Basic Training in Vascular Surgery Fundamentals Using the Example of Groin Procedures – Open Vascular Surgery on a Vascular Model

Monday, 22 June 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Scientific Director: Alexander Hyhlik-Dürr (Augsburg)
Speakers: Carola Hoffmann-Wieker (Speyer), Axel Stübinger (Nuremberg) 

Advances in endovascular techniques are making it increasingly difficult to provide practical training for junior doctors in "traditional open surgery". Added to this is the "commercialisation of surgery" with enormous time pressure in the operating theatre.

The aim of the open surgery courses is therefore to teach the basics of open vascular surgery using models, so that students already have a certain level of confidence when they perform their first "real-life operations". The courses focus on practical exercises using models, with theory taught only to the extent necessary to understand the underlying surgical technique.

Colleagues in their second year of further training will benefit most from this course.
 

Contents

08:30 – 08:45Welcome
08:45 – 09:15Theoretical basics: Suture material
09:15 – 12:00Practical basics: longitudinal arteriotomy, single button suture, transverse arteriotomy, direct suture (continuous), Blalock suture
12:00 – 12:30Theoretical basics: graft material
12:30 – 13:00Break
2:00 – 4:30Practical basics on vascular model: suture techniques for alloplastic vascular replacement, end-to-end direct suture (single button suture), patch plasty, end-to-side direct suture (prosthesis), end-to-side suture (distance suture technique), end-to-end suture 
4:30 p.m.Debriefing and certificate award ceremony

Venue

Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Berlin Mitte
Axel-Springer-Straße 55
10117 Berlin

Room: Hamburg 1-2

Participation fee

DGG members: EUR 495.00 (incl. VAT)

Participation fee without DGG membership: EUR 745.00 (incl. VAT)

To register

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on 030-280 990 992.

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