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 – 08:35 | Welcome |
| 08:35 – 08:45 | Industry presentation by Johnson & Johnson MedTech : Fundamentals of suture materials in vascular surgery Speakers: Max Krellenberg / Pavel Hundt |
| 08:45 – 09:15 | Theoretical principles: suture materials |
| 09:15 – 12:00 | Practical basics: longitudinal arteriotomy, single-knot suture, transverse arteriotomy, direct suture (continuous), Blalock suture |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Theoretical principles: Graft material |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Break |
| 14:00 – 16:30 | Practical fundamentals using a vascular model: Suture techniques for alloplastic vascular replacement, end-to-end direct anastomosis (single-button suture), patch plasty, end-to-side direct anastomosis (prosthesis), end-to-side anastomosis (spacer suture technique), end-to-end suture |
| 4.30 pm – 5.00 pm | Debriefing and presentation of certificates |