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Scientific Program
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08 October 2026 | Venue: AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar

Main Conference Scientific Programme

Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | HALL - A

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:30 AM onwards Registration
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM Session 1 - Open Hernia Surgeries
Timeless classics
Session Coordinator - Yusuf Afaque
Chairpersons: Lalatendu Mahapatra, Bana Bihari Mishra, Sanjay Sonar, Aftab Shaikh
09:00 AM - 09:08 AM Lichtenstein stays ! Makhan Lal Saha 8 Minutes
09:08 AM - 09:16 AM Open incisional hernia surgery is still relevant Pankaj Modi 8 Minutes
09:16 AM - 09:24 AM Open Rives Stoppa - everyone should learn it Vijay Borgaonkar 8 Minutes
09:24 AM - 09:32 AM Tissue repairs for groin - indications and tips Rakesh Khattar 8 Minutes
09:32 AM - 09:45 AM Discussion
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM Session 2 - Top 5 Oral Paper Presentation
Session coordinator - Pallawi Priya
Chairpersons: Naveen Alexander, P K Pattnaik, Deepraj Bhandarkar, Monty Khajanchi
09:45 AM - 09:51 AM Absorbable mesh ( Ovitex) Pradeep Joshua 6 Minutes
09:51 AM - 09:57 AM Primary ventral hernia - Best Procedure Shivanshu Misra 6 Minutes
09:57 AM - 10:03 AM eTEP vs TEP vs TAPP groin Harsh Sheth 6 Minutes
10:03 AM - 10:09 AM Incisional hernia meta analysis Pallawi Priya 6 Minutes
10:09 AM - 10:15 AM Prophylactic Mesh Yusuf Afaque 6 Minutes
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Discussion
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM Session 3 - Atypical hernia
Across the Border
Session coordinator - Mandar Gadgil
Chairpersons: Vikram Rout, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Nikhil Talwar, Senthil Kumaran, Pramod K Samantray
10:45 AM - 10:53 AM Subcostal hernia Sarfaraz Baig 8 Minutes
10:53 AM - 11:01 AM RIF hernia Ashwin T 8 Minutes
11:01 AM - 11:09 AM Suprapubic hernia Vandana Soni 8 Minutes
11:09 AM - 11:17 AM Lumbar hernia Sameer Rege 8 Minutes
11:17 AM - 11:25 AM Subxiphoid Pinak Das Gupta 8 Minutes
11:25 AM - 11:33 AM Phasix in Real World: From Contaminated Fields to Complex Hernias Anupam Goel 8 Minutes
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Session 4 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS with ORATION
Session coordinator - Priyanka Bhagtani
Chairpersons: Ramesh Agarwalla, Deepraj Bhandarkar, Vijay Borgaonkar, Manish Baijal, Lakshmi Konakumari
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Impact of Robotics on Abdominal Wall Hernia Repairs Ajay Kriplani 20 Mins
12:05 PM - 12:25 PM Presidential Oration: Hernia Surgery - Small Changes, Big Outcomes! Manish Baijal 20 Mins
12:25 PM - 12:45 PM Keynote Lecture - After Hernia Project Anders Hanssen 20 Mins
12:45 PM - 01:30 PM Session 5 - Novo Nordisk Lunch Symposium
Session coordinator - Ashish Dey
Navigating the New Era of Obesity Management: A Bariatric Surgeon's perspective Sarfaraz Baig 20 Mins
Changing the Weight-Loss Conversation: Semaglutide and Whole-Health Benefits Randeep Wadhawan 20 Mins
Panel Discussion: Obesity Management before AWR Moderator: Harsh Sheth
01:30 PM - 02:20 PM Session 6 - Hiatus hernia
The junction
Session coordinator - Anupam Goel
Chairpersons: Jatashankar Mahapatra, Harsh Sheth, Rajesh Khullar, J Balamurugan, Tanmay Panda
01:30 PM - 01:38 PM Evaluation of GERD Vijay Borgaonkar 8 Minutes
01:38 PM - 01:46 PM Choosing between Nissen and Toupet Deepraj Bhandarkar 8 Minutes
01:46 PM - 01:54 PM Wrap migration Ganesh Shenoy 8 Minutes
01:54 PM - 02:02 PM Injuries during fundo Randeep Wadhawan 8 Minutes
02:02 PM - 02:10 PM When things go south in Fundo Ravindra Vats 8 Minutes
02:10 PM - 02:20 PM Discussion
02:20 PM - 03:50 PM Session 7 - Robotics
Console-ing the lap surgeons
Session coordinator - Vishal Soni / Kumar Sonal
Chairpersons: Madhuri Pattnaik, Rajkishor Sahoo, Anders Hanssen, Kristoffer Andresen, Sarfaraz Baig, Lakshmi Konakumari
02:20 PM - 02:27 PM I told you robot is the future Arun Prasad 7 Minutes
02:27 PM - 02:34 PM Why robotics in hernia Vishal Soni 7 Minutes
02:34 PM - 02:41 PM Robotic PeTEP - my choice in umbilical hernia Magan Mehrotra 7 Minutes
02:41 PM - 02:48 PM Robotic Fundoplication Ashish Vashistha 7 Minutes
02:48 PM - 02:55 PM Telerobotics Mahak Bhandari 7 Minutes
02:55 PM - 03:02 PM Robotic parastomal hernia repair Sukhvinder Saggu 7 Minutes
03:02 PM - 03:09 PM Robotic TAPP VH Harsh Sheth 7 Minutes
03:09 PM - 03:16 PM Robotic TAR Vivek Bindal 7 Minutes
03:16 PM - 03:23 PM Robotic TARM Udipta Roy 7 Minutes
03:23 PM - 03:30 PM Robotic eTEP VH - Mantra Shivani Sood 7 Minutes
03:30 PM - 03:37 PM Robotic eTEP VH - DaVinci Arun Bhardwaj 7 Minutes
03.37 PM - 03.44 PM Robotic TAPP groin Tushar S. Mishra 7 Minutes
03.44 PM - 03.50 PM Discussion
03.50 PM - 05.05 PM Session 8 - Debates
Warzone
Session coordinator - Nidhi Khandelwal
Chairpersons: Susanta Meher, Malaya Krishna Nayak, Sarfaraz Baig, N Mohammed, Ramji Khetri
03.50 PM - 04.10 PM eTEP V/s PeTEP Nidhi Khandelwal 20 Mins
Ashwin T
04.10 PM - 04.30 PM Robot for groin hernia / Huh !- Open vs Lap vs Robot? P Senthilnathan 20 Mins
Sumeet Shah
Chairpersons: Manish Baijal, Deepraj Bhandarkar, Laskshmi Konakumari, Manas Sahoo
04.30 PM - 05.10 PM Medtronics Debate - Motorised fixation device vs Non motorised Randeep Wadhawan 40 Mins
Magan Mehrotra
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM Inauguration Program
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM EC MEETING
08:00 PM onwards Gala Dinner

Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | HALL - B

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:30 AM onwards Registration
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM Session 1 - Hernia Emergencies
Hot Hernias!
Session coordinator - Erbaz Riyaz Momin
Chairpersons: Amaresh Mishra, C R Das, Ramya Ranjan Behera, Anders Hanssen, Rajkishore Sahoo
09.00 AM - 09.08 AM Wait and watch for groin hernia Erbaz Riyaz Momin 8 Minutes
09:08 AM - 09:16 AM Obstructed/ strangulated hernia Ravinder Singh 8 Minutes
09:16 AM - 09:24 AM MIS and mesh use in hernia emergency Aiman Allawgali 8 Minutes
09:24 AM - 09:32 AM Femoral fiesta Sudarsanam Raman 8 Minutes
09:32 AM - 09:45 AM Discussion
09.45 AM - 10.30 AM Session 2 - Recurrence in VH
I'll be back
Session coordinator - Ganesh Shenoy
Chairpersons: Ashok Kr Sahoo, Sonali Mohanty, Kristoffer Andresen, Ajesh Gopal, Nalini Naik
09.45 AM - 09.53 AM Causes of VH recurrence Sumeet Shah 8 Minutes
09.53 AM - 10.01 AM Treatment of ventral hernia recurrence Ganesh Shenoy 8 Minutes
10:01 AM - 10:09 AM TARM causing HARM - Teaching video Praveen Kumar Koduru 8 Minutes
10:09 AM - 10:17 AM Recurrence of Recurrence Kalaivani Rajan 8 Minutes
10:17 AM - 10:30 AM Discussion
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM Session 3 - Radiology in Hernia - Panel Discussion
Fifty Shades of Grey
Session coordinator - Ashish Dey
Chairpersons: Pankaj Kumar, Satyajit Rath, Ashok Kumar Nayak, Pallawi Priya, Navya Teja
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Black and White ? Vikas Singhal 10 Minutes
10.40 AM - 11:10 AM Panel on CT
Moderator - Sarfaraz Baig
Panelists:
Vikas Singhal, Sumeet Shah, Erbaz Riyaz Momin, M R Attri, Matthews Michael
30 Minutes
11:10 AM - 11:46 AM Session 4 - Best Abstract Session
Session coordinator - Shridhar Radhakrishnan, Erbaz Riyaz Momin
Chairpersons:
11:10 AM - 11:16 AM A Comparative study of eTEP Standard TEP and TAPP Repair for Inguinal Hernias: Our Experience in a Tertiary Health Care Teaching Institute in South India Abirami R 6 Minutes
11:16 AM - 11:22 AM Single-Centre Experience of Robotic Primary Midline Ventral Hernia Repair Using a Novel Modular System: Comparative Study of rPeTEP and rTAPP Anurag Pasula 6 Minutes
11:22 AM - 11:28 AM A prospective comparative study between 3D anatomical mesh (non-fixation) vs conventional flat polypropylene mesh (fixation) in laparoscopic inguinal hernia mesh repair. Bimal Kumar Swain 6 Minutes
11:28 AM - 11:34 AM A Three-Arm Randomised Trial Comparing Laparoscpoic TAPP Laparoscpoic TEP and Open Lichtenstein Repair for Inguinal Hernia Keshav Mittal 6 Minutes
11:34 AM - 11:40 AM eTEP After 100 Cases: What I Changed, What I Stopped Doing and Why Prafulla Tamaskar 6 Minutes
11:40 AM - 11:46 AM Doing too much for too little”-comparative study between Lap Assisted Ventral Hernia Repair and IPOM plus in small ventral hernia Shivank Mathur 6 Minutes
11:46 AM - 12:45 PM Plenary session
12:45 PM - 01:30 PM Session 5 - LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
01:30 PM - 02:25 PM Session 6 - Hernia for specialists - HPB, Colorectal
Everyone needs closure
Session coordinator - Ashish Dey
Chairpersons: Pradeep Kumar Singh, Aiman Allawgali, Arun Raja, Manoj Sethi
01:30 PM - 01:38 PM Parastomal hernia prevention Gaurav Kulkarni 8 Minutes
01:38 PM - 01:46 PM How I treat parastomal hernia Jageshawar Pandey 8 Minutes
01.46 PM - 01.54 PM Abdominal wall closure in HPB and Coloectal surgery Manas Ranjan Sahoo 8 Minutes
01.54 PM - 02.02 PM Contaminated abdominal wall - my plan Antonia Rizzuto 8 Minutes
02.02 PM - 02.10 PM Incisions, hernia and I Rashesh Solanki 8 Minutes
02.10 PM - 02.25 PM Discussion
02: 25 PM - 03.10 PM Session 7 - Prehabilitation- Age, BTX, CKD, CLD, Pregnancy
Prep it up
Session coordinator - Harsh Sheth
Chairpersons: L V gauri, Girja Shankar Naik, Anders Hanssen, Zulfikar Rupani, Srikant Gorre
02:25 PM - 02:33 PM How I Botox my patients Pradeep Joshua 8 Minutes
02:33 PM - 02:41 PM Hernias in women in reproductive age group Afrin Ali 8 Minutes
02:41 PM - 02:49 PM Hernia in CLD and CKD patients Prakash Sasmal 8 Minutes
02:49 PM - 02:57 PM Right operation for the wrong patient Bhupendraa Prasad 8 Minutes
02:57 PM - 03:10 PM Discussion
03:10 PM - 04:10 PM Session 8 - Recurrent Groin Hernia
The Challenging Groin
Session coordinator - Sharad Daga
Chairpersons: Suman Saurav Rout, Prakash Kumar Sahoo, Madhuri Pattnaik, Nidhi Khandelwal, A A Naidu
03:10 PM - 03:18 PM TAPP for TEP recurrence Sudhir Jadhav 8 Minutes
03:18 PM - 03:26 PM Occult contralateral groin hernia Washim Firoz Khan 8 Minutes
03:26 PM - 03:34 PM My experience with groin hernia recurrence Rajesh Khullar 8 Minutes
03:34 PM - 03:42 PM Pot Pourrie of Videos Saravana Kumar 8 Minutes
03:42 PM - 03:50 PM TAPP 10 years 869 patients - Recurrence ? Ashraf Rady 8 Minutes
03:50 PM - 03:58 PM Scrotal hernia Vimal Vasudeavan 8 Minutes
03:58 PM - 04:10 PM Discussion
04:10 PM - 05:05 PM Session 9 - QUIZ Session
Session coordinator - Harsh Sheth, Shridhar Radhakrishnan, Nidhi Khandelwal, Priyanka Bhagtani
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM Inauguration Program
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Plenary session
08:00 PM onwards Gala Dinner

Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | HALL - C

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:30 AM onwards Registration
09:00 AM - 10:04 AM Session 1 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Soumyajit Jana, Sarthak Narayan Routray, Yagnadatta Rath, Siddhabrata Besra, G T Patra
09:00 AM - 09:08 AM Broadway herniation-A Hidden Internal Hernia: Broad-Ligament Herniation Presenting as Closed-Loop Small Bowel Obstruction in Early Pregnancy Pooja Tiwari 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:08 AM - 09:16 AM Reporting a case of Mesh infection salvaged by redo-surgery with lap assisted pus drainage preserving original mesh Major Himanshu Pandey 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:16 AM - 09:24 AM Video presentation of laparoscopic TAPP mesh repair for Post CABG incisional hernia (EHS M1W1) Sayandeep Maity 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:24 AM - 09:32 AM Impact of pelvic bone anatomy on Inguinal hernia Venkatesh M 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:32 AM - 09:40 AM Robot assisted extended Totally Extraperitoneal (eTEP) approach for obstructed hernia : Video presentation Devendra Chaurasia 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:40 AM - 09:48 AM A novel multi-disciplinary approach to the management of post CABG SSI with sternal osteomyelitis and subsequent incisional hernia Sayandeep Maity 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:48 AM - 09:56 AM PRS Rupture in eTEP Ventral Hernia Repair: A Technical Challenge and Its Solutions Vikram Sharma 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09:56 AM - 10:04 AM Biosynthetic Mesh: Emerging Scenarios and Current Trends in Ventral Hernia Repair Ashish Vashistha 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:04 AM - 11:00 AM Session 2 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Prakash Kumar Sahoo, Jagannath Jena, Sambhav Mishra, Pran Singh Pujari, Tarun Sahoo
10:04 AM - 10:12 AM Cover Is Not Cure: Why Laparoscopic IPOM Comes Back and What Finally Holds Balachandar Gurusamy 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:12 AM - 10:20 AM Randomised trial Comparing outcomes of Laparoscopic IPOM Plus Versus Laparoscopic ventral TAPP Plus Repair For Patients with Primary Ventral Hernia Devender Singh 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:20 AM - 10:28 AM Early Gastrografin Challenge (12-24 Hours Post-Adhesiolysis) for Accelerated Bowel Motility Recovery in Complicated Hernia Repair: A Prospective Observational Study Shankar K 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:28 AM - 10:36 AM Redo Laparoscopic TAPP After Failed Groin Hernia Repair: Feasibility Challenges and Lessons Learned Balachandar Gurusamy 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:36 AM - 10:44 AM Predictors of Intraoperative Conversion During Transabdominal Preperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair: A Prospective Observational Study Jay Kiyada 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:44 AM - 10:52 AM MESHLESS APPROACH TO AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM: DESARDA- REPAIR A CRUSADE IN HERNIA REPAIR. Atharva Kulkarni 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:52 AM - 11:00 AM Our experience in Laparoscopic management of Bilateral Inguinal Hernias: - from a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India. Suraj Choudhary 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Session 3 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Pradeepto Kumar Majhi, Swagat Kumar Subudhi, Sukanti Majhi, Subhash Chandra Das
11:00 AM - 11:08 AM Comparative study of Quality of life and chronic pain after patient has undergone procedure eTEP vs TAPP laparascopic inguinal hernia Shanmuga Prasad C 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:08 AM - 11:16 AM A Prospective study on Comparative Assessment of Postoperative Mobility status in Laparo-endoscopic versus Open Inguinal Hernia Repair"- a Randomized controlled Khushboo Sinor 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:16 AM - 11:24 AM A Comparative Study of e-TEP versus TEP in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Uma Maheswara Rao Kethineni 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:24 AM - 11:32 AM Role. Of identifying key landmarks in e-tep inguinal hernia Prafulla Tamaskar 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:32 AM - 11:40 AM Critical View of the Myopectineal Orifice (CV-MPO): A Standardized Anatomical Landmark Before Mesh Placement in Endoscopic Groin Hernia Repair Hansa Pragya 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11:46 AM - 12:45 PM Plenary session
12:45 PM - 01:30 PM Session 4 - LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
02:00 PM - 03:04 PM Session 5 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Abhinav Pattnaik, J N Senapati, Prashanta Kumar Hembram, Saroj Kant Sahoo
02:00 PM - 02:08 PM My Technique of Achieving Critical view of Myopectineal Orifice Abhinav Prakash Arya 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:08 PM - 02:16 PM GIANT INGUINOSCROTAL HERNIA: CHALLENGES IN PREOPERATIVE OPTIMISATION AND SURGICAL TIPS: CLINICAL SCENARIOS Ashish Vashistha 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:16 PM - 02:24 PM Plication of Pseudosac Versus Non-Plication in Laparoscopic Hernioplasty: A Comparative Study Sudarsan S 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:24 PM - 02:32 PM long-term outcomes of totally extraperitoneal (TEP) and transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair on post operative quality of life Jaswanth Pasupuleti 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:32 PM - 02:40 PM Multiple Holes Minimal Access: A single stage eTEP Solution for ventral hernia + bilateral inguinal hernia Meghadarshini Sanikop 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:40 PM - 02:48 PM Peritoneal Repair - Bridging Procedure in Complicated Inguinal Hernia: Prospective Case Series Evaluating Temporary Internal Ring Closure Prior Definitive Mesh Repair Shankar K 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:48 PM - 02:56 PM When the Bulge Isn’t Hernia: Post-appendectomy Abdominal Wall Pseudohernia Due to Denervation Navya Teja Malla 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
02:56 PM - 03:04 PM Hernia Repair in Children with Mucopolysaccharidosis: A Case Series Shanmuga Prasad C 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:04 PM - 04:10 PM Session 6 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Subhabrat, Prabhat Panigrahi, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Abhilash Goyal, Chinmay Behera
03:04 PM - 03:12 PM LAPAROSCOPIC eTEP TAR WITH CHOLECYSTECTOMY Samarendra Nath Tripathi 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:12 PM - 03:20 PM LAP NISSENS FUNDOPLICATION WITH IPOM PLUS Yathish K 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:20 PM - 03:28 PM Posterior componenet seperation in management of complex ventral hernia at teritiory care centre in south india Sumanth Kosanam 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:28 PM - 03:36 PM Laparoscopic management of Giant Diaphragmatic Hernia Devender Singh 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:36 PM - 03:44 PM THE HIDDEN HERNIA : OBSTRUCTED RICHTER'S -TYPE OBTURATOR HERNIA IN A FEMALE - TECHNICAL TIPS & TRICKS Meghadarshini Sanikop 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:44 PM - 03:52 PM Minimal Access Repair of Complicated Lumbar Hernias: A Case Series of Three Patients Shankar K 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
03:52 PM - 04:00 PM Comparative Analysis of Tissue Injury and Surgical Stress in Robotic versus Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: A Prospective Observational Study Karunakar Reddy 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
04:00 PM - 04:08 PM rTAPP vs rIPOM+ for Repair of Umbilical Hernia with Divarication of Recti: A Prospective Comparative Study Ashish Vashistha 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion

