A Programme Full of Surprises!

• Complex abdominal wall reconstruction in giant incisional hernia – when nothing gets in during surgery!

• Challenging parastomal hernia cases

• Abdominal wall management after infected mesh excision – the complete single-staged repair

• Complex perineal hernia repair – does the appropriate reconstruction exist?

• Challenging Incisional Hernia in case of Obesity

With the participation of:  Mathias ALLAEYS (Belgium), Alya BELLEMIN (France), Rossana BERTA (Italy), Jose BUENO-LLEDO (Spain), Sara CAPOCCIA GIOVANNINI (Italy), Diego CUCCURULLO (Italy), Jonathan DOUISSARD (Switzerland), Toby HAMMOND (UK), David MOSZKOWICZ (France), Pablo ORTEGA-DEBALLON (France), Sonia RIBAS (Portugal), Benoit ROMAIN (France).

• Abdominal closure: short-stitch versus long-stitch technique 

• A mesh in which location? 

• If Evidence is in Favor of Incisional Hernia Prevention with Mesh, why is it not Implemented?

• Parastomal hernia prevention

• ​How to predict incisional hernia risk after laparotomy in the future?

• ​Incisional hernia prevention

• Lateral incisional hernia prevention 

With the participation of:  Eva BARBOSA (Portugal), Umberto BRACALE (Italy), Grigoris CHATZIMAVROUDIS (Greece), Eva DEERENBERG (The Netherlands), Julie De DEKEN (Germany), Vitor Dos Santos NEVES (Brazil), Rene FORTELNY (Austria), Manuel LÓPEZ-CANO (Spain), Carles OLONA (Spain), Pablo ORTEGA-DEBALLON (France), Guillaume PÈRE (France), Benoit ROMAIN (France), Maciej ŚMIETAŃSKI (Poland), Giorgio SOLIANI (Italy), Sebastian SOPPE (Switzerland).