Endoscopic Port-Access Mitral Valve Repair Drylab Training

This Endoscopic Drylab Training course will run from 11-12 May 2017 – Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), the Netherlands; Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands THURSDAY 11 MAY 08:30 Registration and welcome 09:00 Theoretical pre-assessment 09:30 How to start the minimally invasive program P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 09:50 Technical pre-assessment 10:20 Indications and contra-indications: choosing the right patients P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 10:30 Mitral valve repair techniques P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 10:50 Break 11:00 Introduction to instruments 11:10 Hands-on: endoscopic suture placements on different angles of the mitral annulus part I 12:10 Lunch 12:50 Hands-on: endoscopic suture placements on different angles of the mitral annulus part II 13:50 Perfusionist’s role and considerations Y Ganushchak, Maastricht  14:10 Value of pre-operative planning P Sardari Nia, Maastricht  14:50 Break 15:00 Hands-on: Knotting with Nutpusher, Knotting with automatic nutter, placement of sutures on papillary muscles and leaflets 17:00 Adjourn FRIDAY 12 MAY 08:30 Welcome and coffee 09:00 Positioning of the patient/ … Continue reading "Endoscopic Port-Access Mitral Valve Repair Drylab Training"

This Endoscopic Drylab Training course will run from 11-12 May 2017 – Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), the Netherlands; Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands

THURSDAY 11 MAY
08:30 Registration and welcome
09:00 Theoretical pre-assessment
09:30 How to start the minimally invasive program P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
09:50 Technical pre-assessment
10:20 Indications and contra-indications: choosing the right patients P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
10:30 Mitral valve repair techniques P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
10:50 Break
11:00 Introduction to instruments
11:10 Hands-on: endoscopic suture placements on different angles of the mitral annulus part I
12:10 Lunch
12:50 Hands-on: endoscopic suture placements on different angles of the mitral annulus part II
13:50 Perfusionist’s role and considerations Y Ganushchak, Maastricht 
14:10 Value of pre-operative planning P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 
14:50 Break
15:00 Hands-on: Knotting with Nutpusher, Knotting with automatic nutter, placement of sutures on papillary muscles and leaflets
17:00 Adjourn
FRIDAY 12 MAY
08:30 Welcome and coffee
09:00 Positioning of the patient/ incisions/conditioning P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 
09:10 Transcatheter peripheral cannulation P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 
09:20 Tips and Tricks with regard to exposure P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
09:40 How to do it video I P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
10:00 Break
10:10 Hands-on: endoscopic annuloplasty
11:30 Anaesthesiological preparations and considerations W Buhre, Maastricht
12:00 Lunch
13:00 How to do it video II P Sardari Nia, Maastricht
13:30 Hands-on: endoscopic annuloplasty and valve repair
15:30 Break
16:00 Pitfalls and troubleshooting P Sardari Nia, Maastricht 
16:20 Technical post-assessment
16:50 Theoretical post-assessment
17:20 Adjourn

COURSE INFORMATION


Date/Duration
11-12 May 2017

Location
Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), the Netherlands
Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Course Director/s
Peyman Sardari Nia, MD, PhD Maastricht Netherlands

Capacity
Maximum of 12 participants for each drylab working on 6 high-fidelity simulators
*Please note that we a require a minimum of 4 participants for this course to proceed.

Learning Objectives

  • Indication and results of minimally invasive mitral valve repair
  • Patient selection
  • Surgical repair techniques
  • Complications
  • Gain familiarity and knowledge in instrumental necessities for endoscopic mitral valve repair
  • Practice and learn the basic techniques in endoscopic surgery for mitral valve repair on high-fildelity simulators
  • Mitral valve repair using annuloplasty ring and neochords on high-fidelity simulators

Course Fee
495 Euro (includes course material, breaks and lunch beverages)

Specifics of the simulators

  • True simulated physical model of endoscopic port-access set-up whereby the operator can train from the basic technique to full complex repairs
  • Disposable mitral valves and papillary muscles that have been created out of material resembling the physical characteristics of connective tissue giving the operator true experience
  • Simulator can give feedback about the length and depth of each stich on mitral valve annulus with picture of each created stich. The operator can train his/her skills based on pre-set parameters of length and depth

 

Accommodation & Access

  • For assistance in booking hotel accommodation please CLICK HERE
  • For access to Maastricht please see this document
  • For assistance in booking transfers please CLICK HERE

DELEGATE TESTIMONIALS
The course fulfilled completely my expectations, and it went even further more.

Both the theory talks (given mostly by the course Director, Dott Peyman Sardari) and the hands-on sessions on the simulator have been outstanding.

I truly and heartily recommend this course even to experienced surgeons.

Faculty

  • Peyman Sardari Nia
  • Wolfgang Buhre