Day 1 - 09 October 2026 | Conference Area

Time Topics Faculty Duration
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM Session 1 - e-Poster Presentation
Chairpersons: Ajaykumar Pal, Prashant Singh, Debajyoti Mohanty, M R Attri
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM Rethinking Umbilical Hernia Repair: A Novel Mesh Strip Reinforcement Technique — Early Indian Experience Akshay Marathe
Laparoscopic eTEP Repair of M3 Ventral Hernia: Our Experience in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India. Alice Gangber
Perioperative complications of laparoscopic mesh repair for inguinal hernia: A prospective observational study from a tertiary centre in Kashmir. Dawood Iqbal Wani
A newer method of seroma reduction by fenestration of pseudo-sac during laparoscopic repair of direct inguinal hernia: A randomised controlled Mahendra Lodha
Appendicitis in Disguise: Uncovering an Amyand’s Hernia Irshad Ahmad Kumar
Mesh-fixation combinations and chronic postoperative inguinal pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair Jaswanth Pasupuleti
A STUDY ON LAPAROSCOPIC eTEP REPAIR FOR PRIMARY VENTRAL HERNIAS – OUR EXPERIENCE IN TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA Lathishna A G
THE LOST DOMAIN: STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMISATION AND STEPWISE APPROACH FOR LOSS- OF- DOMAIN VENTRAL HERNIA Meghadarshini Sanikop
BEYOND THE BULGE- The Role of eTEP in Complex Inguinal Hernia Repair Meghadarshini Sanikop
Role of PRF in open inguinal hernioplasty. Mineshkumar Sindhal
Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging for Vascular Identification During TAPP Repair of Inguinal Hernia Mohith S
Study on Laparoscopic Repair of Unilateral Inguinal Hernia: Our Experience in a Tertiary Care teaching hospital in south india. Murali Krishna
Beyond the Bulge: Traumatic Ventral Hernia with Multiple Jejunal Transections Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma Navkiran Ranjan
A RARE CASE OF ILEAL RETROPERITONEAL HERNIA:CASE REPORT Padmanabh Inamdar
Implementing eTEP Inguinal Hernia Repair in a Resource-Limited District Hospital: Early Experience and Lessons Learned Prabakar Gunasekaran
Laparoscopic repair of delayed traumatic left diaphragmatic hernia Rajesh Kumar Prusty
Predictors of Prolonged Operative Time in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Four-Year Retrospective Cohort Study Riya Kulshrestha
A Giant Bilateral Inguinal Hernia with Omental Content: From Presentation to Definitive Repair S.B. Akanksha
Primary Spontaneous Atraumatic Lumbar Hernia: An Unusual Posterior Bulge Sattwik Acharya
Rare presentation of wilms tumor in a school aged child Shailendra Singh
Robotic Total Extraperitoneal Hernia Repair: Initial Experience and Comparison with Laparoscopic TEP Shankar K
Study on Laparoscopic Preperitoneal Repair of Lateral Abdominal Wall Hernias: A Retrospective Study Shika Sanklecha
Rives-Stoppa Repair for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report Trishla Nahata
Mesh or Muscle? A Comparative Study of Early Postoperative Outcomes Following Desarda’s Tissue Repair and Lichtenstein Mesh Hernioplasty S.B. Akanksha
TAPP FOR YOUNG SURGEONS-FROM FIRST CASE TO INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Sreekanth Gorre
Comparative Study of Lichtenstein Tension-Free Mesh Repair Versus Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in a Rural Surgical Setting Trishla Nahata
Comparative Study of Open Versus Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: Evaluation of Recurrence Postoperative Outcomes and Modifiable Risk Factors Vaibhavi Tamaskar
Case of Lap ipom plus was done for bilateral spigelian hernia K Bala Ramesh

