Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery

Jude Ehiabhi Okohue is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology based in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Medical College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the West African College of Surgeons. He is the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Madonna University and Director of the Minimal Access Surgery Unit of Madonna University Teaching Hospital in Rivers State, Nigeria. He is equally the Medical Director of Gynescope Specialist Hospital, a fertility and Gynaecological Endoscopy Unit. Professor Okohue is the current Vice President of the Association of Gynaecological Endoscopy Surgeons (AGES), a Board member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) Hysteroscopy Special interest group, and serves as the West African representative at the Global Congress on Hysteroscopy (GCH) in Barcelona, Spain. He has been invited by leading international organisations such as the AAGL, Middle East and North Africa Hysteroscopy conference (HysMENA), Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON), International Hysteroscopy Conference, International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH), GCH, among others, as Faculty. Professor Okohue's research interest is in infertility, Assisted reproduction, and Gynaecological endoscopy. He has published several papers in leading international journals, with numerous textbook chapters to his credit, and has been involved in training future gynaecologic endoscopic surgeons. 

Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu is a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fertility Expert and Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgeon with the Faculty of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nnewi Campus and a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons . He was Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2008-2010), Dean of Medicine (2012-2014),  Director of Academic Planning (2019-2021), and currently Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. He is a member of the National Task Team on Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV (2003 to date), the pioneer President of Association of Gynaecological Endoscopy Surgeons (AGES) of Nigeria (2017-2021) and Chairman/Chief Examiner, Faculty of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, West African College of Surgeons (WACS) since 2019. He has trained over 300 medical doctors (consultants and residents) in Gynaecological endoscopy as the course director of Life institute for Endoscopy - a premier endoscopy training facility in Nigeria.  His Research focus is on Infertility & Assisted Reproductive Technology, Gynaecological Endoscopy and PMTCT, with about  150 peer-reviewed articles published in reputable journals.

Mr. Emmanuel Kalu is a Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and a Specialist in Reproductive medicine at the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. He is the HFEA Licence Holder in the Assisted Conception Unit and leads the Oncofertility services unit. Mr. Kalu holds a postgraduate certificate in Medical Education, was a Departmental Lead for Undergraduate Students and RCOG College Tutor for postgraduate trainees in Kingston Hospital NHS Trust. His clinical interests include Fertility preservation, Endometriosis associated subfertility and Reproductive Immunology.

Mr. Bolarinde Ola (MB BS, MD, FWACS, FRCOG, MBA) is an experienced Consultant Gynaecologist, Advanced Reproductive Surgeon and IVF expert at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital, United Kingdom and honorary, visiting trainer at the Nisa Premier Hospital, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria. He is a member, Board of Trustees and a foundation member of the Association of Gynaecological Endoscopy Surgeons (AGES) of Nigeria. Mr. Ola is the Training Programme Supervisor for Reproductive Medicine & Surgery in Sheffield and is one of the editors for the African Journal for Infertility and Assisted Conception. He is

Section 1 General Topics: History of minimal access surgery.- Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy Surgery instruments/equipment.- Sterilization of endoscopy equipment.- The electrosurgical unit: Basic principles for practice.- Anatomy of the female pelvis.- Ergonomics and patient safety in gynaecological endoscopic surgery.- Gynaecological endoscopy in a low/middle income country: challenges and prospects.- Section 2 Laparoscopy: Laparoscopic port position, placement and closure.- Laparoscopic entry/access techniques.- Techniques for laparoscopic tissue retrieval.- Laparoscopy and dye test.- Laparoscopic suturing techniques.- Laparoscopic management of benign ovarian tumuors.- Laparoscopic ovarian drilling.- Laparoscopic tubal surgery and laparoscopic management of ectopic pregnancy.- Laparoscopy-guided hysteroscopic proximal tubal cannulation.- Laparoscopy in pregnancy.- Laparoscopic abdominal cerclage.- Pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.- Laparoscopic myomectomy.- Laparoscopic management of endometriosis.- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.- Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy.- Complications of Laparoscopy.- Section III Hysteroscopy: Tips and tricks in hysteroscopy.-  Anaesthesia for hysteroscopy.- Distention media in Hysteroscopy.- Hysteroscopic Adhesiolysis.- Hysteroscopic myomectomy.- Complications of hysteroscopy.