Speakers: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain). Congress Co-Chairman
José Antonio Pereira (Spain). Spanish National Abdominal Wall Chapter Coordinator. (AEC)
Manuel López Cano (Spain). Congress Chairman.
Andrew de Beaux (UK). EHS General Secretary.
Filip Muysoms (Belgium). EHS President

-Different robotic platform. Pros and cons. A surgeon perspective.
Speakers: Luis Tallon (Spain), Aali Sheen (UK), Guillaume Passot (France)

-Alternatives with robotic arms.
Speaker: Amir Szold (Israel)

Chairs: Victor Rodrigues Gonçalves (Spain) and Mireia Verdaguer Tremolosa (Spain)

Chairs: Carlos Hoyuela (Spain) and Pilar Hernández Granados (Spain)

ROBOTIC SURGERY
INDICATIONS FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
Chair: Gina Adrales (USA), Victor Radu (Romania), Ramana Balasubramanian (India)

- Inguinal hernia.
Speaker: Mireia Verdaguer (Spain)

- Primary ventral hernia.
Speaker: Shirin Towfight (USA)

- Incisional hernia.
Speaker:  Gabriel Arevalo (USA)

- Atypical hernias.
Speaker:  Diego Cuccurullo (Italy)

- Hiatal hernias
Speaker: Grigoris Chatzimavroudis (Greece)

EDUCATION
LECTURE: THE FUTURE OF ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY LEARNING/ TEACHING
Presenters: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain) and Manuel López Cano (Spain)
Speaker: Knut Borch (Norway)

TRANSVERSALITY WITH OTHER SPECIALTIES
HERNIA CONCOMITANT WITH OTHER SPECIALTIES IN ELECTIVE SETTING
Chair: Marc Miserez (Belgium), Maciej Smietanski (Poland)

a. Ventral/inguinal hernia and morbid obesity

AW Surgeon point of view.
Speaker: Henry Hoffmann(Switzerland)
Obesity Surgeon point of view.
Speaker: Amador García Ruiz de Gordejuela (Spain)

b. Ventral/Inguinal hernia and colon cancer

AW Surgeon point of view.
Speaker: Kristian K Jensen (Denmark)
Colorectal surgeon point of view.
Speaker: Tero Rautio (Finland)

c. Concomitant Ventral/Inguinal hernia and prostatic/urologic surgery

AW Surgeon point of view.
Speaker: Maarten Simons (Netherlands)

d. Ventral/Inguinal hernia and vascular surgery

Abdominal Wall surgeon´s view.
Speaker: Ramana Balasubramanian (India)

Abdominal Wall and transplant surgeon´s view.
Speaker: Frederik Berrevoet (Belgium)

Chairs: Luis Tallón Aguilar (Spain), Juan Manuel Suárez Grau (Spain) and Pilar Martínez López (Spain)

ROBOTIC SURGERY
CLINICAL TRIALS DESIGN, SCIENTIFIC RIGOR, AND HIGHER-LEVEL EVIDENCE IN SURGERY

Presenters: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain) and Manuel López Cano (Spain)
Speaker: Kamal MF Itani (USA)

ROBOTIC SURGERY
OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS IN/WITH ROBOTIC SURGERY
Chair: Archana Ramaswamy (USA), Sonia Ribas (Portugal) and Mette Willaume (Denmark)

- Intraoperative complications. How do I solve them?
Speaker: Vedra Augenstein (USA)

- I must convert robotic surgery. To what technique?
Speaker: Dina Podolsky (USA)

- Inguinal recurrence after robotic surgery. robot again?
Speaker: David Chen (USA)

- Ventral/incisional recurrence after robotic surgery. Robot again?
Speaker: Yuri Novitsky (USA)

- Does the ergonomics of the surgeon improve or does it only change the type of physical requirements, appearing new problems?
Speaker: Archana Ramaswamy (USA)

ORAL SESSION 5

Chairs: Julio Gómez Menchero (Spain) and Alejandro Barvo-Salvá (Spain)

VIDEO SESSION 1

Chairs: Juan Bellido (Spain) and Juan Manuel Suarez Grau (Spain)

EHS Guidelines. Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

EHS guidelines. Current situation and future plans.

Incisional Guidelines Highlights. New Recommendations!

Coordinators of the Incisional Guidelines working group: David Sanders (UK) and Maciej Pawlak (Poland)

Updates of the HerniaSurge Groin hernia Guidelines. New Recommendations!

New Guidelines for management of Scrotal Hernia

JAWS WORKSHOP*
WHY PUBLISH IN A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL AND WHAT IS THE JOURNAL OF ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY (JAWS)?
Chairs: Simon Hoggart (Partner Journal Development Manager) and Manuel López Cano (Chief Editor)

ROBOTIC SURGERY
BEST ROBOT VIDEO SESSION

Chairs: Provicencia García Pastor (Spain) and Luis Tallón Aguilar (Spain)

PATIENT OPTIMIZATION
PATIENT’S OPTIMIZATION. COMPULSORY?
Chair: Hobart Harris (USA), Jan Kukleta (Switzerland) and Davide Lomanto (Singapore)

- Risk factors for complications and recurrences. Are apps useful?
Speaker: Vedra Augenstein (USA)

- How to manage obesity?
Speaker: Aali Sheen (UK)

- How to prevent SSI?
Speaker: Johanna Osterberg (Sweden)

- Smoking cessation. More important than it seems?
Speaker: David Sanders (UK)

- How to optimize the prevention of chronic pain
Speaker: Giampiero Campanelli (Italy)

