Scientific Program
Pre Conference Workshop
08 October 2026
- Workshop 1: Robotic Assisted Ventral and groin Hernia repair
Course Coordinators: Dr Magan Mehrotra
Dr Tushar S Mishra & Dr Shantanu Kumar Sahu - Workshop 2: Basic hernia repair and Hiatus hernia
Course Coordinators: Dr Ganesh Shenoy
Dr Jitendra Senapati & Dr Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo - Workshop 3: Minimally invasive extra peritoneal ventral Hernia Repair
Course Coordinators: Dr Sarfaraz J Baig
Dr Prakash Kumar Sasmal & Dr Monika Gureh - Workshop 4: Open Surgery for Complex Ventral hernia
Course Coordinators: Dr Sumeet Shah
Dr S Manwar Ali & Dr Ashok Kumar Sahoo - Workshop 5: AI and Social media for Surgeons
Course Coordinators: TBD
- The course will comprise theoretical sessions from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, followed by live operative sessions from 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM.
- The operative procedures will be live-streamed from four operating theatres (OTs) to a common auditorium at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, with three screens available for viewing.
- All course participants will have the opportunity to observe their respective surgeries as well as move between OTs to observe other procedures, facilitating broader exposure to different surgical techniques and approaches.
Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | HALL - A
| Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| 0800 hrs onwards | Registration |
| 0830 - 1030 Hrs | Session 1 - LIVE / virtual live OPERATIVE WORKSHOP |
| Session coordinator - Sumeet Shah, Randeep Wadhawan, Manish | |
| 1030 -1045 Hrs | Coffee break |
| 1045 - 1130 Hrs | Session 2 - Top 5 Oral Paper Presentation |
| Session coordinator - Pallawi Priya | |
| 1045 – 1054 Hrs | Absorbable mesh and Ovitex |
| 1054 – 1103 Hrs | Primary ventral hernia - best procedure |
| 1103 – 1112 Hrs | eTEP vs TEP vs TAPP groin |
| 1112 – 1121 Hrs | incisional hernia meta analysis |
| 1121 – 1130 Hrs | Prophylactic Mesh |
| 1130 - 1230 Hrs | Session 3 - Open Hernia Surgeries Timeless classics |
| Session coordinator - Yusuf | |
| 1130 – 1145 Hrs | Lichtenstein- cheapest |
| 1145 – 1200 Hrs | Open Onlay Mesh - don’t kill it |
| 1200 – 1215 Hrs | Open Rives Stoppa - everyone should learn it |
| 1215 – 1230 Hrs | Shouldice |
| 1230 - 1315 Hrs | Session 4 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS with ORATION |
| 1315 - 1400 Hrs | Session 5 - LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
| 1400 - 1500 Hrs | Session 6 - Hiatus hernia The junction |
| Session coordinator - Anupam Goel | |
| 1400 - 1415 Hrs | Evaluation of GERD |
| 1415 - 1430 Hrs | Choosing between Nissen and Toupet |
| 1430 - 1445 Hrs | Wrap migration |
| 1445 - 1500 Hrs | Injuries during fundo |
| 1500 - 1600 Hrs | Session 7 - Lateral hernia Abdominal Border Hernias Across the Border |
| Session coordinator - Mandar Gadgil | |
| 1500 – 1512 Hrs | Subcostal hernia |
| 1512 – 1524 Hrs | RIF hernia |
| 1524 – 1536 Hrs | Suprapubic hernia |
| 1536 – 1548 Hrs | Subxiphoid |
| 1548 – 1600 Hrs | Lumbar hernia |
| 1600 - 1640 Hrs | Session 8 - Prehabilitation- Age, , BTX, CKD, CLD, Pregnancy Prep it up |
| Session coordinator - Harsh | |
| 1600 - 1610 Hrs | How I Botox my patiens - Pradeep Joshua Christopher |
| 1610 - 1620 Hrs | Hernias in women in reproductive age group - Afrin Ali |
| 1620 - 1630 Hrs | Hernia in CLD and CKD patients - Prakash Sasmal |
| 1630 - 1640 Hrs | TBD |
| 1640 - 1800 Hrs | Session 9 - Debates Warzone/ difference in Opinion |
| Session coordinator - Nidhi Khandelwal | |
| 1640 – 1710 Hrs | eTEP V/s PeTEP |
| 1710 – 1740 Hrs | TBD |
| 1740 – 1800 Hrs | Robot for groin hernia? Huh ! |
