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Day 1, 19th September 2025 (Hall- Nyhus)
07.30 AM onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0830 - 0840 Welcome address  
0845 - 1015 Session 1: vWorkshop
The Master Musings		  
Chairpersons : Dr Le Quan Anh Tuan, Dr Manish Baijal, Dr B S Pathania, Dr Vikas Panwar
0845 - 0900 IPOM Plus  Dr Avinash Katara
0900 - 0915 TAPP (Groin) Dr Jan Kukleta
0915 - 0930 TAPE Dr Anil Sharma
0930 - 0945 TARM  Dr Ashwin Masurkar
0945 - 1000 Pe TEP Dr Miguel Angel Garciaurena
1000 - 1015 Hiatus Hernia Dr Vijay Borgaonkar
1020 - 1100 Session 2 : Keynote Address  
Chairpersons : Dr Henning Niebuhr, Dr Uday Muddebihal, Dr V K Bansal, Dr John Thanakumar
1020 - 1040 Endo / Laparoscopic repair of lateral hernias Dr Vimal Vasudeavan
1040 - 1100 How the anatomy changed my cranial approach of the abdominal wall reconstruction Dr Miguel Angel Garciaurena
1100 - 1130 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1130 - 1150 Session 3 : APHS Presidential Lecture  
Chairpersons : Dr Pradeep Chowbey, Dr Davide Lomanto, Prof Chen Jie
1130 - 1150 APHS Presidential Lecture Dr Rajesh Khullar
1155 - 1225 Session 4 : HGD Oration  
Chairpersons : Dr Pradeep Choubey, Dr Vijay Borgaonkar, Dr Deepraj Bhandarkar, Dr Sarfaraz Baig
1155 - 1225 Panta Rhei! How abdominal core health may change the life of a Surgeon Dr Jan Kukleta
1230 - 1245 Session 5 : Industry Lecture  
1245 - 1340 Lunch  
1340 - 1500 Session 6 : The bug and the hernia bed  
Chairpersons : Dr Allen Buenafe, Dr Arun Prasad, Dr Cheng Chung Tsai, Dr Srejoy Patnaik, Dr Pankaj Modi
1340 - 1350 An infected mesh following AWR Dr Sudhir Kalhan
1350 - 1400 Concomitant Hernia Repair: Reducing mesh-related complications in clean contaminated fields, Role of Phasix Dr Randeep Wahawan
1400 - 1410 Concomitant surgery with hernia repair Dr Nozomi Ueno
1410 - 1420 Management of Atypical Mycobacterial infections Dr Aparna Deshpande
1420 - 1430 Inadvertent Enterotomy – What now? Dr George Yang
1430 - 1440 Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Hernia Repair: Outcomes and Experiences Dr Pham Minh Hai
1440 - 1450 Live Illustrative Endoscopic Anatomy - Hernia Procedures Dr Varun Raju Thirumalagiri
1450 - 1500 Loss of Domain in complex ventral hernias Dr Ramesh Punjani
1505 - 1535 Session 7 : Debate 1: TAR gone too Far  
Chairpersons : Dr Rolf Hartung, Dr Jaydeep Palep, Dr Mahendera Narwaria, Dr Takeyuki Misawa
1505 - 1520 Agree Dr Henning Niebuhr                    
1520 - 1535 Disagree Dr Miguel Angel Garciaurena
1540 - 1630 Session 8 : Mesh Controversies  
Chairpersons : Takehiro Hachisuka, Dr Meenakshi Sharma, Dr Atul Wadhwa, Dr K N Srivastava, Dr Sushant Soren
1540 - 1550 Parastomal hernia prevention with a prophylactic mesh Dr Barlian Sutedja
1550 - 1600 Bilateral TAPP repair for unilateral inguinal hernia Dr Gurbankhan Muslumov
1600 - 1610 Use of mesh in clean contaminated surgery Dr Ashwin Thangavelu
1610 - 1620 Is Resorbable mesh the way forward? Dr Basim Alkhafaji
1620 - 1630 Botulinum toxin in hernia repair - A conceptual Review Dr Feras Alsannaa
1630 - 1645 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1645 - 1745 Session 9 : The Tech Savvy Surgeon  
