Advanced Clinical Training for FMAS-Certified Surgeons
2 Weeks / 1 Month | Live Surgical Cases | Supervised Hands-On Training
The Advanced Minimal Access Surgery Training Program at Indus Surgical Training Institute is designed for surgeons who have completed FMAS and wish to develop advanced laparoscopic surgical skills through structured clinical training.
Course Overview
- Duration: 2 Weeks / 1 Month / 3 Months
- Format: Intensive Hospital-Based Clinical Training
- Focus: Advanced Minimal Access Surgery
- Training: Live Surgical Cases + Hands-On Practice
- Eligibility: MS/DNB General Surgery or MS/DNB Obstetrics & Gynecology + FMAS
- Commencement: 1st Working Day of Every Month
- Certification: Certificate of Advanced Minimal Access Surgery Training
Training Approach
Learn → Observe → Assist → Participate Under Supervision → Refine
The program follows a progressive clinical model, allowing participants to develop advanced procedural familiarity through structured exposure to operative planning, laparoscopic techniques, tissue handling, suturing, haemostasis, and intraoperative decision-making.
Key Training Areas
- Operative planning
- Laparoscopic access and port placement
- Instrument handling
- Tissue dissection
- Energy-device techniques
- Haemostasis
- Intracorporeal suturing and knotting
- Management of difficult anatomy
- Intraoperative decision-making
Hands-on participation is based on case suitability, patient safety, institutional protocols, faculty assessment, and individual skill level.
General Surgery Training
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Training may include exposure to a broad range of advanced laparoscopic procedures and techniques.
Laparoscopic Fundamentals
- Access and port placement
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Adhesiolysis
- Dissection techniques
- Suturing and knotting
- Energy devices
- Specimen retrieval
Hernia Surgery
- TEP and TAPP repair
- Ventral and incisional hernia
- IPOM / IPOM-Plus
- Recurrent and complex hernia
Gynecology Training
Advanced Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery
Participants may receive clinical exposure to advanced gynecological laparoscopic procedures according to case availability and their individual experience.
Adnexal Surgery
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Endometrioma surgery
- Salpingectomy
- Oophorectomy
- Adnexal masses
- Selected ectopic pregnancy procedures
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Total laparoscopic hysterectomy
- Pelvic dissection
- Ureter identification
- Bladder dissection
- Vaginal cuff closure
- Difficult hysterectomy
Live Surgical Training
From Observation to Supervised Participation
Participants are introduced to the operative process through a structured progression:
- Case Planning: Understand the clinical indication, imaging, and operative strategy.
- Operative Orientation: Review positioning, access, port placement, and surgical approach.
- Live Procedure: Observe surgical technique and intraoperative decision-making.
- Assist: Participate in appropriate operative steps under supervision.
- Supervised Performance: Perform selected surgical steps when clinically appropriate.
- Faculty Feedback: Receive technical guidance and procedural feedback.
Program Structure
2-Week Training
An intensive format for focused exposure to advanced laparoscopic procedures and operative techniques.
1-Month Training
An extended clinical format offering greater opportunity for case exposure, procedural participation, and progressive skill development.
Clinical exposure and hands-on participation depend on case availability, patient suitability, institutional protocols, faculty assessment, and individual competence.
Advance Your Laparoscopic Skills
Build upon your FMAS foundation with advanced clinical exposure, live surgical cases, and supervised procedural training designed to strengthen your practical familiarity with advanced minimal access surgery.
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