Scientific Program



Day 1  July 8(Fri), 2022

08:50~09:00 Opening ceremony  
Symposium 1. To the basic: inguinal hernia surgery
Moderator: Tae Seok Lee (Eulji Univ.), Won Yong Choi (Cheju Halla General Hospital)
09:00~09:20 Standardization of procedure in TEP  Ji Hoon Kim
(The Catholic Univ.)
09:20~09:40 Usefullness of laparoscopic TAPP Sang Jin Kim
(Hansarang Hospital)
09:40~10:00 Inguinal hernia repair for highly morbid patients Chung Sik Gong (Ulsan Univ.)
10:00~10:20 Prevention of complications in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair Rajesh Khullar
(Max Healthcare Institute, India)
10:20~10:40 Discussion  
10:40~11:00 Coffee Break  
Symposium 2. Where is our ventral hernia surgery going?
Moderator: Hyung Jin Kim (The Catholic Univ.), Hoon Ryu (Wonju Yonsei Univ.)
11:00~11:20 History of retromuscular repair for ventral hernia In Kyu Park (Ulsan Univ.)
11:20~11:40 Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair Alfred Allen E. Buenafe
(Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Philippines)
11:40~12:00 Chinese expert consensus on adult ventral abdominal wall defect repair and reconstruction Yan Gu (Fudan Univ., China)
12:00~12:20 Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair: yesterday, today, and tomorrow Steven Yao (Fudan Univ., China)
12:20~12:40 Discussion  
Luncheon symposium 1 Seong Ho Kong (Seoul National Univ.)
12:40~13:40 Easy and accurate ventral or umbilical hernia repair using ventralight ST with echo PS and ventralex ST in laparoscopic surgery Sung Il Choi (Kyung Hee Univ.)
  Presidential lecture  Sung Heun Kim (Dong-A Univ.)
13:40~14:10 Hernia surgery in Korea: limitation, strategy, and changes in concept Gil Ho Kang (Hansarang Hospital)
Symposium 3. Anatomy: from basic to clinic 
Moderator: Gap Tae Kim (Presbyterian Medical Center), Myoung Won Son (Soonchunhyang Univ.)
14:10~14:30 Collagen and elastin content of abdominal wall fascia in inguinal hernia patients Arinzechukwu Mosanya
(Evercare Hospital Lekki, Nigeria)
14:30~14:50 The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of hernia Jung Sik Kim
(Dr.Kim’s Radiological Clinic)
14:50~15:10 Importance of abdominal wall layer during posterior approach Suthep Udomsawaengsup
(Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand)
15:10~15:30 Anatomical concept is the key map during anterior approach Dong Gue Shin
(Seoul Red Cross Hospital)
15:30~15:50 Discussion  
15:50~16:10 Coffee Break  
Symposium 4. Challenges: robotic hernia repair
Moderator: Hyuk Hur (Yonsei Univ.), Kyung Won Seo (Kosin Univ.)
16:10~16:30 Robotic hernia repair : techniques and advantages Jaideep Raj Rao
(Arden JR Surgery, Singapore)
16:30~16:50 TAPP by da Vinci SP Jun Woo Bong (Korea Univ.)
16:50~17:10 TEP by da Vinci Xi  Yun Young Park (Kyung Hee Univ.)
17:10~17:30 Discussion