8.30-8.35 Welcome
SESSION 1 CHAIR: PROFESSOR MICHAEL COX - President GSA
8.35-8.50 Surgical Anatomy of Groin Hernia Open - Endoscopic
Tom Hugh Jr/ Stuart Boland
8.50 Imaging for Groin Pain and Hernia
• The need to get it right Nabeel Ibrahim
• Can we get it right? John Read, Radiologist
• How to get it right Stephen Bird, Scientist Sonographer
9.20 Non-Surgical Management Groin Pain with and without Hernia
Neil Halpin, Sports Physician
9.35 Open Groin Hernia Repair valid and time tested
David Phillips / Mervyn McCallum
9.55 Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair TAAP another way to skin a cat
Des Hughes / David Storey,
Moderator: Norman Janu
10.15 Which Mesh, where and why? Phillip Middleton
The Logic of Biologic Mesh - Surgical Perspective and Application Pat Cregan
Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair TEP – Complications Douglas Fenton-Lee
10.50-11.20 Morning Tea
