Basic Laparoscopy Course
Participants
- General surgeons
- Gynecologists
- Urologists
Course Objectives
After the course, participants know about:
· History of Minimal Access Surgery
· Laparoscopic equipments details
· Different types of abdominal access techniques
· Port positioning
· Various laparoscopic dissection techniques including Unipolar and Bipolar Electro surgery
· Laparoscopic tissue approximation techniques like clipping
· Extra-corporeal and intra-corporeal laparoscopic suturing techniques
· How to deal with complications of laparoscopic surgeries and troubleshooting
They have hand-eye coordination and are ready to operate in laparoscopic operating rooms
Course Director
Hossein Ashegh, MD
Course duration
4 weeks
Location
Site1: Mirza kuchak-khan Hospital, North Nejatollahi street, Kharimkhan Blvd, Tehran, Iran.
Site2: Amiralam Hospital, north Sadi street. Tehran, Iran.
Site3: Arash Hospital, Tehranpars. Tehran, Iran.
Course Schedule
First week
|
date |
time |
|
details |
|
Saturday |
8 -8:30 |
Pre-test |
|
|
8:30-9:30 |
Theoretical session |
Basic principles of laparoscopic surgeries |
|
9:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
Trocar placement |
|
Sunday |
8:30-9:30 |
Theoretical session |
Laparoscopic equipments details. Sterilization and maintenance |
|
9:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
Trocar insertion |
|
Monday |
8:30-9:30 |
Theoretical session |
Cutter and hemostasis |
|
9:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
moving objects, cutting and working with animal tissues |
|
Tuesday |
8:30-9:30 |
Theoretical session |
Dealing with patients with previous abdominal surgeries |
|
9:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
moving objects, cutting and working with animal tissues |
|
Wednesday
date |
8:30-9:30 |
Theoretical session |
Complications and how to control them |
|
9:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
moving objects, cutting and working with animal tissues |
|
11:30-12 |
Post-test 1 |
|
Second week
|
date |
time |
|
details |
|
Saturday |
8:30-11:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
cautering |
|
Sunday |
8:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
Working with animal tissue |
|
Monday |
8:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
Knot tying |
|
Tuseday |
8:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
suturing |
|
Wednesday |
8:30 |
Pelvic trainer |
morcellator |
Third and forth week:
· Attending laparoscopic operation room
· Watching laparoscopic surgery movies such as:
tubal ligation, ovarian cysts, endometrioma, myomectomy, diagnostic laparoscopy, adhesion lyses, endomtriosis, hysterectomy, Appendectomy, cholecystectomy, herniorrhaphy, …