Day 2 - 10 October 2026 | HALL - A

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:00 AM onwards Registration
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Session 1 - FIRESIDE CHATS
Session coordinator - Mandar Gadgil / Priyank Chelawat
Speakers: Pradeep Chowbey, Sarfaraz Baig, Anders Hanssen, Kristoffer Andresen, Sumeet Shah, Randeep Wadhawan, Deepraj Bhandarkar, Manish Baijal, Lakshmi Konakumari
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM Session 2 - Virtual live OPERATIVE WORKSHOP
Session coordinator - Shivanshu Misra
Chairpersons: Pankaj Kumar, Binay Kumar, Rabi narayana Mishra, Rajkishor Meher, Sunil Sahoo, Sarojkant Sahoo, Minesh Kumar Sindhal, Ganesh Shenoy, Vishal Soni, Mahak Bhandari
09:00 AM - 09:06 AM Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic hernia ( Tips and Tricks) Ashish Dey 6 Minutes
09:06 AM - 09:12 AM Robotic TAPP (Ventral and inguinal) Sreejoy Patnaik 6 Minutes
09:12 AM - 09:18 AM Lateral hernias Sakti Sahoo 6 Minutes
09:18 AM - 09:24 AM IPOM plus in a case of obstructed incisional hernia, post liver transplant Gourav Das 6 Minutes
09:24 AM - 09:30 AM Modified Peritoneal flap hernioplasty in a post botox insuffient relaxation complex large loss of domain recurrent incisional hernia Nitin Baste 6 Minutes
09:30 AM - 09:36 AM Robotic TAPP repair of the Morgagni’s hernia Uday Shamrao Kumbhar 6 Minutes
09:36 AM - 09:42 AM Revisit Groin Rashmiranjan Sahoo 6 Minutes
09:42 AM - 09:48 AM PeTEP for lateral hernia - Possible? Suprashant Dattatray Kulkarni 6 Minutes
09:48 AM - 09:54 AM e-TEP groin Manas Ranjan Sahoo 6 Minutes
09:54 AM - 10:00 AM TARM Ashwin Masurkar 6 Minutes
10:00 AM - 10:06 AM IPOM PLUS Ramesh Agarwalla 6 Minutes
10:06 AM - 10:12 AM SCOLA Ramy Elzamly 6 Minutes
10:12 AM - 10:30 AM Discussion
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Session 3 - Newer concepts - Hot off the press
Session coordinator - Ashwin Thangavelu
Chairpersons: Santosh Behera, Anders Hanssen, Kriostoffer Andresen, Sumeet Shah, Ajesh Gopal
10:30 AM - 10:36 AM Abandon the Sac Aishwarya Varma 6 Minutes
10:36 AM - 10:42 AM Biosynthetic mesh Madhuri Pattnaik 6 Minutes
10:42 AM - 10:48 AM Superior Arcuate line Mandar Gadgil 6 Minutes
10:48 AM - 10:54 AM Phoenix Sign Sarfaraz Baig 6 Minutes
10:54 AM - 11:00 AM Newer Coated Mesh Yusuf Afaque 6 Minutes
11:00 AM - 11:06 AM Free Peritoneal Flap ? Kumar Sonal 6 Minutes
11:06 AM - 11:12 AM ICG in hernia repair Anupam Goel 6 Minutes
11:12 AM - 11:18 AM Duramesh sutures Jenit Gandhi 6 Minutes
11:18 AM - 11:24 AM Newer Mesh fixation devices Aiman Allawgali 6 Minutes
11:24 AM - 11:30 AM Yellow enhancement in hernia repairs Prakash Sasmal 6 Minutes
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Discussion
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Session 4 - Non Hernia Session - Social Media, AI, Health, Finance
It's More Than Just A Hernia
Session coordinator - Priyank Chelawat
Chairpersons: Subhendhu Kumar Gharai, Ashish Dey, Pallawi Priya, Navya Teja
11:45 AM - 11:51 AM Hernia surgery for nomadic surgeon Shrikant Kurhade 6 Minutes
11:51 AM - 11:57 AM Grooming for surgeons Vandana Soni 6 Minutes
11:57 AM - 12:03 PM How to conduct a conference- Chandigarh Model Anupam Goel 6 Minutes
12:03 PM - 12:09 PM Social media and I Nidhi Khandelwal 6 Minutes
12:09 PM - 12:15 PM Simulation in MIS M Ramesh 6 Minutes
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Discussion
