Day 1
08:30 – 09:00 Course Introduction
09:00 – 09:45 Specific Equipment and Instrumentation
09:45 – 10:30 Thoracic Wall Anatomy
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Surgical approaches - Intercostal thoracotomy and closure, Median Sternotomy and closure
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:15 Tips and tricks for Thoracic Drainage
14:15 – 15:15 Pulmonary surgery techniques - Lung biopsies, partial and total Lobectomies
15:15 – 15:45 Clinical cases
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 17:00 Group work
Day 2
09:00 – 17:00 Practicals: Surgical anatomy, IC Approaches, Lobectomies, Closure, Drainage
Day 3
08:30 – 10:30 Surgical oncology applied to the chest and intra-thoracic organs – Lungs, Mediastinal masses, Chest wall
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Diaphragmatic hernia
12:00 – 13:00 Surgery for vessels and heart (1) - Pericardium and Heart
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Surgery for vessels and heart (2) - Large vessels including PRAA
15:00 – 16:00 Surgery for pleural effusions (1) - Pneumothorax, bullae and blebs, Pyothorax
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Surgery for pleural effusions (2) – Chylothorax
19:00 onwards Social Event
Day 4
09:00 – 17:00 Practicals: Surgical anatomy from the sternotomy approach and more…
Day 5
09:00 – 10:30 Thoracic trauma
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Mini-invasive surgery applied to the chest
Course evaluation and introduction to master and certificate
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00 Clinical cases: How do you treat this case?
16:00 – 16:30 Anesthesia and post-op care for thoracic surgery. Q&A. Wrap-up.