Chairpersons : Dr Sudhir Kalhan, Dr M Ramesh, Dr M Kanagavel, Dr Ashish Gautam
1645 - 1655 Robotic TAPP for Ventral Hernia - The optimal usage of technology Dr Ashish Dey
1655 - 1705 Adopting Technology in surgical practice – A Mindset! Dr Jose Macario Faylona
1705 - 1715 Is Robotic Surgery the future? Dr Davide Lomanto
1715 - 1725 Using social media responsibly Dr Aali Sheen
1725 - 1735 Advantages of Robotic IPOM and IPOM Plus Techniques Dr Sung II Choi
1735 - 1745 IPOM plus to eTEP to r eTEP - What have we learnt ! Dr Vivek Bindal
1800 - 1900 Convocation and Inauguration  
1930 onwards Gala Dinner at J W Marriott   
Day 1, 19th September 2025 (Hall- Bogros)
07.30 onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0845 - 1015 Session 1: vWorkshop
The Master Musings		  
Chairpersons : Dr Jose Macario Faylona, Dr Lakshmi Kona, Dr Ajaz Malik, Dr Vikas Singhal
0845 - 0900 TEP  Dr Suthep Udomsawaengsup
0900 - 0915 eTEP (Groin) Dr Mandar Gadgil
0915 - 0930 eTEP RS / TAR Dr Sarfaraz Baig
0930 - 0945 eMILOS Dr Wolfgang Reinpold
0945 - 1000 SCOLA  Dr T Sivakumar
1000 - 1015 TAPP Ventral Dr George Yang
1020 - 1100 Session 2: Keynote Address  
Chairpersons : Dr Vimal Vasudeavan, Dr Anil Sharma, Dr M Mahir Ozmen, Dr V Venkatesh
1020 - 1040 TAPP for Ventral Hernia - The Way Forward Dr Archana Ramaswamy
1040 - 1100 Hernia Prevention first - is there a best fascial closure? Dr Rene Fortelny
1100 - 1130 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1130 - 1300 Plenary Sessions in Hall A  
1245 - 1340 Lunch  
1340 - 1500 Session 3: Optimising patients for a difficult hernia surgery   
Chairpersons : Dr Basim Alkhafaji, Dr Deep Goel, Dr Ashish Vashishtha, Dr Chin Hung Tsai
1340 - 1350 Loss of Domain, a mountain to climb! Dr Jignesh Gandhi
1350 - 1400 Abdominal compartment syndrome  Prof Chen Jie
1400 - 1410 ERAS protocols for complex hernias Dr Achal Gupta
1410 - 1420 The cardiac patient: tread carefully! Dr Alfred Augustine
1420 - 1430 Botulinum toxin – for large hernias the new fix Dr Le Quan Anh Tuan
1430 - 1440 Giant inguinal hernia – a stepwise approach Dr Pravin Bhatia
1440 - 1450 Training in Endo Hernia Surgery - Can we do it better? Dr M Ramesh
1450 - 1500 Advantages of Robotics in a difficult groin hernia Dr Harish Kakkilaya
1505 - 1535 Session 4 : Debate 2: eTEP too much for too little  
Chairpersons : Dr Barlian Sutedja, Dr M C Misra, Dr S K Basu, Dr Muneer Khan
1505 - 1520 Agree Dr Gafoor Mubark
1520 - 1535 Disagree Dr Ganesh Shenoy
1540 - 1630 Session 5 : Peripheral Hernias  
Chairpersons : Dr Sung II Choi, Dr Muralidhar Kathalagiri, Dr Atul Mishra, Dr K G Mathew, Dr Arun Anand
1540 - 1550 Anatomical aspects of lumbar / lateral hernias. Dr Sameer Rege
1550 - 1600 Retromuscular repair of large lumber hernia Dr Pinak Dasgupta
1600 - 1610 Spigelian Hernia / Iliac fossa hernia Dr V K Bansal
1610 - 1620 Subxiphoid anatomy and the access to subdiaphragmatic space Dr Miguel Angel
1620 - 1630 Suprapubic hernia. Dr Sudesh Sarda
1630 - 1645 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1645 - 1735 Session 6 : Complex Groin Hernia  