12:30 PM - 01:45 PM Session 5 - KEYNOTE LECTURES
Session coordinator - Priyanka Bhagtani
Chairpersons: Vimal Vasudeavan, Sujith, Parthasarathi, Vandana Soni, S Manohar Ali
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM The Economic Value of Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair in India: Insights from the Real-World ASPIRE INDIA Study Randeep Wadhawan 15 Minutes
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM Herniology- beyond repair? Pradeep Chowbey 15 Minutes
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM Evolving technology and repair in hernia surgery - are we improving outcomes? Sumeet Shah 15 Minutes
01:15 PM - 01:30 PM Challenges in groin hernia surgery training - from open to minimally invasive surgery Kristoffer Andresen 15 Minutes
01:30 PM - 01:45 PM Does trend override the data these days ? Deep Goel 15 Minutes
01:45 PM - 02:05 PM Session 6 - BARD LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
01:45 PM - 01:53 PM Ventralex for Primary Ventral Hernias: Indications, Technique & Outcomes Srikant Patro
Discussion
02:05 PM - 02:40 PM Session 7 - Diastasis Recti
Wide Ball
Session coordinator - Magan Mehrotra
Chairpersons: Sushama Surapaneni, Bhagabat Purushottam, Ganesh Shenoy, Saurajit Pattanaik, Ansuman Pradhan
02:05 PM - 02:11 PM Diastasis and women Lakshmi Konakumari 6 Minutes
02:11 PM - 02:17 PM Reporting diastasis Mansimrat Singh 6 Minutes
02:17 PM - 02:23 PM MIS procedures for diastasis Sumeet Shah 6 Minutes
02:23 PM - 02:29 PM Gray Zone in Diastasis Recti Suresh Kumar 6 Minutes
02:29 PM - 02:40 PM Discussion
02:40 PM - 03:20 PM Session 8 - IHC
Session coordinator - Harsh Seth
Chairpersons: Kristoffer Andresen, Anders Hanssen, Sarfaraz Baig, Manish Baijal, Prasant Singh
02.40 - 02.48 IHC - overview Harsh Seth 8 Minutes
02.48 - 02.56 Data data data Jaydeep Palep 8 Minutes
02.56 - 03.12 Panel discussion
Moderator: Harsh Seth
Panelists:
G Ram Mohan, Jaydeep Palep, Ashok Ninan Oomen, Naveen Alexander
16 Minutes
03.12 - 03.20 Discussion
03.20 PM - 05.05 PM Session 9 - Whats in the case
Session coordinator - Nidhi Khandelwal / Priyanka Bhagtani
Chairpersons: Shridhar Radhakrishnan, Rajesh Dora, Ashok Ninan Oomen, Randeep Wadhawan, Sibabrat Kar
03.20 PM - 03.26 PM TAPP unfiltered Suman Saurav Rout 6 Minutes
03.26 PM - 03.32 PM RIF Insterstitial hernia Sudharshan 6 Minutes
03.32 PM - 03.38 PM TBD Anupam Goel 6 Minutes
03.38 PM - 03.44 PM Left TORN after TAR? What next?? Marina Thomas 6 Minutes
03.44 PM - 03.50 PM Triple Puzzle Priyanka Bhagtani 6 Minutes
03.50 PM - 03.56 PM Not your usual ETEP TAR Amol Jeur 6 Minutes
03.56 PM - 04.02 PM Parastomal Hernia Aishwarya Varma 6 Minutes
04.02 PM - 04.08 PM Laparoscopic management of Giant diaphragmatic hernia Devender Singh 6 Minutes
04.08 PM - 04.14 PM The Achilles Heel of ETEP RS Cibhi S P 6 Minutes
04.14 PM - 04.20 PM TBD Sreeram Seshadri 6 Minutes
04.20 PM - 04.26 PM PeTEP for B/L groin Sameer Deshpande 6 Minutes
04.26 PM - 04.32 PM Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia Ramya Ranjan Behera 6 Minutes
04.32 PM - 04.38 PM Making space to save a heart Joyner Abraham 6 Minutes
04.38 PM - 04.44 PM TAPP for complete Inguinal Hernia Naveen Verma 6 Minutes
04.44 PM - 04.50 PM Botox to prevent Component Separation Ashesh Kumar Jha 6 Minutes
04.50 PM - 04.56 PM TBD Srikanta Kumar Patro 6 Minutes
04.56 PM - 05.02 PM Complication after eTEP TAR Priyadarshan Anand Jategaonkar 6 Minutes

