Suturing and Stapling Course

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Day One

08.30 Coffee and welcome

09.00 Basic Requirements for intra- and extra-corporeal knot tying

Trochars / Knot pushers / Needleholders / Suture materials / Automatic knot tying devices

10.00 Demonstration of intra-corporeal suturing:

1. Slip knot

2. Square Knot

3. Continuous Suture

10.15 Practical skills

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Video session

14.45 Practical skills

Demonstration of The Roeder Knot [Extra-corporeal technique]

Babcock technique

17.00 Close of Day One

Day Two - Surgical Stapling

08.30 Coffee and welcome

09.00 Live transmission

10.30 Coffee

10.45 Overview of stapling technologies/workshop

11.15 Practical skills

13.00 Lunch

13.30 Practical skills utilizing fresh tissue; Simulation of operative procedures

15.00 Tea

15.15 Practical skills

16.45 End of Course