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URPS 2015
Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Live Operative Workshop
Program
affiliated to
Host
Urogynaecology
International
&
Uro
Reconstructive
Pelvic
Gynacological
Surgery
Society
Association
of
‘IUGA’
India ‘URPSSI’
Date 05.01.2015 to 08.01.2015
Venue : Voluntary Health Services,
Taramani, Chennai.
Co - host
Voluntary Health Services, Chennai
Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway, Tharamani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600013,  044 - 22541972
Where were we then ?
Treatment for POP
Hippocrates (460 – 375 BC)
Where are we now ?
Faculty of URPS 2015
Bob Shull
U.S.A.
Paul Riss
Austria
G Ralph
Austria
Peter Dwyer
Australia
Richard
Mark Wasserman
U.S.A.
Fiona
M Lindo
U.S.A.
Roland
Keith Huffaker
U.S.A.
N.Rajamaheswari
India
Proposed Surgeries :
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Uterovaginal
 Ablative

Hysterectomy with repair & reconstruction

McCall's Culdoplasty

High utero sacral ligament suspension

Sacro Spinous Ligament suspension,

Cystocele, Rectocele, Enterocele Repair
 Conservative

Manchester Repair

Sacrohysteropexy

High utero sacral ligament suspension
 Obliterative

Colpocleisis
Vault
 Abdominal sacrocolpopexy
 High utero sacral ligament suspension
 Sacro Spinous Ligament suspension
Pelvic floor reconstruction
 Tightening of introitus,
 Extended perineorrhaphy & levatorplasty
SUI
 Mid-urethral slings

