Overview
The surgery industry is continuously improving and developing as more advanced methods are learnt and incorporated into surgical processes. As a healthcare professional you need to keep up to date with continuous medical and technology updates in order to improve the quality of the surgery procedures you perform thus maximising patient outcomes.
It is the region's premier surgical event providing a vast array of educational and networking opportunities to the surgery profession. This event is designed to enhance the care of surgical patients through broad-ranging individual presentations and panel discussions. These presentations and master classes will be delivered by key international and regional experts from across the surgical specialties and will focus on key clinical topics in surgery and related fields.
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DAY 1 – Thursday, May 10 2012
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| 09.00 |
Opening Remarks by Prof. Martin Veller, Head of Surgery at Wits Medical School and Chairman of the Associations of Surgeons of South Africa |
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SESSION 1: THE SURGEON AS A LEADER
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| 09.10 |
Why the Surgeon as a Leader?
Prof Hennie Becker, Head of Surgery Department, University of Pretoria , South Africa |
| 09.40 |
Maintaining a Cohesive Surgical Team
Dr. Yuen Soon, Consultant Laparoscopic and Oesophago-gastric Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK |
| 10.10 |
The Surgeon as an Educator
Dr. Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Associate Professor of Surgery, Dubai Medical College, Consultant and Head of General Surgery, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE |
| 10.40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION 2: STRATEGIES TO PREVENT SURGICAL ERRORS
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| 11.10 |
Role of Preoperative Check Lists
Prof T Luvhengo, Professor of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 11.40 |
Reducing Surgical Site Infections
Prof Damon Bizos, Surgical Gastroenterology, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 12.10 |
The Role of Audit in the Surgical Team
TBC |
| 12.40 |
LUNCH BREAK
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SESSION 3: SAFETY IN SURGERY
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| 14.10 |
Avoiding Needle Stick Injuries
Dr. Salim Kurrimboccus, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeon, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK |
| 14.40 |
Preventing Intra-Operative Hypothermia
Dr. Salim Kurrimboccus, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeon, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK |
| 15.10 |
Enhanced Recovery Surgery – The Evidence
Dr Dean Lutrin, Surgeon, Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 15.40 |
Managing Surgery in a Resource Constrained Environment
TBC |
| 16.10 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION 4: BEST SURGICAL PRACTICE
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| 16.40 |
The Diabetic Foot
Dr. Gregory Weir, Vascular Surgeon and Owner, Eugene Marais Vascular and Hyperbaric Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 17.00 |
The Massive Hernia
Prof. Giorgi Giorgobiani, Clinical Director of Aversi, Aversi Clinic- Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 17.40 |
Close of the conference |
DAY 2 – Friday, May 11 2012
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SESSION 5: EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SURGERY
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| 09.10 |
Current Standards in Trauma Resuscitation in Resource Constrained Settings
Dr. Elmin Steyn, Trauma and Transplant Surgeon and Clinic Head, Vincent Pallotti & Chris Barnard Emergency Center, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 09.40 |
Improving Trauma and Emergency Care in Low-Resource Environments
Prof Jacques Goosen, Head of Trauma Unit, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Current standards – Blood Transfusion in Surgery
Prof. Pankaj G. Jani, Associate Professor-Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, Kenya |
| 10.40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION 6: SURGERY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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| 11.10 |
Surgery in HIV +ve Patients
TBC |
| 11.40 |
Management of Ano-Rectal Sepsis in HIV +ve Patients
Dr. Brendon Bebington, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Chair of Pelvic Floor Unit, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Center (WDGMC), Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 12.10 |
Antiretroviral Drugs and the Surgeon
Dr. Ebrahim Variava, Specialist Physician-Department of Health, Klerkdorp Tshepong Hospital Complex, South Africa |
| 12.40 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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SESSION 7: BEST EVIDENCE PRACTICE IN SURGERY
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| 14.10 |
Oesophago-gastric Reflux – Current Guidelines