VIDEO SESSION 2

Chairs: Mireia Verdaguer Tremolosa (Spain) and Alejandro Barvo-Salvá (Spain)

ORAL SESSION 6

Chairs: Victor Rodrigues Gonçalves (Spain) and Juan Manuel Suarez Grau (Spain)

PREVENTION
LAPAROTOMY CLOSURE IN THE PREVENTION OF INCISIONAL HERNIA
Chairs: William Hope (USA), Guillaume Passot (France)

- Implementation of the correct closure in midline laparotomy.
Speaker: Jose Antonio Pereira (Spain)

- Only the correct closure in midline laparotomy serves to prevent?
Speaker: Rene Fortelny (Austria)

- What should be the correct closure in non-midline laparotomy.
Speaker: Hobart Harris (USA)

- How to close in minimally invasive surgery. Trocars, assistance incision.
Speaker: Cesare Stabilini (Italy)

JAWS SESSION
LECTURE: MINIMAL INVASIVE ACCESS TO HERNIA EMERGENCIES. ARE WE READY?

Presenters: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain) and Manuel López Cano (Spain)
Speaker: Andrea Balla (Italy)

Presentation of 4 papers published in the journal:
Chairs: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain) and Manuel López Cano (Spain)

1. Protocol for EHS Rapid Guideline: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, GRADE Assessment, and European Recommendations on Parastomal Hernia Prevention.

Speaker: Stavros Antoniou (Greece)

2. Description of the Current Da Vinci® Training Pathway for Robotic Abdominal Wall Surgery by the European Hernia Society.

Speaker: Maaike Vierstraete (Belgium)

3. Open Emergent Groin Hernia Repair: Anterior or Posterior Approach?.

Speaker: Victor Rodrigues (Spain)

4. Closure of Iterative Laparotomy in Patients With Previous Mesh Reinforcement a Cohorts’ Study. Short-Term Results

Speaker: Alejandro Bravo-Salvá (Spain)

BEST VIDEO (WITHOUT ROBOTS)

Chairs: Juan Bellido (Spain) and Julio Gómez Menchero (Spain)

ORAL SESSION 7

Chairs: Montserrat Juvany (Spain), Rafael Villalobos Mori (Spain) and Pilar Martínez López (Spain)

PREVENTION
LECTURE: PREVENTION, THE PAST AND FUTURE.

Presenters: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain), Manuel López Cano (Spain) and Jose Antonio Pereira (Spain)
Speaker: Hans Jeekel (Netherlands)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (closed session)

ANATOMY “EXPANSION” (CROSSOVER)
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANATOMY

Chairs: Yohann Renard (France), Rodrigo Galhego (Brazil), José Antonio Pereira (Spain) and Davide Lomanto (Singapore).

- Extended extraperitoneal approach. The origin.
Speaker: Jorge Daes (Colombia)

- Indications for extended extraperitoneal approaches.
Speaker: Juan Bellido (Spain)

- When to associate a TAR to an extended extraperitoneal approach.
Speaker: Julio Gomez Menchero (Spain)

- Complications of the extended extraperitoneal approach.
Speaker: Wolfgang Reinpold (Germany)

- Extended extraperitoneal approach. Robot or conventional laparoscopy?
Speaker: Victor Radu (Romania)

- Is there a risk of overtreatment of patients with the extended extraperitoneal technique?
Speaker: Pilar Hernández Granados (Spain)

BJS SESSION
BJS LECTURE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN (ACADEMIC) ENDOSCOPIC SURGEON?
Chairs: Manuel López Cano (Spain) and Andrew de Beaux (UK)
Speaker: Eduardo M. Targarona (Spain)

Presentation of 7 selected papers
Chairs: Manuel López Cano (Spain) and Andrew de Beaux (UK)

Nationwide analysis of short-term outcomes after open vs. Robot-assisted repair of ventral hernia

Speaker: N. Henriksen (Denmark)

Incidence and risk factors of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia development up to 25 years after unilateral inguinal hernia repair: a single centre cohort study.

Speaker: R. Glorieux (Belgium)

Development and Implantation of 3D anatomically tailored polypropylene mesh for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair designed on the basis of CT images (The Ilam Study)

Speaker: M. Śmietański (Poland)

The use of a visceral protective layer prevents fistula development in open abdomen therapy – results from the EHS open abdomen registry

Speaker: S. Schaaf (Germany)

DISS class a meshes permit biomechanically strong reconstructions which are durable after a 3 year follow up

Speaker: F. Kallinowski (Germany)

Laparoscopic intracorporeal rectus aponeuroplasty (LIRA) technique versus intraperitoneal onlay mesh closing the defect (IPOM plus) for ventral hernia repair: comparative results at medium follow-up

Speaker: J. Gómez Menchero (Spain)

Comparison of endoscopic enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal prosthetic (ETEP) versus open rives-stoppa repair as treatment of midline abdominal wall hernias with rectus diastasis: single-centre surgical cohort

Speaker: S. Kinet (Belgium)

ORAL SESSION 8

Chairs: Alejandro Barvo-Salvá (Spain) and Provicencia García Pastor (Spain)

Chairs: Carlos Hoyuela (Spain) and Pilar Martínez López (Spain)

ANATOMY “EXPANSION” (CROSSOVER)
LECTURE: DO IPOM APPROACHES STILL HAVE VALUE OR SHOULD WE ABANDON THEM?

Presenter: Manuel López Cano (Spain)
Speaker: Salvador Morales Conde (Spain)

PREVENTION
INDUSTY ACTIVITIES