ArFiCo and Orsi Academy offer an Advanced 2-Day Course in Robotic Hernia Repair for general surgeons with advanced robotic skills who want to learn to perform a robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (roboTAR) independently.

Proctored and one-to-one teaching by top-expert Dr. Filip Muysoms!

DAY 1 | 07:45 - 16:00 | Live case observation at AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Ghent

Meeting point: Atrium, entrance hall of AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Ghent

• Robot-assisted abdominal wall surgery on daVinci Xi performed by Dr. Filip Muysoms

DAY 2 | 08:30 - 16:00 | Full day of hands-on training on porcine model at Orsi Academy

08:30 - 09:30 | Lectures: introduction to porcine model

09:30 - 09:45 | Coffee break and change to OR scrubs

09:45 - 12:30 | Start hands-on training: robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (TAR) - PART 1

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch at Orsi restaurant

13:30 - 16:00 | Continu hands-on training: robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (TAR) - PART 2

16:00 | End of the course