Conference Committee
A/Prof Alan Lam
Prof Ajay Rane OAM
We invite you to Sydney this coming August for the AGES Pelvic Floor Symposium where we will examine The 3 C’s: Choices, Chances, Changes.
A stellar but diverse list of international speakers includes Catherine Mathews (USA), Jan-Paul Roovers (Europe), and Stephen Jeffery (South Africa). In this meeting we have challenged our speakers to present their choices and changes, and to take their chances with the questions from you, the audience. Besides conventional topics and updates with specific tips and tricks, we have a live operating session and the ever popular ‘challenge the experts’ session. A galaxy of local speakers will also contribute to diverse sessions on sexuality, new inventions, obstetrics and urogynaecology.
In addition to this there will also be two preconference workshops, held by Boston Scientific and AMS.
We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s largest, oldest and most diverse city. We hope you will stay to experience Sydney’s natural beauty and culture around Sydney Harbour and the historic Rocks.
We look forward to seeing you in August when we can examine The 3 C’s: Choices, Chances, Changes.
A/Prof Alan Lam - Conference Co-Chair Prof Ajay Rane OAM - Conference Co-Chair
Select a registration type
Conference fee includes:
Attendance at AGES Pelvic Floor Symposium 2015 conference sessions on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 August
All conference publications
Conference lunches, morning and afternoon teas on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 August
Conference Satchel
| Regular | |
|---|---|
| Fellow - Member | $1150 |
| Fellow - Non-member | $1315 |
| Registrar/Trainee - Member | $460 |
| Registrar/Trainee - Non-member | $600 |
| Student/Nurse/Practice Manager | $570 |
Double Meeting Conference fee for AGES Pelvic Floor Symposium 2015 and AGES Focus Meeting 2015 includes:
Attendance at AGES Pelvic Floor Symposium 2015 and AGES Focus Meeting 2015
All conference publications for both events
Conference lunches, morning and afternoon teas at both events
Conference Satchel at both events
| Regular | |
|---|---|
| Fellow - Member | $1960 |
| Fellow - Non-member | $2370 |
| Registrar/Trainee - Member | $810 |
| Registrar/Trainee - Non-member | $1055 |
| Student/Nurse/Practice Manager | $655 |
Overlooking Hyde Park, this prestigious hotel offers supreme service and comfort.
Enjoy the elegant surroundings, while minutes from the city.
161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
**Please note, there is a two night minumum stay on bookings made with Sheraton on the Park over this period. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
City View Standard King - AUD$284 per night - including one breakfast daily **excluding Saturday 8 August 2015 (additional cost will apply)
City View Standard King - AUD $299 per night - including two breakfasts daily **excluding Saturday 8 August 2015 (additional cost will apply)
City View Standard Twin - AUD $299 per night - including two breakfasts daily **excluding Saturday 8 August 2015 (additional cost will apply)
Check-in is from 3:00pm. Check-out is 11:00am
Undercover parking is available for day use at the hotel. All parking is subject to availability.
Any changes must be made in writing to the Conference Organisers and not directly to the hotel.
Should any guest wish to stay at the hotel either before or after the Conference period, the Conference room rates advertised are available for three (3) nights before and/or after the Conference dates.
There are 2 concurrent Oral Free Communication Sessions in Session Four on Friday 7 August.
Digital Free Communication Posters will be on display in the Exhibition Area, throughout the Symposium.
Venue: Hyde Park Room, Sheraton on the Park
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Creating a Roadmap for Success: Improving Outcomes and Minimizing Complications in Laparoscopic and Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: Tips, Tricks and Video Clips
CHAIR
Catherine Matthews, M.D.
FACULTY
Stephen Jeffery
Graham Wood
Joe Lee
Salwan Al-Salihi
During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to improve outcomes and minimize complications in minimallyinvasive sacrocolpopexy. The workshop will be a combinations of didactic and video presentations covering difficult surgical cases and the management of operative complications including presacral haemorrhage, bowel injury, bladder and ureteral injury and trocar-site hernias.
Discuss appropriate patient selection for laparoscopic and robotic sacrocolpopexy
Describe the surgical steps required to perform minimallyinvasive sacrolpopexy in an efficient and safe manner
Demonstrate the principles of safe dessection in the sacral, vesicovaginal and rectovaginal spaces
Discuss the management of surgical complications
Venue: Royal North Shore Hospital
9.15am - 4.00pm
Transport available to venue, departing Sheraton on the Park at 7.45am
Pelvic Floor Reconstruction and Risk Management Workshop
LEAD FACULTY: Alan Lam, Jan Paul Roovers & Ajay Rane OAM
Keynote Lecture: Essential elements of informed consent for pelvic organ and incontinence surgery The legal perpective
LIVE SURGERY demonstration vaginal reconstruction
Practical anatomy for POP surgery
Preoperative assessment, role of urodynamic and second opinion before complex POP surgery
Patient selection - vaginal, laparoscopic, abdominal? To mesh or not to mesh?
Case Studies and consenting for POP surgery
Principles and techniques of vaginal sacrocolpopexy, mesh repair, ELEVATE™ techniques
Management and prevention of intra and post-operative complications related to POP surgery and the use of mesh
The case for auditing your practice
PROGRAM ACCREDITATION
This workshop has been designed to help the practicing gynaecologists participate in the RANZCOG Continuing Professional Development Programme (CPD). Practice Improvement (PI) and Clinical Risk Management (CRM) points will be applied to RANZCOG.
**Full conference registration required to attend Pre Conference Workshops**
This meeting is a RANZCOG Approved O&G Meeting. Eligible Fellows of this college can claim 17 points for full attendance.
If the meeting is used for critical reflection and practice improvement, PR&CRM Points can be claimed by submitting a reflection worksheet to RANZCOG. Visit the RANZCOG Website or AGES Registration Desk for forms.
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