Chairpersons : Dr Aali Sheen, Dr M R Attri, Dr Ashish Ahuja, Dr Prabal Roy, Dr Saurabh Misra
1645 - 1655 TAPP repair for recurrent hernia after TEP/TAPP repair? Dr Ajay Kriplani
1655 - 1705 Endoscopic repair in a scarred abdomen, is it worth the risk? Dr Allen Buenafe
1705 - 1715 Minimally Invasive Surgery for Acute Groin Hernia Dr Rakesh Gupta
1715 - 1725 TAPP in Immediate Post-op recurrence Dr Sunil Popat
1725 - 1735 The multiple recurrent hernia! Dr Rolf Hartung
1735 - 1745 Navigating Scars in Traumatic Groin Hernia Dr Tushar S Mishra
1800 - 1900 Convocation and Inauguration  
1930 onwards Gala Dinner at J W Marriott   
Day 1, 19th September 2025 (Hall- Retzius)
07.30 onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0845 - 1015 Session 1: Experience Session 1 - Groin  
Chairpersons : Dr Ashish Dey, Dr Sanjeet Rai, Dr Shailesh Adhikari, Dr Ankur Patel, Dr Bachan Singh
0845 - 0853 Prediction Of Incidental Obturator Hernia Using Preoperative CT Dr Akihiro Nakamura
0853 - 0901 Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair “ Early Experience From A Tertiary Care Centre Dr Arpita Mishra
0901 - 0909 Endoscopic Redo Repair In A Recurrent Femoral Hernia In A Marfanoid Female Student Dr Boyina Rajendra
0909 - 0917 Laparoscopic Day Surgery For Groin Hernia; Perioperative Strategies For Preventing Complications Dr Katsuya Ota
0917 - 0925 Giant Inguinal Etep Dr Nitinchandra Khairnar
0925 - 0933 Experience of 1st Tele Robotic Hernia Surgery Dr Mehak Bhandari
0933 - 0941 Robot Assisted Inguinal Hernia Repair (Rtapp) Repair Post-Radical Prostatectomy Dr Rajat Bharati Gupta
0941 - 0949 Robotic TAPP for Inguinal Hernia Decoded Dr Udipta Rai
0949 - 0957 Management Of Infected Mesh After Inguinal Hernia Repair Dr Aditya Baksi
0957 - 1005 Concomitant repairs - A dilemma ! Dr Sarvana Kumar
1005 - 1013 Establishing Centre of Excellence in Hernia Surgery Dr  Sudhir Jadhav
1100 - 1130 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1130 - 1245 Plenary Sessions in Hall A  
1245 - 1340 Lunch & APHS Ex-Com Meeting  
1340 - 1500 Session 2 : Obesity and Hernias  
Chairpersons : Dr Tang Jianxiong, Dr J B Aggarwal, Dr Aparna G Bhasker, Dr Atul NC Peter
1340 - 1350 Looking beyond BMI in hernia repair Dr Suthep Udomsawaengsup
1350 - 1400 Algorithm for ventral hernia repair with obesity Dr Pawaninder Lal
1400 - 1410 Combining hernia and weight loss surgery, evidence/practical approach! Dr Ramesh Agarwalla
1410 - 1420 Role of Robotics in hernia surgery for obese Dr Arun Prasad
1420 - 1430 Role of preoperative weight loss with medications Dr Ramen Goel
1430 - 1440 Hernia Repair in High-risk patients and contaminated fields; is Phasix closing the Gap Dr Neeraj Goyal
1440 - 1450 Emergency Hernia Repair in severe obesity Dr Sandeep Agarwal
1450 - 1500 Ventral Hernia and Obesity - No mesh or Mesh and best placed where Dr Ritu Khare
1505 - 1537 Session 3: Experience Session 2 - Challenging Situations  
Chairpersons : Dr Sathien Tumtavitikul, Dr Ashutosh Soni, Dr Ishant Chaurasia, Dr Mumtaz Ansari, Dr Naveen Verma
1505 - 1513 Chronic Postoperative inguinal pain after Hernia Repair : Is the Surgical Route the Key Factor? Dr Song Geum Jong
1513 - 1521 Colobronchial Fistula Presenting As Chronic Feculent Cough Following Diaphragmatic Mesh Hernia Repair Dr Devender Singh
1521 - 1529 When The Posterior Rectus Sheath Fails: A Surprising Turn After Etep Rs Repair Dr Rashmiranjan Sahoo
1529 - 1537 Robotic Ventral Hernia (TAPP) Dr Rajesh Sinha
1540 - 1630 Session 4: Experience Session 3 - Complex Situations  
Chairpersons : Dr P K Dewan, Dr Pankaj Khandelwal, Dr Rouf Wani, Dr Ravinder Malhotra, Dr Chandramouli
1540 - 1548 Preoperative Botulinum Toxin Injection In Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia With Loss Of Domain In The Philippines: A Case Series Of Initial Outcomes Dr Cherrie Ann Angon
1548 - 1556 TBD TBD
1556 - 1604 Complex Situation in Hital Hernias Dr Gyan Saurav
1604 - 1612 Beyond The Mesh: The Peritoneal Flap Technique For Durable Incisional Hernia Reconstruction Dr Manish Kumar Agrawal
1612 - 1620 From Impossible to Closed : The Magic of ACST Dr Vani Vijay
1620 - 1628 TBD Dr Surendra Jasti
1630 - 1645 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1645 - 1725 Session 5: Experience Session 4 - Ventral / Incisional  
Chairpersons : Sujith Wijerathne, Dr Harmeet Paul, Dr Arush Sabharwal, Dr Rajesh Sinha, Dr Ritu Khare
1645 - 1653 A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Short-Term Outcomes Of Enhanced Total Extraperitoneal (Etep) And Robotic Transabdominal Pre Peritoneal (Rtapp) Mesh Repairs For Primary Midline Ventral Hernias (Pmvh) Dr Chukka Gautam Kumar
1653 - 1701 Fascial Traction Assisted Management Of Complex Recurrent Ventral Hernia Dr Aishwarya Varma
1701 - 1709 A Case Report: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction In A Four Time Recurrent Incisional Hernia With Infected Mesh Dr Nihar Parmar
1709 - 1717 A Case of Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia (EHS L4W2; M3W1) s/p ERCP Pancreatic Duct Stent Insertion, s/p VARD Dr Rafael Lorenzo De Taza
1717 - 1725 Preperitoneal E-Tep For Primary Midline Ventral Hernias Dr Ramji Khetri
1725 - 1733 N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesive versus Sutures for Sublay Mesh Fixation in Ventral Hernia Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial Dr Siddharth R
1733 - 1741 An Interesting Case of IPOM to IPOM plus redo Dr Sanjay Saroj
1800 - 1900 Convocation and Inauguration  
1930 onwards Gala Dinner at J W Marriott   
Day 1, 19th September 2025 (Pre-Function Area)
Time Topic  
1430 - 1630 Poster Presentation  
Day 2, 20th September 2025 (Hall- Nyhus)
07.30 onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0830 - 0930 Session 1: vWorkshop
The Master Musings		  
Chairpersons : Dr Subhash Khanna, Dr Mark Slack, Dr Anthony Tech
0830 - 0845 rTAPP (Groin) Dr Vishal Soni
0845 - 0900 r eTEP (Ventral)  Dr Magan Mehrotra
0900 - 0915 rTAPP (Ventral) Dr Randeep Wadhawan
0915 - 0930 eTEP TAR for Ventral Hernia Dr. R. Parthasarathi
0935 - 1015 Session 2: Keynote Address  
Chairpersons : Dr Archana Ramaswamy, Dr John Thanakumar, Dr Abhay Dalvi, Dr J B Agarwal
0935 - 0955 Evolution of the E/MILOS concept - an experience of 16 yrs Dr Wolfgang Reinpold
0955 - 1015 IFT (Fasciotens) as a new tool in the box of complex hernia repair - Technique and Results Dr Henning Niebuhr
1020 - 1100 Session 3 : Wisdom and Safety  
Chairpersons : Dr Manmohan Kamat, Dr Rajesh Sharma, Dr Dinesh Kardam, Dr Ratna Chopra
1020 - 1030 When should a Surgeon hang up the scalpel -  in the present era Dr Uday Mudebihal
1030 - 1040 Safe Cross over in eTEP Ventrals Dr Ajesh Gopal
1040 - 1050 Work and Life balance for a Surgeon Dr B S Pathania
1050 - 1100 Infections in Endohernia Surgery - A learning of 3 decades Dr Sandeep Dave
1100 - 1115 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1115 - 1135 Session 4 : Founder APHS President Lecture  
Chairpersons : Dr Jan Kukleta, Dr C Palanivelu
1115 - 1135 Founder APHS President Lecture Dr Pradeep Chowbey
1140 - 1200 Session 5 : HSI Presidential Lecture  
Chairpersons : Dr Rajesh Khullar, Dr Sandeep Dave, Dr Ramesh Agarwalla, Dr Zameer Pasha
1140 - 1200 HSI Presidential Lecture Dr Vijay Borgaonkar
1205 - 1230 Session 6 : Motivational Lecture  
Chairpersons : 
1205 - 1230 From Scalpel to Summit - My Tryst with Mount Everest Dr Murad Lala
1230 - 1330 Session 7 : The Turning Point  
Chairpersons :  Dr Archana Ramaswamy,  Dr V Venkates
Moderator : Dr Harsh Sheth
1230 - 1330 Panel discussion Panelists: Dr Nidhi Khandelwal, Dr Pallawi Priya, Dr Mahak Bhandari, Dr Priyank Chelawat, Dr Shivanshu Mishra, Dr Muddassir Nisar, Dr Udipta Ray, Dr Vikas Singhal, Dr Erbaz Riyaz Momin, Dr Anupam Goel, Dr Mansimrat Paul Singh
1330 - 1410 Lunch  
1410 - 1500 Session 8 : Controversies  
Chairpersons : Dr Tarun Mittal, Dr Amit Srivastava, Dr Jitender Chawla, Dr S K Bhartiya, Dr Rajesh Sharma
1410 - 1420 rTAPP - Are we justified Dr Jaydeep Palep
1420 - 1430 Laparoscopic Vs Robotic Nissen's Fundoplication A Comparative Study Dr Ashish Vashistha
1430 - 1440 Strategic retreat in hernia repair Dr Deep Goel
1440 - 1450 Open groin hernia repair - The quick fix for elderly Dr Tang Jianxiong
1450 - 1500 What's beyond TEP - TEP + Dr Sujith Wijerathne
1500 - 1515 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1515 - 1615 Session 9 : Award Session 2  
Chairpersons : Dr Sandeep Agarwal, Dr Rajesh Bhojwani, Dr Sanjay Saroj, Dr Sushama Surapaneni
1515 - 1523 Modified Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty For Large M1/2/3/4 W3 Incisional Hernia In A Patient Of P/H/O Burst Abdomen Dr Nilesh Dabhade
1523 - 1531 TBD TBD
1531 - 1539 Evaluation Of Causes Of Recurrent Ventral Hernia- Single Institute Study From Tribal India Dr Nitin Baste
1539 - 1547 Long-Term Outcomes Following Totally Extraperitoneal (Tep) Versus Transabdominal Preperitoneal (Tapp) Repair In Large Inguinoscrotal Hernias: An Experience Of Over Two Decades Dr Ankita Bajpai
1547 - 1555 Role of preoperative Botulinum toxin in facilitating component separation for Complex ventral hernia : outcomes from a single center experience Dr Anmol Ahuja
1555 - 1603 A Case Of Parastomal Hernia And Groin Hernia Treated By Laparoscopic Sugarbaker Technique And Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair Dr Seiji Kitajiri
