IUGA

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IUGA

• Educational Committee Report
• Ranee Thakar, MD
• Chair

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Members

• Chair
• Ranee Thakar
• Previous Chair
• Engelbert Hanzal
• Workshop Sub-Committee Chair
• Wolfgang Umek
• Johann Coetzee
• Harold Drutz
• Michael Halaska
• Gunter Reinhardt
• Paul Riss
• Harry Vervest
• Kaven Baessler

• Vikram Khullar
• Heinz Koelbl
• Theresa Mascarenhas
• Ash Monga
• Ursula Peschers
• Mark Slack
• Marijke Slieker-ten Hove
• Karthik Gunasekaran
• Michael Moen
• Mitesh Parekh
• Herkie Sandenbergh
• Miriam Krachochansky
• Ahmed Al-Badr
• Viviane Herrman

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IUGA eXchange Master Slides

• Ranee is currently working on the eXchange master
  slides with Engelbert Hanzal

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Epidemiology of Prolapse Project

• Summary paper of Genital Prolapse Roundtable from
  Cancun, to be submitted to IUJ.
• Future program to be developed around
  epidemiological prolapse.

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IUGA International Fellowship Scoring System

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Revision of Guidelines in Training of
Urogynecology

• Heinz Koelbl and Harold Drutz currently
  reviewing/updating existing guidelines in
  different countries

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IUGA eXchange Belgaum Report

• The meeting took place on 3rd and 4th of May
  2006 in KLE Hospital. There was a lot of
  interaction between the delegates and the IUGA
  faculty during the meeting and in the breaks.

Various workshops in progress
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Summary - Belgaum

• The opening lecture was given by Dr
  Rajamaheshwari from Chennai. She authoritatively
  covered female health related issues in India
  with emphasis on incontinence and set the scene
  for the rest of the meeting. This was followed by
  a lecture on female sexual dysfunction by Miss
  Ranee Thakar. This subject is generally taboo in
  the Indian culture and generated a lot of
  discussion. Mr Ash Monga covered efficacy of
  prolapse repair under local anaesthetic and Dr
  Willy Davila covered the recent trends in
  prolapse repair. Both lectures were well
  received. The following day, the opening lecture
  was on prevention of vault prolapse by Prof Paul
  Riss. Other topics included overactive bladder
  and stress incontinence and the concluding
  lecture was on surgical urinary fistula. Panel
  sessions focussed on childbirth trauma and
  incontinence. There were five workshops which
  generated extensive discussion and exchange of
  ideas.

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IUGA eXchange Chennai Report

• The exchange meet organised by the Department of
  Urogynaecology of Government Kasturba Gandhi
  Hospital, Madras Medical college, Chennai took
  place on the 22nd and 23rd September 2007 at the
  Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Chennai.
  
• There were 45 participants who were mostly
  consultants of the teaching and charity
  institutions from the various states of India.
• There was also a lecture on Health related
  Urogynaecological problems by Prof. Rajamaheswari
  followed by lectures on Urinary Incontinence,
  Female Sexual dysfunction, Urodynamics and
  Episiotomy. Workshops for the second day were on
  repair of bladder injuries and landmarks in
  surgery. The panel discussion on problem based
  learning focused on several aspects of
  Urogynecology including Fistula repairs,
  overactive bladder and recurrent Stress
  Incontinence.

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Hands on animal lab experience of repair of anal
sphincter and simple bladder injuries using pigs
anal sphincter and bladder was the most exciting
experience for the participating specialists.
COURSE HIGHLIGHT
Workshop repair of bladder injuries
Workshop repair of anal sphincter