MID TERM CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSURGEONS
Theme: Learn It Loud Endoscopy, Laparoscopy, Robotic Surgery Three days of live surgery extravaganza
Date : 24th to 26th October 2025 | Host :Siva Hospital, Eathamozhi, Kanyakumari
Venue: Anjugramam, Rohini College of Engineering & Technology Kanyakumari Main Road, Palkulam. Kanyakumari - 629401
It is mandatory to attend the entire conference to qualify for the fellowship
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 9:00AM - 9:10AM | Welcome address by IAGES President |
| 9:10AM - 9:30AM | Endoscopic Groin Anatomy |
| 9:40AM - 10:00AM | Open surgery for groin hernia: When and how? |
| 10:10AM - 10:30AM | TAPP: Step by step and troubleshooting |
| 10:40AM - 11:00AM | TEP: Step by step and troubleshooting |
| 11:10AM - 11:30AM | e-TEP groin hernia – Tricks of the trade |
| 11:40AM - 12:00PM | Approach to recurrent inguinal hernia |
| 12:10PM - 12:30PM | Complications in Laparoscopic Groin Hernia surgery |
| 12:40PM - 1:00PM | Role of robotics in groin and ventral hernia surgeries |
| Lunch Break | |
| 2:00PM - 2:10PM | Post test 1 |
| 2:10PM - 2:30PM | Surgical Anatomy of Abdominal wall |
| 2:40PM - 3:00PM | IOPM/IPOM PLUS |
| 3:10PM - 3:30PM | Component Separation Techniques |
| 3:40PM - 4:00PM | e-TEP RS for ventral hernia |
| 4:10PM - 4:30PM | TARM |
| 4:40PM - 5:00PM | SCOLA |
| 5:10PM - 5:30PM | Complications of Laparoscopic ventral hernia surgery |
| 5:40PM - 5:50PM | POST TEST |
| 6:00PM | Concluding Remarks – FALS Board Chairman and Chennai Course Chairman |
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 8:30AM – 9:00AM | Registration at MGM Healthcare |
| 9:00AM to 11:00AM |
Video-Based Sessions (15min + 5 min each) Mp4 videos directly - TAPP - TEP - e-TEP Groin hernia - IPOM Plus - e-TEP RS for ventral hernia - TAPP – Ventral hernia |
| 11:00AM to 11:30AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30AM to 11:45AM | Mesh, tackers, sutures, fixation devices |
| 11:45AM to 12:00PM | Mesh infections - Case-based scenarios |
| 12:00PM to 12:15PM | Radiology in AWR Panel Discussion |
| 12:15PM – 1:00PM | WWYD? – Common problems and solutions |
| 1:00PM – 2:00PM — Lunch | |
| 2:00PM – 3:00PM | Groin Hernia – Challenges and solutions |
| 3:00PM – 4:00PM | Ventral hernia - Challenges and solutions |
| 4:00PM – 5:00PM | Master Videos on rare hernia |
| 5:00PM – 6:00PM | Written MCQ |