Topics:

• EVOLUTION OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANTERIOR WALL DEFECTS
• EMBRYOLOGICAL BASIS FOR ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS
• CARDIAC ANOMALIES IN OMPHALOCELS: DIAGNOSIS & PROGNOSIS
• NEW CONCEPTS & PRESENT TRENDS IN PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
• PRESENT TRENDS IN CLOSURE OF ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS
• CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT
• REDUCTION WITHOUT ANESTHESIA
• BIOMATERIALS
• SILASTIC BAGS / PROSTHETIC MATERIALS
• CLOACAL EXTROPHY- MANAGEMENT OF ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT
• INTESTINAL MOTILITY- APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT IN GASTROSCHISIS
• SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME- CLINICAL & SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
• SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION- LOGISTICS AND SURGICAL ASPECTS

Invited Faculty:

• Adrian Bianchi, MD (Manchester, UK)
• Andrew Pinter, MD (Pecs, Hungary)
• Jürgen Schleef, MD (Trieste, Italy)
• David van der Zee, MD (Utrecht, Netherlands)
• Yaan Revillon, MD (Paris, France)