Hands on Office Hysteroscopy Workshop” 17th and 18th AUGUST 2013: A Report

August 17-18, 2013

A hands on office hysteroscopy workshop was held at Bansal Hospital, New Delhi on the 17th and 18th of August, 2013, organized by Manchanda’s Endoscopic Center. The workshop was held over 2 days and was attended by 18 participants from all over India.

Eminent faculty from various fields including specialists in gynaecological endoscopy, reproductive medicine, gynaecological ultrasound and pathology participated. The first day consisted of live operative hysteroscopic surgeries where in each participant received hands on training. Different pathologies encountered included intrauterine polyps, Ashermann’s syndrome, septate uterus etc. This session was webcast live. This was the second live webcast of a hysteroscopy workshop by Manchanda’s Endoscopic Center ever to be done and the webcast was viewed by doctors from India and all over the world. Lectures on hysteroscopy were also taken by various faculties. This was followed by a round table discussion of common controversies related to hysteroscopy.

The second day included lectures by renowned faculty and following this was the endotraining session which included Instrument handling, hysteroscopic removal of foreign body/iucd, hysteroscopic polpectomy and hysteroscopic resection of polyps.

The workshop ended with a quiz and the winner, Dr. Divyang R Kadakia from vadodara received a book on gynaecological endoscopy.

Certificates to all the participants were distributed by Dr. Prabha Manchanda and Dr Priya Bhave

Participants
  • Dr Divyang.R.Kadakia Vadodara
  • Dr Siuli Choudhury Kolkata
  • Dr Smita Sanyal Delhi
  • Dr Ekika Singh Varanasi
  • Dr Subrata Gayen West Bengal
  • Dr Zeeni Girn Ludhaina
  • Dr Vijaya Wakodkar Bhilai
  • Dr Shuchi Lucknow
  • Dr Bhagyashree Deshmukh Nagapur
  • Dr Preeti Gupta Jhansi
  • Dr Felixeke Agwu Nigeria
  • Dr Kymboi tonsing, Imphal
  • Dr Monika Singh, Uttrakhand
  • Dr Anjana Sisodia, M.P
  • Dr O P Sisodia M.P
  • Dr Shika Joshi Delhi
  • Dr Sanjeev Kumar Jammu
  • Dr Rajesh Tile Karnataka
Comments from the participants:
  • Great going, great faculty. I am impressed .Could have done with bigger auditorium though Dr Prabha Manchanda’s hospitality was grand.
  • I enjoyed the 2 days workshop thoroughly.
  • It was like a mini conference and make arrangement to interact with knowledgeable people.
  • I think I will definitely be able to do hysteroscopy, I just feel one thing why did I attend so late for the training.
  • Consolidate , informative workshop which is going to help beginner like me.
  • Very interesting training sessions with excellent faculty.
  • Very informative and encouraging. It could be valuable to include more slides of normal vs abnormal endometrium.
  • More number of operative cases.
  • More hands on and wet lab sessions will be better rather than long discussions.
  • It is a very good training program as a beginner. I got confidence of doing it individually in my hospital. Wish more and more this type of program go on.
  • The training is very educative and practical oriented. It has demonstrated a great desire by Dr.Manchanda and team to raise the standard of practice of hysteroscopy.
  • Eager to learn more in future.
  • Raised my confidence in operative hysteroscopy. Arrangements were very good and made many of my doubts clear Discussion with faculty was very informative.