Hernia Touch Course
Hernia Touch is a course for those who want to have a full contact with Abdominal Wall laparoscopic Surgery, specially with inguinal TAPP and ventral IPUM Plus techniques.
This course is for year 1 to 4 General and Pediatric Surgery residents and General and Pediatric Surgeons.
HT is the 3rd step of the FT Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Program.
The objectives of the Hernia Touch Course are:
1 - have a full contact with the most important topics in Abdominal Wall Minimally Invasive Surgery
2 - anatomy, indications, procedures, complications, outcomes
3 - meshes, instruments, devices, etc
4 - learn and simulate inguinal TAPP and ventral IPUM Plus techniques on the First Trainer

Would you like to participate?
We organize 2 or 3 editions of the SECOND TOUCH Course yearly, in collaboration with:
- Congresso Ibérico de Parede Abdominal, SPCIR
- CICA - Centro Hospitalar do Porto
among other events that we may collaborate with.
To know more and register please go to www.lap-school.com, create your account (free of charge) and register on the course (a fee applies but there are discounts for First Touch participants with the Support of Medtronic).
HERNIA TOUCH Team

Carlos Magalhães, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar do Porto
CICA - Centro integrado de Cirurgia de Ambulatório
Porto, Portugal
FTacademy Core Staff
Hernia Touch Coordinator

Marcelo Furtado, MD, PhD 🇧🇷
São Paulo
Brasil
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Joana Correia, MD 🇵🇹
???
Matosinhos, Portugal
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Eva Barbosa, MD, PhD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João
Porto, Portugal
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Salvador Morales Conde, MD, PhD 🇪🇸
Hospital Virgen del Rocio
Sevilla, Spain
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Sergio Salido, MD 🇪🇸
Fundación Giménez Díaz
Madrid, Spain
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Andrew de Beaux, MD, PhD 🏴
????
Scotland
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

Rodrigo Galhego, MD 🇧🇷
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Fernando Ferreira, MD 🇵🇹
???
Matosinhos, Portugal
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Artur Flores, MD 🇵🇹
???
Porto, Portugal
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Manuel Lopez Cano, MD, PhD 🇪🇸
Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Juan Bellido, MD 🇪🇸
Hospital Vírgen del Rocío
Sevilla, Spain
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff

Filip Muysoms, MD, PhD 🇧🇪
Maria Middelares Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
FTacademy Hernia Touch Staff
Sponsorship

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