CPD Manchester | 20th May 2025

What to expect?

Join Paul Aldridge and John Williams at our Manchester hospital for a small group masterclass where we’ll discuss tips, tricks, and current evidence to maximise outcomes in two common scenarios: wound reconstructions and intestinal anastomosis.

In the morning, we’ll look at the initial management of traumatic wounds, aiming to rapidly establish a healthy wound bed, followed by a discussion of reconstruction techniques and their real-world application.

In the afternoon, the focus moves to the surgical management of perforating intestinal foreign bodies; planning enterectomy, executing an accurate viable anastomosis, and what other interventions performed now will reduce the risk of dehiscence in 3-4 days’ time?

A dry-lab session will give delegates the opportunity to get hands-on with both sutured and stapled anastamosis techniques, and look at the use of abdominal drains.

Agenda

10:00 – 11:15 Lecture: Initial Management of Traumatic Wounds
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Lecture: Decision Making in Wounds Reconstruction
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and tour of the hospital
13:30 – 14:45 Lecture: GIT Surgery in the Septic Abdomen
14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Intestinal Anastomosis, Abdominal Drains

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