Day 2 - 10 October 2026 | HALL - B

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:30 AM onwards Registration
09.30 - 10.30 Session 1 - Concomitant Hernia surgery
Can we stay together
Session coordinator - Saravana Kumar
Chairpersons: Dasarathi Murmu, Sonali Mittal, Sumeet Shah, Jyotirmay Nayak
09:32 AM - 09:38 AM Fears and Myths in Concomitant Hernia Surgeries Jenit Gandhi 6 Minutes
09:38 AM - 09:44 AM Pathophysiology and evidences of Concomitant Hernia with Bariatric procedures Shivanshu Misra 6 Minutes
09:44 AM - 09:50 AM Combined Hernia Repair with Clean Contaminated Procedures Matthews Michael 6 Minutes
09:50 AM - 09:56 AM Tips and tricks of Concomitant - Obesity with eTEP/ IPOM plus – video presentation Saravana Kumar 6 Minutes
09:56 AM - 10:15 AM Six Real Patients. Four Experts. One Decision.
Case discussion with panel. Standard Format for Every Case (3 minutes)
19 Minutes
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Discussion
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Session 2 - Hernia prevention- laparotomy closure, stoma closure, prophylactic mesh - A stitch in time
Session coordinator - Kalaivani Rajan / Naveen Verma
Chairpersons: Jitendra Senapati, Narendranath Swai, M L Saha, Santosh Mohanty
10.30 AM - 10.38 AM Midline laparotomy closure Atul Kumar Patel 8 Minutes
10.38 AM - 10.46 AM Lateral incision closure Ashish Dey 8 Minutes
10.46 AM - 10.54 AM The needle, the bite, the suture Kalaivani Rajan 8 Minutes
10:54 AM - 11:00 AM Discussion
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 3 - Video snippets- Tips/ Complications
ABSOLUTE CINEMA
Session coordinator - Mahak Bhandari / Pallawi Priya/ Aishwarya Varma
Chairpersons: Deepak Padihari, Kasturi Bharadwaj, Naveen Kumar, Kalaivani Rajan, Sakti Sahoo
11.00 AM - 11.05 AM Prevention and Management of peritoneal holes in LaparoscopicTAPP Naveen Sharma 5 Minutes
11.05 AM - 11.10 AM TAPE for lower midline Dhawal Kirti Tiwari 5 Minutes
11.10 AM - 11.15 AM Ipsilateral TAPP in renal transplant- groin hernia Pavan K Addala 5 Minutes
11.15 AM - 11.20 AM Three port- eTEP for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Narendra Lokohare 5 Minutes
11.20 AM - 11.25 AM Untangling the Twist: Gastric volvulus in Diaphragmatic hernia Mathhews Micheal 5 Minutes
11.25 AM - 11.30 AM Laparo-endoscopic subxiphoid- anatomy Mohsinur Rohman 5 Minutes
11.30 AM - 11.35 AM Lateral wall hernias Harish Kakkilaya 5 Minutes
11.35 AM - 11.40 AM Lap Nissen's fundoplication- tips and tricks Naveen Verma 5 Minutes
11.40 AM - 11.45 AM Lap eTEP RS post liver transplant- Ventral Hernia Samir Bagasrawala 5 Minutes
11.45 AM - 11.50 AM Peritoneal Rents Jenit Gandhi 5 Minutes
11.50 AM - 11.55 AM Laparoscopic TAPP Plus for Ventral Hernia Senthil 5 Minutes
11.55 AM - 12.00 PM Undescended Testis Manish Kr Aggarwal 5 Minutes
12.00 PM - 12.05 PM Robotic Ventral TAPP- Unified approach to typical and atypical Ventral Hernias Washim Firoz Khan 5 Minutes
12.05 PM - 12.10 PM Evolution of cranial PeTEP for Ventral Hernia Naveen Kumar C 5 Minutes
12.10 PM - 12.15 PM Robotic PeTEP Kumar Sonal 5 Minutes
12.15 PM - 12.20 PM Ventral TAPP Sharad Daga 5 Minutes
12.20 PM - 12.25 PM SLAC- Sick Linea Alba Complex: Managed by eTEP TAR Bharath Cumar 5 Minutes
12.25 PM - 12.30 PM Discussion
12:30 PM - 01:45 PM Session 4 - Plenary Session
01:45 PM - 02:05 PM Lunch
02:05 PM - 02:35 PM Session 5 - Groin Pain, sportsman hernia
Groin groans
Session coordinator - Jenit Gandhi / Sharad Daga
Chairpersons: Rajesh Dora, Inuganti Gopal, Rabinarayan Guru, Gourav Das, Haramohan Barik
02:05 PM - 02:13 PM What causes groin pain Mansimrat Singh 8 Minutes
02:13 PM - 02:21 PM Lights on ?- Triple neurectomy Vishal Soni 8 Minutes
02:21 PM - 02:29 PM Dermatomal mapping Priyanka Bhagtani 8 Minutes
02:29 PM - 02:35 PM Discussion
02:35 PM - 03:20 PM Session 6 - PANEL DISCUSSION on SAFETY
Playing safe in a Risky Business
Session coordinator - Sarfaraz Baig/ Pallawi Priya / Aishwarya Verma
Chairpersons: Pransingh Pujari, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Pinky Thapar, Udipta Ray, Sunil Pattanaik
02:35 PM - 02:43 PM How safe is safe Parveen Bhatia 8 Minutes
02:43 PM - 02:51 PM Balance between innovation and safety? Deepraj Bhandarkar 8 Minutes
02:51 PM - 02:59 PM Recognising postop complications early is key Pallawi Priya 8 Minutes
02:59 PM - 03:07 PM In my hands vs in the hands of an average surgeon Parthasarathi 8 Minutes
03:07 PM - 03:15 PM Good ergonomics make it safe for patients and surgeons Pawanindra Lal 8 Minutes
03.15 PM - 03.20 PM Discussion
03:20 PM - 04:00 PM Session 7 - MESH infections
Clean up your mess
Session coordinator - Sharad Daga
Chairpersons: Shivabrata Kar, Vashwat Kanti Sengupta, Kumar Sonal, Sudhanshu Sutar
03:20 PM - 03:28 PM Mesh salvage Asuri Krishna 8 Minutes
03:28 PM - 03:36 PM Mesh explantations G Ram Mohan 8 Minutes
03:36 PM - 03:44 PM Preventing mesh sepsis Gafoor Mubarak 8 Minutes
03:44 PM - 03:52 PM Your instruments your responsibility Pinky Thapar 8 Minutes
03:52 PM - 04:00 PM Discussion
04.00 PM - 05.00 PM Session 8 - HSI ODISHA Session
Session coordinator - Tushar S. Mishra
Chairpersons: Birendra Das Manohar, Devendra Singh, Mohit Joshi, Minesh Kumar Sindhal, Pratyush Ranjan Bishi
04.00 PM - 04.08 PM Sac preservation in VH Debasis Pattnaik 8 Minutes
04.08 PM - 04.16 PM TARM Animesh Vats 8 Minutes
04.16 PM - 04.24 PM PeTEP Ramji Khetri 8 Minutes
04.24 PM - 04.32 PM Inguinal hernia repair in females Tanmaya Panda 8 Minutes
04.32 PM - 04.40 PM eTEP RS Chinmaya Behera 8 Minutes
04.40 PM - 04.48 PM TEP in difficult inguinals Biren Prasad Padhy 8 Minutes
04.48 PM - 05.00 PM Discussion