Dr. Yuen Soon, Consultant Laparoscopic and Oesophago-gastric Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK |
| 14.40 |
Laparoscopic Surgery in Resource Constrained Settings
Prof Modise Z Koto, Professor and Academic Head- Department of Surgery, University of Limpopo: Medunsa Campus, South Africa |
| 15.10 |
Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Dr Maeyane S Moeng, Deputy Head-Johannesburg Trauma Unit, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Adjuvant Dendritic Cell Therapy in Rectal Cancer
Prof. Doz. Dr. med. Michael Schwarz, Attending Surgeon, Head of Department for Minimally Invasive Oncological and Endocrine Surgery, BGPS Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany |
| 16.10 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION 8: PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY
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| 16.40 |
Best practice – peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis
Prof. Doz. Dr. med. Michael Schwarz, Attending Surgeon, Head of Department for Minimally Invasive Oncological and Endocrine Surgery, BGPS Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany |
| 17.10 |
Modern approach to thromboprophylaxis
Dr Jayandiran Pillai, Vascular Surgeon, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| 17.40 |
CLOSE OF THE CONFERENCE |
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This event is designed to provide surgeons with an educational platform to discuss surgery in terms of quality, patient safety and risk management. It is crucial, especially in resource-constraint environment, to optimize the quality assurance of surgery and to maximize patients’ safety. The conference will run lectures on:
- Surgery on Patients with Infectious Diseases such as HIV +ve
- Strategies to prevent surgical errors
- Safety in Surgery
- Emergency and Trauma Surgery
Who should attend:
- Surgeons across all specialties
- Surgical nurses
- Professors of Surgery
Benefits of attending the conference:
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Conference will provide leadership skill training on the surgeon role as a leader, team worker and an educator
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Acknowledge the various strategies present to prevent surgical errors, such as the importance of pre-operative check list, audit of the surgical team and strategies of reducing surgical site infections
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The conference will run topics on managing and improving surgery in resource constrained environment- which is of interest particularly to countries in east, central and west Africa
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Due to the alarming number of HIV +ve patients in Africa, the conference will highlight the effect of the disease on surgical treatment
Faculty
Dr. Brendon Bebington, Chair of Pelvic Floor Unit, Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Center, Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof Hennie Becker, Head of Surgery Department, University of Pretoria , South Africa
Prof Damon Bizos, Surgical Gastroenterology, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr D Clarke, Surgeon, University of Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof Jacques Goosen, Head of Trauma Unit, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof. Giorgi Giorgobiani, Clinical Director of Aversi, Aversi Clinic- Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dr. Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Associate Professor of Surgery, Dubai Medical College, Consultant and Head of General Surgery, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
Prof. Pankaj G. Jani, Associate Professor-Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Prof Modise Z Koto, Professor and Academic Head- Department of Surgery, University of Limpopo: Medunsa Campus, South Africa
Dr. Salim Kurrimboccus, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeon, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
Dr Dean Lutrin, Surgeon, Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof T Luvhengo, Professor of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Maeyane S Moeng, Deputy Head-Johannesburg Trauma Unit, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Jayandiran Pillai, Vascular Surgeon, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Michael Schwarz, Attending Surgeon, Head of Department for Minimally Invasive Oncological and Endocrine Surgery, BGPS Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Dr. Yuen Soon, Consultant Laparoscopic and Oesophago-gastric Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
Dr. Elmin Steyn, Trauma and Transplant Surgeon and Clinic Head, Vincent Pallotti & Chris Barnard Emergency Center, Cape Town, South Africa
Dr. Ebrahim Variava, Specialist Physician-Department of Health, Klerkdorp Tshepong Hospital Complex, South Africa
Prof. Martin Veller, Head of Surgery at Wits Medical School and Chairman of the Associations of Surgeons of South Africa
Dr. Gregory Weir, Vascular Surgeon and Owner, Eugene Marais Vascular and Hyperbaric Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa