Intermediate Skills for Laparoscopic Surgeons
This intensive 3-day course has been carefully designed to maximise hands-on, laboratory based practice of intermediate laparoscopic skills using synthetic and animal tissue models.
Spaces available | Total spaces: 20
This course has been approved by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has been awarded 18 CPD points.
Level of Course: CT1-ST6
Our expert faculty team will provide a series of lectures, hints & tips and individual feedback during the practical sessions.
The course will cover (step-by-step demonstrations followed by hands-on sessions)
- Ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery
- Difficult access techniques and adhesiolysis
- Advanced surgical energy devices and their safe application
- Laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knot tying
- Laparoscopic continuous suturing techniques
- Tumbled square knot
- Free laparoscopic suturing exercise
- Prevention of laparoscopic bile duct injuries
- Intraoperative cholangiography
- Primary closure of CBD or 'T' tube insertion
- Hiatial repair using tumbled square knot
- Repair of perforated duodenal ulcer
- Repair of incisional hernia
- Laparoscopic stapled Gastroenterostomy
At the end of this practical training course you will be able to:
- Explain the techniques necessary to overcome the visual demands in laparoscopic surgery
- Demonstrate effective equipment and instrument positioning using ergonomic principles
- Utilise extracorporeal knot-tying technique for ligation in continuity
- Demonstrate optimal bite placement and knot tying technique during laparoscopic tissue approximation
- Gain experience of safe use of advanced surgical energy device
- Demonstrate safe stapling technique
- Utilise protack fixation device safely
- Demonstrate safe and accurate handling mesh
Apply the component skills taught in this course to various procedures including:
- Access to scarred abdomen,
- Ligation in continuity using extracorporeal knot,
- Intraoperative cholangiography, primary closure of CBD or insertion 'T' tube
- Closure of enterotomy with competent laparoscopic suturing skills
- Hiatial repair
- Stapled gastroenterostomy
- Repair of perforated duodenal ulcer and
- Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair
- Total extra-peritoneal hernia repair
£990
- Course Date: Monday, December 8, 2025 - 08:45 to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 16:15
- Course Category: General Surgery
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