{"id":3076,"date":"2025-12-19T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/?page_id=3076"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:47:21","slug":"workshop-wednesday-hernia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/workshop-wednesday-hernia\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdominal Wall Anatomy and Hernia Repair Techniques: Cadaver Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wednesday April 15, 2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Surgical Skills Center, Mount Sinai Hospital <\/strong> <br \/>\n600 University Ave, Toronto<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Participants will have the opportunity to practice different hernia repair skills in the following scenarios:  <\/p>\n<ol style=\"display:grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(370px, 1fr)); gap: 80px;\">\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair &#8211; TAPP, TEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anatomy of the myopectineal orifice will be reviewed<\/li>\n<li>Operative steps will be taught in detail<\/li>\n<li>Mesh type and mesh placement will be discussed<\/li>\n<li>Laparoscopic suturing and tacking techniques will be reviewed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Enhanced Totally Extraperitoneal ventral hernia repair (eTEP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anatomy of the retromuscular space will be reviewed<\/li>\n<li>Operative steps will be taught in detail &#8211; gaining access to the retromuscular space, crossover and reduction of the hernia sac.<\/li>\n<li>Pitfalls and complications will be discussed. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Open ventral hernia repair &#8211; TAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anatomy of the abdominal wall will be reviewed<\/li>\n<li>Indications for TAR will be outlined<\/li>\n<li>Operative steps will be demonstrated and taught in detail<\/li>\n<li>Mesh type will be discussed<\/li>\n<li>Pitfalls and complications will be outlined. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Open inguinal hernia repair &#8211; Shouldice <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anatomy of the abdominal wall will be reviewed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3>Agenda<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-agenda\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">11:00<\/td>\n<td>Registration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11:30 &#8211; 12:15<\/td>\n<td>Presentation &#038; How-to Instruction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:15 &#8211; 1:15<\/td>\n<td>Station 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1:15 &#8211; 1:30<\/td>\n<td>BREAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1:30 &#8211; 2:30<\/td>\n<td>Station 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2:30 &#8211; 3:30<\/td>\n<td>Station 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3:30 &#8211; 4:00<\/td>\n<td>Debrief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<h3>Program Director<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dialog-container\" id=\"speaker-dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"my-dialog-title\" aria-describedby=\"my-dialog-description\">\n        <div class=\"dialog-overlay\" data-a11y-dialog-hide><\/div>\n        <div class=\"dialog-content\" role=\"document\">\n        <button data-a11y-dialog-hide class=\"dialog-close\" aria-label=\"Close this dialog window\">&times;<\/button>\n        <h1 id=\"my-dialog-title\">Speaker Details<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"cpd-mssp-speakers\">\n            <div class=\"the-speaker-biography speaker from-list\" id=\"speakerBioContent\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class='cpd-mssp-speakers CPD-Event-Two-Landing'><div id=\"speaker-melland-smith\" class=\"speaker speaker-no-image\"><p class=\"text\"><span class=\"name\">Megan Melland-Smith<\/span>&nbsp;<small>MD MSc FRCSC<\/small><br><small>Staff General Surgeon<br \/>\r\nNorthwestern Memorial Hospital<br \/>\r\nNorthwestern University<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div> <!-- \/.cpd-mssp-speakers -->\n<h3>Faculty<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dialog-container\" id=\"speaker-dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"my-dialog-title\" aria-describedby=\"my-dialog-description\">\n        <div class=\"dialog-overlay\" data-a11y-dialog-hide><\/div>\n        <div class=\"dialog-content\" role=\"document\">\n        <button data-a11y-dialog-hide class=\"dialog-close\" aria-label=\"Close this dialog window\">&times;<\/button>\n        <h1 id=\"my-dialog-title\">Speaker Details<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"cpd-mssp-speakers\">\n            <div class=\"the-speaker-biography speaker from-list\" id=\"speakerBioContent\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class='cpd-mssp-speakers CPD-Event-Two-Landing'><div id=\"speaker-fung\" class=\"speaker speaker-no-image\"><p class=\"text\"><span class=\"name\">Ben Fung<\/span>&nbsp;<small>MD, FRCSC<\/small><\/p><\/div><div id=\"speaker-maclellan\" class=\"speaker speaker-no-image\"><p class=\"text\"><span class=\"name\">Steven MacLellan<\/span>&nbsp;<small>MD FRCS(C)<\/small><\/p><\/div><div id=\"speaker-riordon\" class=\"speaker speaker-no-image\"><p class=\"text\"><span class=\"name\">Michele Riordon<\/span>&nbsp;<small>MD FRCSC<\/small><\/p><\/div><div id=\"speaker-saleh\" class=\"speaker speaker-no-image\"><p class=\"text\"><span class=\"name\">Fady Saleh<\/span>&nbsp;<small>MD FRCSC<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div> <!-- \/.cpd-mssp-speakers -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday April 15, 2026 Surgical Skills Center, Mount Sinai Hospital 600 University Ave, Toronto Participants will have the opportunity to practice different hernia repair skills in the following scenarios: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair &#8211; TAPP, TEP Anatomy of the myopectineal orifice will be reviewed Operative steps will be taught in detail Mesh type and mesh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":{"cpde2_sidebar_image_std":"","cpde2_sidebar_image_custom":"","cpde2_sidebar_image_alt":"","cpde2_subnav":"","cpde2_map_addresses":[],"cpde2_additional_page_sections":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/generalsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}