By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: A workshop on latest techniques in hernia repair was organised at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital-2 at Phulanakhra, the second faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA), near here on Tuesday which was attended by surgeons and post-graduate students.
Dubbed as ‘Hernia Master Class’, the workshop was conducted by Prof. (Dr.) Neeraj Goyal, eminent Laser, Laparascopic and Robotic Surgeon at the Max Superspcialty Hospital at New Delhi.
Prof. (Dr.) Goyal spoke about latest techniques in hernia repair with focus on Ventralex ST Hernia Patch, an abdominal mesh, which he described as a unique product.
It was designed for intra abdominal repair of small umbilical, ventral, incisional, epigestric hernia and trocal closure, he said adding the mesh was completely resorbable and gets dissolved in 12 to 18 months.
Prof.(Dr.) Manas Ranjan Sahu, Vice-Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences and an eminent surgeon, who attended the workshop as chief guest, praised the organization of the workshop saying there was a need to learn more about surgery. “If you are not updated, you get outdated,” he told the trainees.
Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, also stressed on the organization of such hands on workshops for skilling, reskilling and upskilling of the medical professionals. SOA had already organised more than 550 workshops and seminars and more than 90 international conferences, he said adding there was need for collaboration to provide a fillip to research activity.
Prof. (Dr.) Prasenjit Mohanty, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SOA, Prof. (Dr.) Arakhita Swain, Dean, IMS and SUM Hospital-2, Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar Lenka, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Prof. (Dr.) Mohammed Javed Akhter, Head of Department of Surgery and Dr. Chinmay Ranjan Behera, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, also spoke.