1603 - 1611 Extended-View Totally Extraperitoneal Approach With Rives-Stoppa And Transversus Abdominis Muscle Release: A Rare Case On Large Spigelian Hernia With Concomittant Incisional Hernia And Diastasis Recti Dr Xandra Regina Martinez
1620 - 1650 Session 10 : The Great Hernia Challenge  
  Quiz Master - Dr Deepraj Bhandarkar  
1655 - 1725 Session 11 : HSI APHS  
1725 - 1755 Session 12 : DMC Session  
1725 - 1755 Legal Issues in Medical Practices: Current Perspectives DMC Speaker
1800 - 1810 Session 13 : Valedictory Function  
Day 2, 20th September 2025 (Hall- Bogros)
07.30 onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0830 - 0930 Session 1: vWorkshop
The Master Musings		  
Chairpersons : Dr Suthep Udomsawaengsup, Dr Amitabh Goel, Dr OM Tantia
0830 - 0845 Open RS / TAR (Ventral) Dr Sumeet Shah
0845 - 0900 Fasciotens (Ventral) Dr Sanjay Sonar
0900 - 0915 Peritoneal Flap (Ventral)  Dr Yusuf Afaque
0915 - 0930 Tissue / mesh repair (Groin) Dr Jose Macario Faylona
0935 - 1015 Session 2: Keynote Address  
Chairpersons : Dr Vandana Soni, Dr Subhash Aggarwal, Dr Ali Reza Eghtedari, Dr Satish Midha
0935 - 0955 Sports Hernia - Inguinal Disruption or Pubalgia - Which is it and Why ? Dr Aali Sheen
0955 - 1015 Innovation in Inguinal Hernia Dr Davide Lomanto
1020 - 1100 Session 3 : Hernia Repair - The Cutting Edge  
Chairpersons : Dr Suvir Gupta, Dr Kumar Parth, Dr Aishath Azna Ali, Dr Ashwind Bawa
1020 - 1030 Colour Guided Dissection : Redefining Anatomy with Yellow Enhancement Dr Magan Mehrotra
1030 - 1040 Blunt & Bloodless - How to make Laparoscopic TEP safe, easy & reproducible Dr Sumeet Toshniwal
1040 - 1050 Internal Hernias (Primary & acquired) Dr Tarun Mittal
1050 - 1100 A Novel Technique Created For Parastomal Hernia Repair From A Hybridization Model Of Published Evidence: The Simple Approach. Dr Gaurav Kulkarni
1100 - 1115 Tea break & Exhibition walk through  
1115 - 1330 Plenary Sessions in Hall A  
1330 - 1410 Lunch  
1410 - 1500 Session 4 : Hernia in productive and reproductive age  
Chairpersons : Dr Rakesh Gupta, Dr Vijay Mittal, Dr Amit Dewan, Dr Manoj Kumar, Dr Sree Krishna Phani Sankar
1410 - 1420 Ventral hernia in child bearing age Dr Bernd Stechemesser
1420 - 1430 Divarication of Recti with small primary hernia Dr Changfu Qin
1430 - 1440 Sportsman hernia – The diagnostic dilemma! Dr Sathien Tumtavitikul
1440 - 1450 Chronic groin pain – Management Algorithm Dr Anubhav Vindal
1450 - 1500 PROM : Medium term outcomes support its addition into a hernia surgeon's armamentarium Dr Kalpesh Jani
1515 - 1615 Session 5 : Panel discussion - Newer Procedures - Newer complications  
Moderator : Dr Sumeet Shah
1505 - 1605 Panel discussion Panelists: Dr Makhan Lal Saha, Dr Tushar S Mishra  Dr Vivek Bindal, Dr Archana Ramaswamy, Dr Praveen Bhatia, Dr Jignesh Gandhi
1655 - 1725 Session 6 : GBM APHS  
Day 2, 20th September 2025 (Hall- Retzius)
07.30 onwards Registration 
Time Topic Speaker 
0830 - 0926 Session 1: Experience Session 5 - A varied Landscapre  
Chairpersons : Dr Atul Sharma Joshi, Dr Sumantra Ray, Dr Aloy Mukherjee, Dr Seo Kyung Won
0830 - 0838 Reconstructing the Abdominal Wall: Selecting TAR or eTEP for Complex Incisional Hernias Dr Ha Tae Kyung
