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), 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 – 08:35 | Welcome, group allocation and introduction to the course system |
| 08:35 – 08:45 | Industry presentation by Johnson & Johnson MedTech : Fundamentals of suture materials in vascular surgery Speakers: Max Krellenberg / Pavel Hundt |
| 08:45 – 12:30 | Practical exercises on a vascular model: BAA tube prosthesis implantation with re-implantation of the inferior mesenteric artery, renal artery bypass, transposition of the superior mesenteric artery |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Break |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Modern techniques and strategies for knowledge transfer in surgical training |
| 14:00 – 16:30 | Practical exercises on a vascular model: BAA, ilio-mesenteric bypass, ilio-truncal bypass and antegrade aorto-mesenteric bypass |
| 4.30 pm – 5.00 pm | Debriefing and presentation of certificates |