Certificate Course in Intensive Minimal Access Paediatric Surgery


Minimal Access Surgery has become integral part of Paediatric surgery. Procedures like diagnostic laparoscopy, orchiopexy, appendicectomy, repair of inguinal hernia, biopsy (peritoneal, lymph node and gonadal), cholecystectomy, nephrectomy and thoracoscopy for empyema have become part of the common in minimal access Paediatric Surgery. The parents (of children with surgical diseases) have started demanding minimal access surgery for their children. This is applicable even in the smaller towns of India. Parents want their child to recover quickly, with early discharge from the hospital and to resume education and other activities at the earliest. Early discharge allows even parents to resume their work faster. It is important for Paediatric Surgeons to get hands-on training in minimal access Paediatric Surgery, to understand the principles and fundamentals of these techniques, which will decrease the duration of their learning curve and incidence of complications. This three-day basic course encompasses “all-in-one with certification” to fulfil the dreams of any Paediatric Surgeon wishing to practice safe minimal access Paediatric Surgery. Knot-tying and suturing in laparoscopic Surgery has been the “Achilles heel” of novices and sometimes even of an experienced laparoscopic surgeon. The course will encompass extensive hands-on training, introduction to basic laparoscopic suturing and the animal tissue laboratory which gives the opportunity to have extensive hands-on experience, to boost the confidence of the delegates.
Course Objectives
- To learn laparoscopic suturing and knot-tying
- To learn ergonomics in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery to minimize complications and operating time
- To understand indications, technical details and possible complications of following basic minimal access Paediatric surgeries
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy
- Laparoscopic
- Hernia repair
- Laparoscopic Orchiopexy
- Laparoscopic Appendicectomy
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy (transperitoneal)
- Thoracoscopy
- Diagnostic
- Empyema
- Lung biopsy
Course Highlights
- Lectures by expert faculty
- Supervised training in simulation and animal tissue laboratories
- Plenty of opportunity to interact with the faculty
- As alumni of IMMAST, continuous support from the faculty as and when required
Who Should Attend?
- Post graduates who are under training in
- Paediatric Surgery
- Paediatric surgeons who are already in practice and wish to offer this modality to their patients
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