This exclusive one day course offers a unique opportunity to practice open vascular surgical techniques, which are becoming significantly less common due to the rise of endovascular techniques and are essential for open surgical solutions. 

Program

Theoretical training: 25. February, 2027
13.00-13.30 30′ Registration
13.30-14.00 30′ Opening remarks
14:00-14:30 30′ The place of open surgery and surgical training in the endovascular era
14:30-15:00 30′ Surgical anatomy and exposure of the axillary and femoral region
15.00-15.30 30′ Preoperative surgical preparation: instruments and patient positioning
15:30-15:45 15′ Coffee break
15:45-16:30 45′ Surgical anatomy and exposure of abdominal aorta
16:30-17.15 45′ Open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms and aortoiliac stenoocclusive disease
17.15-18.00 45′ Complication management in open aortic surgery
19:00-21.00 120′ Dinner

Hands-on practice: 26. February, 2027
08.00-08.30 30′ Cadaver lab introduction
08.30-10.00 90′ Cadaver surgery I.: Exposure axillary and femoral arteries
10.00-11.30 90′ Cadaver surgery II.: Transperitoneal exposure of the abdominal aorta
11.30-13.00 90′ Cadaver surgery III.: Retroperitoneal exposure of the abdominal aorta
13.00-14.00 60′ Lunch
14.00-15.00 60′ Cadaver surgery IV: Open repair simulation – abdominal aortic aneurysm
15.00-16.00 60′ Cadaver surgery V: Open repair simulation – aortoiliac stenoocclusive disease
16.00-17.00 60′ Cadaver surgery VI: Emergency Scenarios – inferior vena cava/iliac vein injury, graft thrombectomy
17.00-17.30 30′ Closing remarks

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Semmelweis University, Heart and Vascular Centre

The vascular surgery department is considered a leading aortic center at the national level, where thoracoabdominal aneurysms and most aortic dissections are treated. The clinic performs complex open, endovascular, and hybrid reconstructions with a high level of professional expertise in operating rooms equipped with C-arms. The multidisciplinary Vascular Team ensures the most appropriate therapeutic decisions through the collaboration of vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and angiologists. In addition, the clinic also operates a malformation outpatient clinic specializing in the treatment of rare vascular malformations.

Semmelweis University – Scientific Innovation Center in the Heart of Europe

Semmelweis University is the oldest medical university in Hungary with over 250 years of experience in the field of biomedical sciences and in training physicians, dentists and pharmacists. As the largest health care service provider in Hungary, the University’s hospitals and clinics are places of practical education, but they also operate according to the highest level of progressivity. Beyond teaching and learning, the University’s impact extends to research, with discovery and innovation at its heart, responding to the world’s greatest challenges in the field of medicine and health sciences.