Program
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14:45-15:00 Welcome 15:00 16:50 
TABLE 1: Dimensions of the problem
Chair: Barbora East (Czech Republic)- Incisional hernia incidence after oncologic surgery. Benjamin Poulose (USA)
- Incisional hernia after emergency surgery. Alejandro Bravo (Spain)
- Risk factors for incisional hernia. How to select suitable patients for mesh prophylaxis? John Fischer (USA)
- Incisional hernia in other surgical specialities. Do they need mesh prophylaxis? Filip Muysoms (Belgium)
- Incisional hernia after transplantation. Frederik Berrevoet (Belgium)
16:50-17:15 Coffee Break 17:15-18:45 
TABLE 2: Closure of the abdominal wall
Chairs: José A. Pereira (Spain) and Nadia Henriksen (Denmark)- Implementation of small bites technique. Have we moved forward? René Fortelny (Austria)
- Barbed sutures for abdominal wall closure. Do we have any evidence? Cesare Stabilini (Italy)
- Prophylactic meshes. Which and when.
- Biosynthetic. William Hope (USA)
- Synthetic. Nadia Henriksen (Denmark)
- A computational model of healing to predict the likelihood of developing an incisional hernia. A. Le Ruyet (France)
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8:45-09:45 TABLE 3: Parastomal Hernia Prevention
Chairs: Hank-Thijs Brandsma (Netherlands) and Jan Lambrecht (Norway)- Current situation view. Manuel López-Cano (Spain)
- Discussion: Neil Smart (UK), Michel Prudhomme (France), Tero Rautio (Finland)
09:45- 10:10 Coffee Break 10:10-12:00 TABLE 4: Prophylaxis in laparotomy and laparoscopy
Chairs: Pilar Hernández (Spain) and Gabrielle Van Ramshorst (Netherlands)- Elective and emergency midline laparotomy
- RTL. Pilar Hernández (Spain)
- Hart Trial. Hart Trial. Jared Torkington (UK)
- Mesh. José Antonio Pereira (Spain)
- Transverse laparotomy. Miguel Ángel García-Ureña (Spain)
- Trocar and assistance incisions. Andrew de Beaux (Scotland)
12:00-12:30 Closure conference: "Prevention, the past and future"
Hans Jeekel (Netherlands)12:30 Closure
Important Dates
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