement and knot tying technique during laparoscopic tissue approximation
• Gain experience of safe use of advanced surgical energy device
• Demonstrate safe stapling technique
• Utilise protack fixation device safely
• Demonstrate safe and accurate handling mesh

Apply the component skills taught in this course to various procedures including:

• Access to scarred abdomen,
• Ligation in continuity using extracorporeal knot,
• Intraoperative cholangiography, primary closure of CBD or insertion 'T' tube
• Closure of enterotomy with competent laparoscopic suturing skills
• Hiatial repair
• Stapled gastroenterostomy
• Repair of perforated duodenal ulcer and
• Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair
• Total extra-peritoneal hernia repair