Complex Aortic Surgery and Knowledge Transfer Techniques – Open Vascular Surgery on a Vascular Model

Thursday, 25 June 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Scientific Director: Alexander Hyhlik-Dürr (Augsburg)
Speakers: Johannes Gahlen (Ludwigsburg), Johannes Kalder (Giessen), Sebastian Zerwes (Augsburg) 

Advances in endovascular techniques are making it increasingly difficult to provide practical training for assistant 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 sixth year of further training or above will benefit most from this course. 

Contents

08:30 – 08:45Welcome, group allocation and introduction to the course system 
08:45 – 12:30Practical exercises on vascular models: BAA tube prosthesis implantation with reimplantation of the inferior mesenteric artery, renal artery bypass, transposition of the superior mesenteric artery 
12:30 – 13:00Break
1:00 – 2:00Modern techniques and strategies for knowledge transfer in surgical training  
2:00 – 4:30Practical exercises on vascular models: BAA, iliac-mesenteric bypass, iliac-truncal bypass and antegrade aorto-mesenteric bypass 
4:30 p.m.Debriefing and certificate presentation

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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