0838 - 0846 Robotic- Assisted Repair Of Morgagni Hernia- A Case Based Video Demonstration Dr Madhu Jha
0846 - 0854 First Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair Using The Saroa Surgical System With Force Feedback Dr Toshiro Tanioka
0854 - 0902 Short-Term Outcomes Of Robotic-Assisted Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair(R-Tapp) For Inguinal Hernia And Surgical Techniques Dr Tsukasa Tanida
0902 - 0910 Para esophageal hernia in an elderly Dr Laksmi Kona
0910 - 0918 Video of Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Eventeration Repair Dr Uma Maheswara Rao Kethineni
0918 - 0926 Robotic Subxiphoid And Subcostal Anatomy And Dissection In Etep Tar For Multiple Abdominal Border Hernias Dr Amol S Jeur
0935 - 1050 Session 2: Experience Session 6 - Pot pourri collection  
Chairpersons : Dr Sanjay Verma, Dr Pradeep Sharma, Dr Kim Hyung Jin, Dr Jinesh Doshi, Dr Sathish Narayanaswamy
0935 - 0943 Concomitant Laparoscopic Etep-Tar And Mini Gastric Bypass In A Morbidly Obese Female With Complex Ventral Hernia M3M4 L3 W2 R1– A Video Presentation Dr Akhilesh Manchala
0943 - 0951 When The Mesh Goes Rogue: Jejunal Fistula Years After
Inguinal Hernia Repair		 Dr Deepika Ca
0951 - 0959 Feasibility Of Re-Laparoscopy To Manage Complications Following Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Dr Rishabh Agarwalla
0959 - 1007 An Innovative Low Cost Technique For Intraoperative Abdominal Wall Extension (Awex)/Intraoperative Fascial Traction For Large Ventral Hernia Where Routine Meshes Can Not Be Used. Dr S C Chabbra
1007 - 1015 IPOM - The Gold Standard Dr Ashutosh Kesar
1015 - 1023 Does The Size Of Groin Hernia Matter In Deciding A Choice Of Operation - A Video Presentation For A Giant Irreducible Inguinal Hernia ? Dr Mahendra  Lodha
1023 - 1031 Robotic Periumbilical & Rectus Diastasis Etep Mesh Repair With Abdominoplasty Dr Sean Lee
1031 - 1039 Do Titanium - Coated Meshes Offer Advantages Regarding the Development of Seromas in Inguinal Hernia Surgery Dr Bernd Stechemesser
1039 - 1047 TAPP : A Versatile Technique for Groin Hernia Repair Dr Jitender Chawla
1115 - 1330 Plenary Sessions in Hall A  
1330 - 1410 Lunch  
1410 - 1500 Session 3 : Award Session 1  
Chairpersons : Dr Pawanindra Lal, Dr Iqbal Saleem, Dr Allen Buenafe, Dr Sachin Mittal
1410 - 1418 A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Flat Lightweight Prolene Mesh And 3D Prolene Mesh In Laparoscopic Tep Dr Aditi Bansal
1418 - 1426 Laparoscopic Approach To Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Presentation Dr Cherrie Ann Angon
1426 - 1434 Incisional Hernia Repair Using Etep: A 136-Case Single-Center Experience Dr Kiyotaka Imamura
1434 - 1442 Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy With Subcutaneous Onlay Laparoscopic Approach For Patients With Ventral Hernia And Diastasis Recti With Concomitant Chronic Calculous Cholecystitis Dr Leona Maryse Math Eus
1442 - 1450 Robotic Pre Peritoneal Extended Extra Peritoneal (Petep) Repair Dr Magan Mehrotra
1450 - 1458 Hernia To Hazard: The Untold Risk Of The E-Tep Route Dr Muddassir Nisar Shahdhar
Day 2, 20th September 2025 (Pre-Function Area)
Time Topic  
1100 - 1300 Poster Presentation