Essential Minimal Access Surgery Principles: eMas Basics
By Apollo Simulation Centre
Course Description
The field of minimal access surgery (MAS) has advanced significantly over the past two decades, offering numerous benefits compared to traditional approaches, such as shorter hospital stays, reduced analgesic use, and improved cosmetic outcomes. However, MAS can also lead to unexpected complications, requiring careful practice and expertise.
This blended learning programme, ‘Essential Minimal Access Surgery’, teaches evidence-based principles and enhances surgical performance. The programme includes hands-on experience at our ASC, which will help you refine your skills and reduce complications. It caters to both beginners and experienced professionals. It covers fundamental topics such as ergonomic principles, dissection and tissue approximation techniques, and anaesthetic considerations, along with advanced topics in laparoscopic procedures across various fields including general surgery, gynaecology, upper GI, bariatric, hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HBP), hernia, colorectal, and urological surgeries. The programme also includes a session on robotic surgery.
Learning Outcomes
- Perform various dissection and tissue approximation tasks as per evidence-based surgical principles.
- Understand the complications associated with minimal access surgery and their prompt management.
- Gain knowledge on the proper and safe use of laparoscopic instruments and their regular maintenance.
- Significantly improve performance through simulation experience and advanced assessment.
- Enhance non-technical skills such as surgical team setup, resource management, and unit organization.
Course Price: ₹0.00
Course Duration:
3 Days
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Lecture module: 20 lessons
Objective-strutted clinical examination
Live surgical demonstration
Wet lab – Ethicon Institute
Clinical observership/mentorship- Q&A forum: 24 hour response time
Access period: 1 month
Certificate of completion
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Curriculum
Online Lectures
All didactic lectures will be available as online modules for canines to prepare for the course well in advance. All the required theory knowledge will be learnt through web platform. There will be a Q&A section available after each lecture to interact with the faculty for any additional doubts to be clarified.
- Lecture 1: Introduction to MAS
- Lecture 2: Laparoscopic instruments and equipment
- Lecture 3: Basic principles
- Lecture 4: Access techniques
- Lecture 5: Anaesthetic considerations
- Lecture 6: Energy devices in laparoscopic surgery
- Lecture 7: Tissue approximation
- Lecture 8: Maintenance of equipment and instruments
- Lecture 9: Laparoscopic troubleshooting
- Lecture 10: Upper GI laparoscopy
- Lecture 11: Colorectal laparoscopy
- Lecture 12: HBP laparoscopy
- Lecture 13: Laparoscopic hernioplasty
- Lecture 14: Laparoscopic gynaecology
- Lecture 15: Laparoscopic urology
- Lecture 16: Introduction to VATS
- Lecture 17: Complications of laparoscopy
- Lecture 18: Robotic surgery
- Lecture 19: Recent advances in MAS
- Lecture 20: Setting up a lap unit
Contact Course
Contact course is aimed at providing practical knowledge about everything that one needs to know about minimal access surgery. This is achieved by way of 30% of time spent on demonstrations and 70% time on hands-on training, which includes:
- Webinars, panels and small group discussions
- Equipment, instrument and procedure demonstrations
- Dry laboratory training on all technical aspect of MAS
- Live demonstrations/master videos of various surgical procedures
- Animate laboratory for live performance of surgical tasks
Observership/Mentorship
ASC courses involve clinical observership and mentorship programme depending on the plan candidate chose. Observership include short period of attachment with the respective unit to witness live surgeries and ward rounds of various surgeries as per availability in the respective speciality. Mentorship program involve a much longer period with possibilities of scrubbing for surgeries based on the clinical knowledge and skill of the candidate
Assessments
Faculty
Patron
Dr. Prasana Kumar Reddy
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Program Director
Dr. Muralidharan M
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of General Surgery,
Apollo Cradle Hospitals, Chennai
Course Convenor
Dr. Raj Palaniappan
Director and Lead Surgeon,
Institute of Bariatrics,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Faculty
Dr. Premkumar Balachandran
Consultant Surgeon and Coordinator,
Institute of Hernia and Anterior Wall Reconstruction,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Sudeepta Kumar Swain
Consultant,
Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgeon,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. J.K.A. Jameel
Consultant,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. N. Ragavan
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Urology,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Ramkumar K
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Jameel Akther
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of General Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Venkatesh Munikrishnan
Senior Consultant,
Colorectal Surgeon, Clinical Lead, Institute of Colorectal Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Rajiv Santosham
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Gynaecology,
Apollo Cradle Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Nikhilesh Krishna
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of Minimal Access Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. R. Venkata Subramaniam
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of General Surgery,
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Dr. Charles Mano Sylus
Consultant Surgeon,
Department of General Surgery,
Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai
Fee
Note
- INR: Inclusive of GST payable on submission of application.
- All above-mentioned fees are applicable only for Indian nationals. Conversion and bank charges for international payments will be additional.
Documents Required
- The applicant should enclose a valid postgraduate degree certificate.
- Postgraduate students should submit their undergraduate certificate and letter from Head of the Department.
- Address proof (Aadhar card/Passport).
- Kindly note that all the applications shall be screened and selected by the course convenor.
