2026 Programme

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Registration and Refreshments
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Welcome to UK RAWS 2026

Filip Muysoms

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Session 1: Robotic Preperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair

Moderators: Mette Willaume & Riccardo Caruso

- Anatomy of the peritoneum| Alix Donadieu

- Robotic TAPP of ventral hernias| Somyaa Khuller

- The Carolina cross over| Eva Deerenberg

- Robotic preperitoneal eTEP| Hector Valenzuela

- Q&A

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Industry Symposium
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Refreshments and Exhibition Viewing
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Session 2: New Robots

Moderators: Somyaa Khuller, Inan Ihsan

- Comparing daVinci-hugo-CMR, Giampaolo Formisano

- DaVinci Single Port, Annabelle De Troyer

- Hugo rAS suprapubic eTEP, Riccardo Caruso

- Toumai robotic platform, Kim Boterbergh

- Q&A


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Keynote Lecture: Robotics in Plastic Surgery

Robotic rectus abdominis muscle harvest, Maaike Vierstraete

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Lunch
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Session 3: Standardizing Robotic Hernia Repair

Moderators: Alix Donadeiu, Hector Valenzuela

- Why robotic inguinal hernia repair?, Hans Gunnar Botnen

- Standardised robotic inguinal hernia repair, Oroog Ali

- Why robotic ventral hernia repair? Somyaa Khuller

- Standardised robotic eTEP, Bjorn Mück

- Robot in repair of postpartum diastasis, Inan Ihsan

- Q&A 

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Industry Symposium
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Refreshments and Exhibition Viewing
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Session 4: Parastomal Hernias

Moderators: Giampaolo Formisano, Eva Deerenberg

- Lessons learned from the Danish Hernia Database, Mette Willaume 

- Robotic colostomy parastomal hernia repair, Elisa Mäkäräinen

- Robotic ileal conduit parastomal hernia repair, Filip Muysoms

- Robotic preperitoneal parastomal hernia repair, Francesco Brucchi

- Q&A

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Closing up