| 1800 - 1900 Hrs | EC MEETING |
| 2000 Hrs onwards | Gala Dinner |
Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | HALL - B
| Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| 0800 hrs onwards | Registration |
| 0830 - 1030 Hrs | Session 1 - LIVE / virtual live OPERATIVE WORKSHOP |
| Session coordinator - Sumeet Shah, Randeep Wadhawan, Manish | |
| 1030 -1045 Hrs | Coffee break |
| 1045 - 1130 Hrs | Session 2 - Hernia Emergencies Hot Hernias! |
| Session coordinator - Erbaz | |
| 1045 – 1054 Hrs | Wait and watch for groin hernia |
| 1054 – 1103 Hrs | Obstructed/ strangulated hernia |
| 1103 – 1112 Hrs | MIS and mesh use in hernia emergency |
| 1112 – 1121 Hrs | Mesh use in emergency |
| 1121 – 1130 Hrs | Strangulated henias - My ER protocol |
| 1130 - 1230 Hrs | Session 3 - Recurrence in VH I'll be back |
| Session coordinator - Ganesh Shenoy | |
| 1130 – 1145 Hrs | Causes of VH recurrence |
| 1145 – 1200 Hrs | Treatment of ventral hernia recurrence |
| 1200 – 1215 Hrs | TARM causing HARM - Teaching video |
| 1215 – 1230 Hrs | Recurrence of Recurrence |
| 1230 - 1315 Hrs | Plenary session |
| 1315 - 1400 Hrs | Session 5 - LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
| 1400 - 1500 Hrs | Session 6 - Hernia for specialists - HPB, Colorectal Everyone needs closure |
| Session coordinator - Sarfaraz Baig / Ashish Dey | |
| 1400 - 1412 Hrs | Parastomal hernia prevention |
| 1412 - 1424 Hrs | How I treat parastomal hernia - Dr Jageshawar Pandey/ Jignesh ? |
| 1424 - 1436 Hrs | Incisions, hernia and I - Rashesh Solanki |
| 1436 - 1448 Hrs | Abdominal wall closure in HPB and Coloectal surgery - Manas Sahoo |
| 1448 - 1500 Hrs | Contaminated abdominal wall - my plan - Dr Antonia , Italy |
| 1500 - 1540 Hrs | Session 7 - Recurrent Groin Hernia The Challenging Groin |
| Session coordinator - Tarun Mittal/ Sharad Daga | |
| 1500 - 1510 Hrs | TAPP for TEP recurrence |
| 1510 - 1520 Hrs | Occult contralateral groin hernia |
| 1520 - 1530 Hrs | TAPP 10 years 869 patients - Recurrence ? |
| 1530 - 1540 Hrs | My experience with groin hernia recurrence |
| 1540 - 1620 Hrs | Session 8 - Radiology in Hernia - Panel Discussion Fifty Shades of Grey |
| 1620 - 1800 Hrs | Session 9 - Robotics Console-ing the lap surgeons |
| Session coordinator - Vishal Soni / Kumar Sonal | |
| 1620 - 1630 Hrs | I told you robot is the future |
| 1630 - 1640 Hrs | Why robotics in hernia |
| 1640 - 1650 Hrs | Robotic PeTEP - my choice in umbilical hernia |
| 1650 - 1700 Hrs | How to make robotics economical |
| 1700 - 1710 Hrs | Telerobotics |
| 1710 - 1720 Hrs | Robo Wars |
| 1720 - 1730 Hrs | Robotic TAPP |
| 1730 - 1740 Hrs | Robotic TAR |
| 1740 - 1750 Hrs | Robotic TARM |
| 1750 - 1800 Hrs | Robotic eTEP |
| 1800 - 1900 Hrs | Plenary session |
| 2000 Hrs onwards | Gala Dinner |
Day 2 - 10 October 2026 | HALL - A
| Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| 0800 hrs onwards | Registration |
| 0900 - 1030 Hrs | Session 1 - Virtual live OPERATIVE WORKSHOP |
| Session coordinator - Shivanshu | |
| 1030 - 1145 Hrs | Session 2 - Newer concepts - Arcuate, TAR 2.0, Abandon the sac, P4HB, IFT, PFT, PeTEP, TAPP, Phoenix Sign - Hot off the press |
| Session coordinator - Ashwin T | |
| 1030 – 1037 Hrs | Abandon the Sac |
| 1037 – 1044 Hrs | TBD |
| 1044 – 1051 Hrs | Superior Arcuate line |
| 1051 – 1058 Hrs | P4HB |
| 1058 – 1105 Hrs | Phoenix Siogn |
| 1105 – 1112 Hrs | Newer Coated Mesh |
| 1112 – 1119 Hrs | Free Peritoneal Flap ? |
| 1119 – 1126 Hrs | ICG in hernia repair |
| 1126 – 1133 Hrs | Duramesh sutures |
| 1133 – 1140 Hrs | Newer Mesh fixation devices |
| 1140 – 1145 Hrs | Discussion |
