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Name: TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on Course
Start: 2025-02-07T13:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-02-07T21:00:00.000Z
Location: Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education

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Northwest AHEC

Course Number: 74799

TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on Course

Feb 7, 2025 - 08:00 AM EST to 04:00 PM EST

In-Person

Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education
475 Vine Street
Winston Salem,27101 NC

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Lisa Thomas

lisathom@wakehealth.edu

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Event Description: This one day hands-on workshop covers total vaginal hysterectomy (TVH) and mid urethral slings for stress incontinence (SUI). Participants will focus on learning, performing and perfecting the least invasive and ACOG-recommended route of hysterectomy. The course will also cover the use of vNOTEs techniques for more challenging adnexectomies. More than half of women over age 50 have SUI. This cause will cove rand teach performance of mid urethral slings via transvaginal (TVT) and single incision approaches, and also cover complications. This is a combined didactic and simulation course in which attendees will perform both procedure on low and high fidelity models.

Objectives

Identify suitable patient candidates for vaginal hysterectomy.

Identify which preoperative workup is necessary and helpful in determining hysterectomy route.

Describe how to work in OR team and effectively use assistants.

Discuss procedure steps and how to perform both traditional suture method and with vessel sealing device.

Perform salpingectomy and use of vaginal laparoscopy for difficult adnexectomy.

Manage complications and postoperative care. Incorporate this into practice by offering TVH as option for suitable patients needing hysterectomy.

Identify which patients with urinary incontinence should be offered surgery.

Explain transobturator (TOT) and transvaginal (TVT) approach and advantages of each. Manage complications and postoperative care.

Offer this procedure for the common problem of stress incontinence as a treatment option with in a generalists practice.

Available Credits

Audience

Practicing Ob/Gyn physicians, fellows and residents.

Speakers

Martina Gabra

Amr S Haraki, MD

Leslie D Kammire, MD

Helen J Malone, MD

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TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on Course

+7 ACOG Cognates Hours

+7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM Hours

+TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on CourseFeb 7, 2025 - 08:00 AM EST to 04:00 PM EST

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