Facilitator: Dr D Sproul
Faculty: Dr D Sproul, Dr C van Drunick, Dr G hanekom
| Registration Category | Workshop Fee |
| SASOG Member Specialist | R1600.00 |
| Non Member Specialist | R2000.00 |
| Registrars, GP’s & Pensioners | R1440.00 |
| Registration Category | Workshop Fee |
| Hybrid | R850.00 |
“The **Laparoscopic Master Class** is a focused, half‑day, lecture‑based workshop designed for clinicians who are already competent in basic laparoscopic procedures and wish to advance their surgical knowledge and technical decision‑making. It is aimed at registrars, fellows, and early‑career specialists who routinely perform procedures such as ectopic pregnancy management, salpingectomy, and cystectomy, and are ready to progress to more complex laparoscopic surgery.
The programme covers essential topics to optimise surgical outcomes, including laparoscopic setup and equipment, patient positioning, pre‑operative assessment, difficult entry techniques, and operating on obese patients. More advanced sessions explore step‑by‑step hysterectomy, identification of ureters, management of adherent bladders, principles of laparoscopic oncology, fertility‑preserving ovarian surgery, and the basics of endometriosis surgery and adhesiolysis.”
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 08:00–08:20 | Coffee and registration | |
| 08:20–08:30 | Introduction | Denise Sproul |
| 08:30–09:00 | Laparoscopic set up, equipment, positioning and pre-operative assessment for the best surgical outcomes | Dr Bongi Rubushe-Ngwenya |
| 09:00–09:30 | Difficult entries & the obese patient – Tips and tricks | Dr Bongi Rubushe-Ngwenya |
| 09:30–10:00 | Hysterectomy – step by step and how to identify the ureters and dealing with adherent bladders | Celeste Van Drunick |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Endoscopic principles in Oncology | Celeste Van Drunick |
| 11:00–11:30 | Ovarian endoscopic surgery and preserving Fertility | Gerhard Hanekom |
| 11:30–12:00 | Endometriosis and principles to Adhesiolysis – the basics | Gerhard Hanekom |