Halych Surgical Readings: “Traditions and Innovations in Modern Surgery” at TNMU
The scientific and practical conference “Halych Surgical Readings: Traditions and Innovations in Modern Surgery”, dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding surgeon, teacher, and scientist Yurii Komorovskyi, was held on May 30–31, 2025, at Ternopil National Medical University.
Yurii Komorovskyi is remembered as an experienced clinician and surgeon who mastered precise surgical techniques and worked for many years on the challenges of surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease and post-gastrectomy syndromes. He developed new approaches for primary and reconstructive gastrojejunoduodenoplasty, an original method of substernal esophageal reconstruction for injuries caused by corrosive substances, a new modification of transmesenteric intestinal plication for adhesive intestinal obstruction, teniotomy for colon lengthening in esophageal reconstruction, and methods of longitudinal suturing of the “difficult duodenal stump” and duodenostomy during gastric resection.
The conference was opened with welcoming speeches from Professor Mykhailo Korda, Rector of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, and Olha Yarmolenko, Director of the Health Department of the Ternopil Regional Military Administration.
Professor Roman Komorovskyi of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 read an address from Yaroslava Komorovska, Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology (1968–1981), and wife of Yurii Komorovskyi.
Conference speakers and topics included:
Prof. I.Ya. Dziubanovskyi, Dr. Med. Sci. A.M. Prodan – “Metabolic Syndrome in the Context of Modern Views on Surgical Treatment”
Prof. I.Ya. Dziubanovskyi – “The Scientific Surgical School of Prof. Yu.Komorovskyi”
Prof. O.M. Chemerys (Rector of LNMU), Assoc. Prof. V.V. Khomiak – “Surgical Treatment of Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Current Trends and Clinical Experience”
Prof. I.K. Venher, Prof. S.Ya. Kostiv – “Traditional and Modern Methods for Treating Occlusive-Stenotic Lesions of Lower Limb Arteries”
Prof. I.Yu. Polianskyi – “Peritonitis as an Eternal Problem in Surgery – Current Challenges, Achievements, and Prospects”
Prof. I.R. Trutiak – “Combat Trauma: A Synthesis of Tradition and Innovation”
Prof. S.D. Khimich, Prof. R.A. Lutkovskyi, Assoc. Prof. A.P. Prevar – “Features of the Development, Course, and Treatment of Soft Tissue Purulent-Inflammatory Conditions in the ‘Post-COVID Period’: Current Status and Challenges”
Prof. M.M. Stets – “Evolution of Complicated Forms of Stomach Cancer in the Structure of Gastroduodenal Perforated Ulcers”
Assoc. Prof. V.V. Khomiak, Assoc. Prof. T.M. Ivankiv, Prof. V.I. Kolomiitsev – “Pancreatic Tumor Surgery: Modern Strategies and Challenges”
Prof. V.P. Andriushchenko – “Current Trends in Surgical Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis”
Prof. V.O. Shaprynskyi – “Minimally Invasive Technologies in the Treatment of Liver Abscesses”
Prof. I.M. Deikalo, Assoc. Prof. D.M. Osadchuk – “Unusual Situations in Biliary Surgery”
O.H. Dykyi (V.S. Khomenko, V.P. Perepelytsia, O.B. Tryhuba, O.I. Korud) – “Selection of Surgical Tactics in Uncomplicated and Complicated Chronic Pancreatitis”
PhD V.S. Moroz – “Aspects of Treating Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms”
V.S. Khomenko, I.O. Kuchynskyi – “Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Extrahepatic Bile Duct Injuries”
Prof. V.I. Piatnochka – “Modern Approaches to the Choice of Hernioplasty Methods in the Surgery of Ventral and Postoperative Ventral Hernias”
V.S. Khomenko (O.V. Prokopchuk, V.P. Perepelytsia, O.H. Dykyi, Yu.V. Sliusarenko) – “The Role of Laparoscopic Access in the Treatment of Acute Surgical Pathology and Postoperative Complications”