Retro pubic / Trans obturator route
 Proximal urethral sling

Fascia lata / Rectus fascial sling
VVF, RVF, III /IV degree perineal tear repair
(Subject to availability of cases)
Dear Colleagues,
It is my privilege to invite you for the “URPS 2015 - operative workshop on Urogynaecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery” scheduled to be held at Voluntary
Health Services, Chennai from 5th to 8th January 2015.
“The glory of medicine is that it is constantly moving forward, that there is
always more to learn” - William J Mayo (1861-1939).
It indeed is true and URPS 2015 is organized by URPSSI & VHS wholly based on it.
Why should a specialist (Gynecologist / Urologist ) participate in URPS 2015 ?
1. Surgeons
may
be
admired,
praised and even
adored for
good
results . But then, they are blamed more than any other specialty for
bad results.
Great surgeon
Theodoric (1205 - 1296)
has said that
“it behooves
practitioners of surgery to frequent the places where skilled surgeons
operate, and to attend these operations diligently and commit them to
memory”
The faculty of URPS 2015 comprise of veteran Urogynaecology surgeons from
different continents
and these “Great leaders don’t tell us what to do ….
They show us how it is done”
They will illustrate all the intricacies of pelvic floor surgeries from 5.1.15 to
8.1.15. at Chennai.
Thus participation in URPS 2015 , makes it possible to learn from these
“Master Surgeons” of the world even when we stay in our own
country.
2. The number of iatrogenic diseases scattered around is approaching
that of the natural ones. The one who does not operate, does not
have complications. No surgeon can hold back from doing surgery.
It is a well known fact that “a good surgeon operates well” however “a great
surgeon manages all his complications and others too”.
URPS 2015 will enable us
to accomplish excellent results with
minimal complications.
3. It is also said that “he
who
learns
his anatomy only
from books
should operate on books only”
Our participation in URPS 2015 will authorize us to operate on our
patients.
4. Moreover the source of most complications is in the operating room.
“Read one, See one and Do one” does not hold good for pelvic floor
surgeries. Pelvic Surgeons should see again and again, and practice.
Prof. Bobby Lewis Shull
U.S.A
Prof. Peter Laurence Dwyer
Australia
Prof. Paul Riss
Austria
Prof. George Ralph
Austria
URPS 2015 ensures learning from the operating room and that too
from these “Master Surgeons”
5. The growing scientific advances demands an ongoing learning process.
Regular and continuing knowledge acquisition of
all emerging newer
management modalities becomes an absolute necessity for the medical
fraternity.
It is said that “the illiterate of future are not those who can’t read
or write, but those who can’t learn to unlearn (obsolete methods)
& re – learn” (appropriate newer techniques).
URPS 2015 ensures us to be medically literate.
No more rationalization is required to register and participate in URPS 2015.
Let us join hands and improve the Qol of our women patients who suffer from
urogynecological diseases.
Let us unlearn obsolete techniques and relearn appropriate newer methods.
Let us learn from the “ Master surgeons” of the different continents of world while
staying in our own country and by merely participating in URPS 2015 .
Let us march towards excellence
which can only
be accomplished by training and
habituation.
Look forward to seeing you all.
With warm regards,
Dr. N.Rajamaheswari MD., DGO., MCh., (Urology)
President Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Society of India (URPSSI),
Director,
Urogynaecology Research Center
# 18 (86), C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018
Phone +91-44-24994739 / 24661679
Mobile phone 91 94440 26699 Email: [email protected]
URPS 2015
Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Live Operative Workshop
Date : Monday, 05 January 2015,
Venue : Auditorium, VHS, Chennai.
Time
Program
08.00 - 08.30 am
Registration
08.30 - 09.00 am
Anatomy - Pelvic floor
Paul Riss
Austria
09.00 - 09.30 am
How do I examine a patient with POP ?
Bob Shull
USA
09.30 - 12.30 pm
Operative Session
OT A & OT B
12.30 - 01.00 pm
Video session
High utero sacral ligament suspension
Sacrospinous ligament suspension
N Rajamaheswari / Richard Wassermen
01.00 - 01.30 pm
Lunch
01.30 - 04.30 pm
Operative session
OT A & OT B
04.30 - 05.30 pm
Meet the Faculty
URPS 2015
Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Live Operative Workshop
Date : Tuesday, 06 January 2015,
Venue : Auditorium, VHS, Chennai.
Time
Program
08.00 - 09.00 am
Clinical evaluation of POP (videos)
N Rajamaheswari
09.00 - 09.30 am
Repair & Reconstruction for Level I defects
Peter Dwyer
Australia
09.30 - 12.30 pm
Operative Session
OT A & OT B
12.30 - 01.00 pm
Video session
Transverse Cystocele Repair
Keith Huffaker
01.00 - 01.30 pm
Lunch
01.30 - 04.30 pm
Operative session
OT A & OT B
04.30 - 05.00 pm
Which surgery for which patient ?
Bob Shull
URPS 2015
Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Live Operative Workshop
Date : Wednesday, 07 January 2015,
Venue : Auditorium, VHS, Chennai.
Time
Program
08.00 - 09.30 am
Mini debate
Apical Prolapse Repair vs
Traditional repair McCall's culdoplasty
- Paul Riss
Sacrospinous ligament suspension
- George Ralph
High utero sacral ligament suspension
- Bob Shull
Sacro colpopexy
- Peter Dwyer
09.30 - 12.30 pm
Operative session
OT A & OT B
12.30 - 01.00 pm
Video Session
‘Mesh’ in reconstructive pelvic surgery
Fiona Lindo
01.00 - 01.30 pm
Lunch
01.30 - 04.30 pm
Operative session
OT A & OT B
04.30 - 05.00 pm
Repair & reconstruction of Level II defects
Peter Dwyer
Australia
URPS 2015
Urogynaecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Live Operative Workshop
Date : Thursday, 08 January 2015,
Venue : Auditorium, VHS, Chennai.
Time
Program
08.00 - 09.00 am
POP Q Hands on session
Paul Riss
Austria
09.00 - 09.30 am
Prevention & repair of Recurrent prolapse
George Ralph
Austria
09.30 - 12.30 pm
Operative Session
OT A & OT B
12.30 - 01.00 pm
Challenging presentations - POP
Video session
N Rajamaheswari
01.00 - 01.30 pm
Lunch
01.30 - 04.30 pm
Operative session
OT A & OT B
04.30 - 05.30 pm
Tips for effective POP repair
Bob Shull, Paul Riss,
Peter Dwyer, George Ralph