FOGSI Courses

Entry Techniques

• Veress needle
• Hasson technique
• Palmer’s point
• Direct entry technique

• Ability to perform safe entry techniques

• Safe use of appropriate energy source

• Should understand the principles of electrosurgery, laser modalities, beam coagulators, ultrasound, and other emerging energy sources.
• Ability to safely perform procedures with a thorough understanding of the safety checks required before activating the energy source.
• Troubleshooting

• Ability to competently suture pedicles using laparoscopic needle holders
• Ability to undertake intracorporeal and extracorporeal knot tying

• Endo trainer sessions for mastrering suturing

• Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and the ability to undertake a total laparoscopic hysterectomy using a recognized technique and an understanding of suitable alternatives

• Ability to Manage Haemorrhage and Initial Treatment of Damage to Adjacent Viscera

• Recognition of late complications

• Initiation of immediate treatment and summoning the appropriate help.

• Laparoscopic Myomectomy and to undertake the excision of subserous intramural and broad ligament fibroids.

• Ability to excise myomas
• To suture the defect
• To deal with haemorrhage from the uterine serosa and myometrium

• Endometriosis

• To excise superficial an deep endometriosis overlying pelvic structures, bowel and the pelvic sidewall using the appropriate instruments and energy sources
• To recognize and undertake immediate management of complications, summoning appropriate specialist help as necessary

• Prolapse, Pelvic Floor. Defects

• Use of mesh in suspension surgeries

• Vaginal agencies and other obstructive Mullerian anomalies

• Laparoscopic Neovagina creation
• Recognition and management of various Mullerian pathologies

• Benign Ovarian tumors, Tubal surgeries

• Tackling different types and sizes of ovarian tumors, retrieval without spillage of contents

• Specimen retrieval techniques

• The use of morcellator, undertaking posterior colpotomy and trans abdominal and trans vaginal removal of tissue using tissue retrieval bags.

• Tests for bladder and bowel integrity

• To perform visual inspection of bowel, out air insufflations nad dye tests.
• To check integrity of bladder using visual inspection and dye tests. To visually check the ureter through its pelvic course.

• Hysteroscopic Surgeries

• Submucous fibroid removal,
• Asherman’s syndrome,
• Trance cervical resection of Endometrium (TCRE)