General Information
Where?
Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori
Via G.B. Pergolesi 33, Monza – Italy
When?
25th February 2025
Registration
The registration fee for attending the course is 500€ plus 22% VAT (610€)
Registration is on line from this website.
Only 8 requests will be accepted. Requests will be accepted on a first come first served basis.
If registrations are closed, please contact info@studioprogress.it as there might be a waiting list in case of cancelations.
Changes
The Scientific Secretariat and the Organizational Secretariat reserve the right to make any changes to the program that may be necessary for scientific and/or technical-organizational reasons.
Program
Course Agenda
Welcome and introduction 8:30 - 9:00
Normal anatomy of the chest wall and mediastinum 9:00 – 9:30
Surgical techniques 9.30 – 10:00
COFFEE BREAK 10:05 10:25
Cadaveric session 1: standard approaches 10:30 – 13:00
- Median Sternotomy
- Mediastinal Structure
- Hemiclamshell incision
- Clamshell incision
Lunch 13:00 – 14:00
Cadaveric session 2: complex approaches 14:00 – 16:00
- The Anterior Transclavicular approach (Dartevelle)
- The Anterior Transmanubrial approach (Grunenwald - Spaggiari)
- The Anterior Trap – door approach (Masaoka – Nomori)
- The Posterior approach (Shaw - Paulson)
- Modified Transmanubrial approach for thoracic outlet syndrome (San Gerardo)
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Rationale of the course and programme highlights
With the advent of minimally invasive approaches in thoracic surgery – both videoassisted and robotic – complex combined approaches to pleural cavities and mediastinum are more and more rarely performed, thus causing a lack in the training of thoracic surgery trainees and a concrete risk of deskilling in more experienced surgeons.
The aim of this cadaveric course is to bridge the gap between theory and actual clinical practice, offering a practical knowledge of complex accesses to pleural cavities and mediastinum.
At end of this course, learners can expect to acquire the following skills:
• Basic anatomy principles
• Develop and improves knowledge and skills in dissection
• Bridge basic anatomical understanding with clinical applications in the field of extended thoracic surgery
• Build a strong foundation for safe surgical practice
Benefits of attending
• Unique opportunity to dissect on complex anatomical districts in a fresh cadaver
• Gain hands-on experience with various types of techniques involved in extended thoracic surgery
• Personal involvement in the dissection of the specimen, actively taking part in the teams that will alternate for the different procedures subject matter of the course
Who should attend
Thoracic surgery residents and thoracic surgeons.
Trainer profile
Chair: prof. Francesco Petrella
Scientific coordinator: dr. Federico Raveglia
Supervising tutors: dr. Andrea Cara, dr. Enrico Mario Cassina, dr. Lidia Libretti, dr. Emanuele Pirondini, dr. Antonio Tuoro
English 
Italian