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Urogynaecological Society of Australasia (UGSA)
Annual Scientific and General Meeting
Friday 15 – Saturday 16 MARCH 2013
The Garvan Institue, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, SYDNEY
2013: A Changing World
FEATURING:
From the USA Matthew Barber MD (President American Urogynaecologic Society) &
Peter Rosenblatt MD; and Jan Paul Roovers MD from the Netherlands
Not to be Missed:
– State of the Art Lectures on Sacrocolpopexy, Conservative and Surgical Management of Urinary Incontinence,
Chronic Pelvic Pain, Recurrent UTI and Defaecatory Disorders
– Satellite Workshops on Pelvic Anatomy (Macquarie Cadaver Lab) and
Complex Female Urinary Incontinence (Live Surgery at Macquarie Hospital)
– Engaging Debate on Mode of Delivery and Pelvic Floor Injuries
– Medicolegal Discussion of “The Rise and Fall of Vaginal Mesh Kits”
– Discussions on Biological Mesh and Hormones and the Lower Urinary Tract – what’s the evidence?
– Meet the Experts Forum with generous discussion time
– Research Presentations with generous prize
– Captivating Dinner Event with ample opportunities for professional networking
Further Information
Full Program will be made available at www.ugsa.org.au
To register interest or for enquiries, contact Debra O’Brien
E: dobrien@ranzcog.edu.au T: 03 9412 2982
Urogynaecological Society of Australasia www.ugsa.org.au Affiliated with RANZCOG & IUGA

UGSA ASM March 15-16 2013:
Urogynaecology in 2013: It’s a Changing World
Friday March 15, 2013
Time Friday 15 th March 2013 Garvan Institute Sydney
0715-0800 Registration Tea & Coffee Served
Abdominal Surgery Session Chair: Y Lim, P Higgs
0800-0805 Welcome to UGSA ASM 2013: It’s a Changing World
Kate Moore
0805-0810
Welcome to Garvan Institute & Housekeeping
Bernard Haylen
0810-0830
Sacrocolpopexy: What is the Evidence?
Are Robots the Way Forwards?
Matthew Barber
0830-0840
Q&A
0840-0855 Sacrocolpopexy: Tips & Tricks and Managing Complications
Chris Maher
0855-0905
Q&A
0905-0920 Learning & Implementing Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy
Jan Paul Roovers
0920-0930
Q&A
0930-1000 Morning Tea 30 minutes
Vaginal Conundrum Session Chair: K Moore, K Kannan
1000-1015
Vaginal Uterine Preservation Surgeries:
Will they Stand the Test of Time?
Peter Dwyer
1015-1025
Q&A
1025-1040
Vaginal Biological Meshes:
Will they deliver what Native Tissue cannot?
Matthew Barber
1040-1050
Q&A
1050-1110
Effects of Surgery on Pelvic Floor Function
Jan Paul Roovers
1110-1120
Q&A
1120-1135
Vaginal Oestrogen Therapy in Urogynaecology:
Is there Enough Evidence to Support its use?
Chris Benness
1135-1145
Q&A
1145-1155 Setting Up Pelvic Floor Disorder & Urinary Incontinence
Treatment Network
Matthew Barber
1155-1205
Should we do this in Australia?
Kate Moore
1205-1305 Lunch Lunch
Nerves & Bacteria in Pelvis Session Chair: L Hayward, D Shaker
1305-1320
Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation
for Overactive Bladder Disorder
1320-1330
Q&A
1330-1345
Recurrent & Chronic Bacterial Cystitis
1345-1355
Q&A
1355-1415 Vulvodynia: A Radical View of Current Management
1415-1425
Q&A
1425-1445
Chronic Pelvic Pain; trigger points & Botox
1445-1455
Q&A
1455-1525 Afternoon Tea
1525-1605 Real-Life Challenging Cases x 2
1605-1700 Annual General Meeting & Election
1700 Closure
1830 Dinner
Peter Rosenblatt
Richard Millard
Jenny Bradford
Sharin Jervis
Case Discussion Session Chair: A Rosamilia
Expert Panel:
C Maher, A Korda, M Barber,
P Rosenblatt, JP Roovers

UGSA ASM March 15-16 2013:
Urogynaecology in 2013: It’s a Changing World
Saturday 16 th March 2013
Time Sat 16 th March 2013 Garvan Institute Sydney
Stress Urinary Incontinence Session Chair: B Haylen, A Foote
0800-0805 Welcome M Frazer
0805-0820
0820-0830
0830-0845
0845-0855
0855-0910
0910-0920
Pelvic Floor Exercises vs Surgery for Stress Incontinence
(Summary of Current Evidence)
Q&A
Occult Stress Incontinence & Prolapse Surgeries
Q&A
Can the Minislings be as good as TVT/TOT?
Q&A
Pauline Chiarelli
Matthew Barber
Joe Lee
0920-0935
Failed Midurethral Sling:
Risk Factors & Options for Management
Matthew Barber
0935-0945
Q&A
0945-1015 Morning Tea 30 minutes
Disorders of Defaecation & Abstract Session Chair: I Tucker, E Karantanis
1015-1035
Management of Post Defaecation Soiling
& Clinical Application of Defaecating Proctogram
David Lubowski
1035-1045
Q&A
1045-1100
MRI Assessment of
Women with Obstructed Defaecation
Peter Rosenblatt
1100-1110
Q&A
1110-1125 The Use of Sacroneuromodulation in Constipation
David Lubowski
1125-1135
Q&A
1135-1225 Abstract Presentation
(6 cases, 6 min talk, 2 min Q&A)
1225-1325 Lunch Lunch
Childbirth Trauma Session Chair: M Frazer, G Burton
1325-1450 Desperate Housewife Debate
“You should have given me an Elective LUSCS because
my Pelvic Floor is now $@%#ed”
(Coordinator: Y Lim)
1325-1335 Case Presentation & Enactment K Moore / Malcolm Frazer
1335-1350 For Lynsey Hayward
Michelle Atherton
1350-1405 Against Alison de Souza
Jenny King
1415-1420 For (Rebuttal)
1420-1425 Against (Rebuttal)
1425-1435 Medicolegal Opinion Avant Expert
1435-1450 Open Forum
1450-1520 Afternoon Tea
Transvaginal Mesh Session Chair: C Maher, A Rane
1520-1530 IUGA Recommendations on Transvaginal Mesh Use Bernard Haylen
1530-1540
UGSA Pelvic Floor Database Report
Yik Lim
1540-1545
Q&A
“The Rise and Fall of Vaginal Mesh Kits” Session
1545-1555 The Rise & Fall of Transvaginal Mesh Kits M Frazer

1555-1605
1605-1615
1615-1625
1625-1640
Training & Accreditation for Transvaginal Mesh
Placement in USA
Q&A
FDA Warnings, Class Actions, Mesh Kits Withdrawal:
Implications for Practising Gynaecologists
Q&A
1640-1655 Open Forum (Chair: Chris Maher)
“Will Transvaginal Mesh Kits Survive?”
“What Next?”
1655-1700 Announcement of Best Presentation Winner,
Acknowledgement, Closure
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Matt Barber
Avant expert
Expert Panel:
M Frazer, A Rane,
M Barber, P Rosenblatt
Kate Moore