| 1145 - 1230 Hrs | Session 3 - Non hernia session - social media, AI, health, Finanace It's more than just a hernia |
| Session coordinator - Priyank Chelawat | |
| 1145 – 1154 Hrs | Hernia surgery for nomadic surgeon - shrikant Kurhade |
| 1154 – 1203 Hrs | Grooming for surgeons - Vandana Soni |
| 1203 – 1212 Hrs | Why be a member of an association as a hernia surgeon - Govindraj |
| 1212 – 1221 Hrs | How to conduct a conference- Chandigarh Model - Anupam Goel |
| 1221 – 1230 Hrs | Social media and I - Nidhi |
| 1230 - 1330 Hrs | Session 4 - KEYNOTE LECTURES |
| 1330 - 1400 Hrs | Session 5 - LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
| 1400 - 1440 Hrs | Session 6 - Diastasis Recti Wide Ball |
| Session coordinator - Magan Mehrotra | |
| 1400 - 1410 Hrs | Diastasis and women - Lakshmi Konakumari |
| 1410 - 1420 Hrs | Reporting diastasis- Mansimrat |
| 1420 - 1430 Hrs | MIS procedures for diastasis - SCOLA, eTEP-RS, IPOM? - Sumeet |
| 1430 - 1440 Hrs | Discussion |
| 1440 - 1520 Hrs | Session 7 - IHC |
| Session coordinator - Harsh Seth | |
| 1440 – 1450 Hrs | IHC - overview |
| 1450 – 1500 Hrs | Data data data |
| 1500 – 1510 Hrs | Does trend override the data these days ? |
| 1510 – 1520 Hrs | Panel discussion |
| 1520 - 1600 Hrs | Session 8 - MESH infections Clean up your mess |
| Session coordinator - Sharad Daga | |
| 1520 - 1530 Hrs | Mesh salvage after infections |
| 1530 - 1540 Hrs | Mesh explantations |
| 1540 - 1550 Hrs | Preventing mesh sepsis |
| 1550 - 1600 Hrs | Your instruments your responsibility |
| 1600 - 1730 Hrs | Session 9 - Whats in the case |
| Session coordinator - Nidhi Khandelwal / Priyanka |
Day 2 - 10 October 2026 | HALL - B
| Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| 0800 hrs onwards | Registration |
| 0900 - 1030 Hrs | Session 1 - LIVE OPERATIVE by SSI Mantra |
| 1030 - 1110 Hrs | Session 2 - Hernia prevention- laparotomy closure, stoma closure, prophylactic mesh - A stitch in time |
| Session coordinator - Kalaiveni / Naveen Verma | |
| 1030 – 1040 Hrs | Midline laparotomy closure |
| 1040 – 1050 Hrs | Lateral incision closure |
| 1050 – 1100 Hrs | The needle, the bite, the suture |
| 1100 – 1110 Hrs | Discussion |
| 1130 - 1230 Hrs | Session 3 - Video snippets- Tips/ Complications ABSOLUTE CINEMA |
| Session coordinator - Mahak / Pallawi | |
| 1230 - 1330 Hrs | Session 4 - Plenary session |
| 1330 - 1400 Hrs | Lunch |
| 1400 - 1430 Hrs | Session 5 - Groin Pain, sportsman hernia Groin groans |
| Session coordinator - Varun/ Sharad Daga | |
| 1400 - 1410 Hrs | What causes groin pain |
| 1410 - 1420 Hrs | Triple neurectomy - final frontier |
| 1420 - 1430 Hrs | Dermatomal mapping |
| 1430 - 1515 Hrs | Session 6 - PANEL DISCUSSION on SAFFETY Playing safe in a Risky Business |
| Session coordinator - Sarfaraz Baig/ Pallawi Priya | |
| 1430 - 1439 Hrs | How safe is safe |
| 1439 - 1448 Hrs | Balance between innovation and safetyy? |
| 1448 - 1457 Hrs | Recognising postop complications early is key |
| 1457 - 1506 Hrs | TBD |
| 1506 - 1515 Hrs | In my hands vs in the hands of an average surgeon |
| 1515 - 1600 Hrs | Session 7 - Concomitant Hernia surgery Can we stay together |
| Session coordinator - Sarvana | |
| 1515 - 1524 Hrs | Concomitant obesity and hernia surgery |
| 1524 - 1533 Hrs | Concomitant hernia and cholecystectomy |
| 1533 - 1542 Hrs | Combining surgeries - yes or no |
| 1542 - 1551 Hrs | Videos |
| 1551 - 1600 Hrs | Discussion |
| 1600 - 1730 Hrs | Quiz Session |
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Why Attend?
- Robotic Assisted Ventral and groin Hernia repair
- Basic hernia repair and Hiatus hernia
- Minimally invasive extra peritoneal ventral Hernia Repair
- Open Surgery for Complex Ventral hernia
- AI and Social media for Surgeons