- Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
- Venue: Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Duration: 08:00-17:00hrs
Course Overview
This comprehensive course is designed for HPB surgeons and surgical trainees aiming to develop and refine skills in laparoscopic hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery. The program integrates structured didactic teaching with practical exposure, from the leading world experts, focusing on safe technique, anatomical precision, and advanced minimally invasive approaches to liver and biliary surgery.
Registration & Fees
Full Day Course Registration: USD 300 (limited availability)
Observership Option (excludes hands-on participation): USD 100 (limited availability).
Learning Objectives
- Understand core principles of laparoscopic liver resection
- Apply standardized approaches to laparoscopic liver resection
- Enhance skills in laparoscopic dissection, parenchymal transection, and suturing
- Utilize intraoperative adjuncts to improve precision and safety
- Recognize indications, patient selection, and limitations of laparoscopic liver resection
Course Content
Didactic Sessions with Videos
- Principles of laparoscopic liver surgery and ergonomics
- Patient selection and pre-operative planning
- Laparoscopic liver resections: anatomical concepts and approaches
- Management of intraoperative challenges and complications
Skill Development
- Hands-on laparoscopic skills training on live animal
- Step-by-step procedural walkthroughs using operative videos
- Case discussions highlighting technical decision-making
Format & Teaching Methods
- Interactive lectures
- Video-based technique demonstrations
- Hands-on and simulation-based learning using in vivo tissue
- Case-based discussions and Q&A sessions
Who Should Attend?
- HPB surgeons interested in laparoscopic surgery
- Fellows and residents pursuing HPB training
- Surgeons transitioning to advanced minimally invasive HPB surgery
- Allied healthcare professionals involved in laparoscopic surgery