Day 2 - 10 October 2026 | HALL - C

Time Topics Faculty Duration
08:30 AM onwards Registration
09:00 AM - 10:04 AM Session 1 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: Yathish, Riya Kulshreshtha, Vijay Borgaonkar, Deepraj Bhandarkar, Shantanu Sahoo
09.08 AM - 09.16 AM Beyond the Hernia: eTEP-RS Repair of Large Rectus Diastasis Mufazal Khan 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.16 AM - 09.24 AM STUDY ON eTEP REPAIR OF M1 M2 VENTRAL HERNIAS: OUR EXPERIENCE IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA Taksha Meka Satish 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.24 AM - 09.32 AM Our Experience in Laparoscopic Repair of Recurrent Incisional Hernia in a Tertiary Health Care Teaching Institute in South India. Yadlapalli Raghava Ganesh 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.32 AM - 09.40 AM eTEP-RS Step by Step for Beginners: A Structured Approach to Retromuscular Mesh Repair Navya Teja Malla 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.40 AM - 09.48 AM PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROL STUDY OF COMPARISON OF IPOM VS IPOM PLUS IN VENTRAL ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA REPAIR. Shiv Kandoi 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.48 AM - 09.56 AM Laparoscopic Transabdominal preperitoneal repair of lumbar hernia (superior triangle of grynfellt -lesshaft) A familiar procedure for a rare hernia. Pratibha Palai 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
09.56 AM - 10.04 AM The Hernia World Cup:A Four-Defect Match Managed by a Single TAPP-Plus Strategy Chinmaya Ranjan Behera 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10:04 AM - 11:30 AM Session 2 - Oral Paper/Video Presentation
Chairpersons: M L Saha, Magan Mehrotra, Ashish Dey, Yusuf Afaque, Ramji Khetri
10.04 AM - 10.12 AM Management of Ventral Hernia by Hybrid Technique at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Priyadharshan T. S. 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.12 AM - 10.20 AM Laparoscopic repair of supra pubic ventral hernia _ our experience in tertiary care in teaching hospital in south India Kurosha T 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.20 AM - 10.28 AM A STUDY ON eTEP LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR FOR INCISIONAL HERNIA -“OUR EXPERIENCE AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA Vikram R 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.28 AM - 10.36 AM One Approach Two Hernias: Simultaneous eTEP-RS Repair of Ventral and Inguinal Hernias Dawood Iqbal Wani 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.36 AM - 10.44 AM Robotic eTEP Rives–Stoppa Ventral Hernia Repair with Transversus Abdominis Muscle-Sparing TAR Using cranial arcuate line Sahil Pardhi 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.44 AM - 10.52 AM Dynamic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Using Pedicled Gracilis Flap and Bilateral TAR for Recurrent Complex Incisional Hernia Following Desmoid Tumor Excision Aman Tiwari 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
10.52 AM - 11.00 AM Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of TAPP Plus Repair for Incisional Hernia: A Prospective Single-Centre Study from Kashmir Irshad Ahmad Kumar 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11.00 AM - 11.08 AM Scarless Transvaginal Anatomical Hernia Repair During vNOTES Surgery Rucha Naval 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
11.08 AM - 11.16 AM STAGED MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED VENTRAL HERNIA: EMERGENCY FASCIAL CLOSURE WITH COMPLETION LAPAROSCOPIC IPOM IN INDEX ADMISSION Shankar K 6 Mins + 2 Mins Discussion
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