Live surgery workshop and webinar for hypospadias repair*

*We have reached capacity for virtual participation, however, seating is still available at the Live session.

February 24-25, 2012

This workshop will analyze options for straighteing penile curvature, urethroplasty and skin management for primary and re-operative repairs based on review of published data, supplemented with live surgical demonstrations. The course is designed for pediatric urologists and surgeons performing hypospadias repair. The course will also discuss quality assessment for individual surgeons to use in improving their outcomes from hypospadias repair, as well as means to improve academic reporting of surgical results.

Anticipated Operations

• Distal TIP
• Proximal 2-step prepucial graft repair
• 1st stage buccal repair for hypospadias cripple
• Distal TIP with foreskin reconstruction
• Coronal fistula repair without redo glansplasty
• 2nd stage buccal urethroplasty
• Proximal TIP
• Buccal Inlay

Additional Procedures

• Excision of suprapubic fat pad
• Urethral plate mobilization
• Tunica vaginalis barrier flap
• Ventral corporotomies without grafting

Course Directors

Warren T. Snodgrass, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Urology
Children's Medical Center Dallas/UT Southwestern

Nicol C. Bush, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Urology
Children's Medical Center Dallas/UT Southwestern at Dallas

Visiting Surgeon

J. Pippi Salle, M.D.
Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Moderator

M. Koyle, M.D.
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for pediatric urologists and surgeons performing hypospadias repair.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of the workshop, the participant will be able to:

• Describe an expanded, step-by-step algorithm for straightening penile curvature while preserving the urethral plate for urethroplasty
• Indicate technical factors to reduce urethroplasty complications
• Recognize non-urethroplasty steps in hypospadias surgery including tunica vaginalis barrier flap, buccal mucosa harvest, and foreskin reconstruction

Audience Participation

We invite attendees to bring examples of your difficult hypospadias cases - past and present - to review during afternoon Case Discussions.  We will have the ability to view images and pertinent studies as our surgical panel discusses management options.

Registration

• $200.00 – Physicians for Live Participation (includes DVD) - To register, please call the CME office at 214-456-2735 or you may email dana.hicks@childrens.com
• $200.00 – Online Virtual Participation (includes DVD)* -AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY FOR VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION. You may register for the wait list.
• $150- Non-Physicians for Live Participation- To register, please call the CME office at 214-456-2735

*Online Virtual Participation requires a Host site. Additional participants who attend from an established host site must pay the $200 registration fee if CME credit is requested.

Trainees and Fellows register here.

Accreditation

Children's Medical Center is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation (CME)

Children's Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest

It is Children's Medical Center's policy that participants in CME activities should be made aware of any affiliation or financial interest that may affect the speaker's presentations. Each speaker has completed and signed a conflict of interest statement. The faculty members' relationships will be disclosed in the conference materials.

Off-Label Uses

Because this course is meant to educate physicians with what is currently in use and what may be available in the future, there may be "off-label" use discussed in the presentation. Speakers have been requested to inform the audience when off-label use is discussed.

Program Accessibility

We accommodate people with disabilities. Please contact
214-456-2735 for more information, or indicate on your online registration. To ensure accommodation, please register as soon as possible.

Location

Children's Medical Center Dallas
Moore Auditorium
1935 Medical District Dr
Dallas, TX 75235

For specific driving directions visit our Maps & Directions page.

Parking is available in the Green Park garage located across the hospital's main entrance on Medical District Dr. When parking at Green Park, take the elevators to the second floor and walk to the hospital using the skybridge.

Accommodations

Park Inn by Radisson Dallas Love Field
1241 W. Mockingbird Lane (at Stemmons)
Phone - 214.630.7000

• Complimentary (24-hour) shuttle to UT Southwestern/CMC and Love Field
• Complimentary high speed internet. 
• "Sleep Number" beds. 

Park Inn by Radisson Dallas Love Field
$65 - Single or Double
(includes breakfast)

Ask for Medical Rate with Children’s Medical Center.

Contact dana.hicks@childrens.com (214-456-2753) for more information.