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19th November 2015

 

10:00 - 16:00

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS

 

Pelvic Floor Assessment - 3D US & HRM anophysiology - Sponsored by BK Medical

 

Abdominal Wall Porcine Workshop - Sponsored by Cook Medical

 

Advanced laparoscopic dry-lab skills training

20th November 2015

 

 

THE STRAND CAMPUS

REGISTRATION (FROM 08:00 - 17:00)

GREAT HALL

SURGICAL TRAINEE FORUM 'HOW I DO IT' SESSION

 

09:00 - 09:20     Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation Operation. Tips and tricks

09:20 - 09:40     Closed haemmoridectomy

09:40 - 10:00     Laparoscopic splenic flexure mobilization 

10:00 - 10:20     Modified right colon inversion technique

10:20 - 10:40     Electrotechnology in the OR: What the laparoscopic colorectal surgeon should know

10.40 - 11:00     Coffee Break 

COLORECTAL RESEARCH FORUM 

 

11:00 - 12:15     Best of 5 papers

12:15 - 14:00     Lunch 

DEBATE SESSION

 

14:00 - 14:30     Screening for colorectal cancer. We have got it right in the UK?

14:30 - 15:00     2WW pathway yielding <10% colorectal cancer. Do we need a better system?

15:00 - 15:30     Virtualizing healthcare. Is this the right way forward?

 

15:30 - 16:00     Coffee Break 

 

15:30 - 16:00     T1 rectal cancer - local excision or anterior resection

16:00 - 16:30     Rectal cancer should be managed in specialized centres

16:30 - 17:00     Intensive surveillance program after curative colorectal cancer treatment is the right way forward?

RIVER ROOM

GENERAL PRACTITIONER COLORECTAL FORUM

 

8:30 - 8:50         Investigation of rectal bleeding and anaemia

8:50 - 9:10         Dealing with a patients with anal incontinence

9:10 - 9:30         Management of colorectal cancer in 2016

9:30 - 9:50         What's new in colorectal surgery?

9:50 - 10:10       Questions & Discussion

 

10.10 - 11:00     Coffee Break 

 

10:30 - 10:50     Meet the bottom surgeon and he will tell you need to know about fistula’s, haemorrhoids and fissures.

10:50 - 11:10     Update on the management of irritable bowel syndrome

11:10 - 11:30     Update on the medical management of inflammatory bowel disease

11:30 - 11:50     Transforming care after colorectal cancer

11:50 - 12:10     Questions & Discussion

 

12:10 - 12:20     Closing remarks

 

12:20 - 14:00     Lunch 

COLORECTAL CANCER PATIENT SUPPORT GROUP

 

14:00 - 14:20     Raising awareness and why it is important to be screened for colorectal cancer

14:20 - 14:40     Today’s treatment of bowel cancer, expectations and outcomes

14:40 - 15:00     Living with a temporary and permanent stoma - A stoma therapist and patient perspective

15:00 - 15:20     Questions & Discussion

 

15:20 - 15:40     Short break

 

15:40 - 16:00     Young patients with colorectal cancer – it’s not just in the older generation.

16:00 - 16:20     How to obtain support after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer

16:20 - 16:40     If and when bowel cancer comes back– it is not the end.

16:40 - 17:00     Questions & Discussion

21th November 2015

EDMOND J SAFRA

LECTURE TEHATRE

RIVER ROOM

DIDACTIC COLORECTAL SESSION

 

A Mixture Of Topics I

 

8:30 - 8:50         AIN, anal cancer & high resolution anoscopy - What a surgeon needs to know

8:50 - 9:10         

9:10 - 9:30         Prophylactic mesh placement during midline abdominal closure - is there a role in all patients? Dr Nasser Al Sanea, Saudi Arabia

9:30 - 9:50         Ambulatory colorectal surgery for major procedures - is this the right way forward?

9:50 - 10:10       Questions & Discussion 

 

10:10 - 11:00     Coffee Break 

 

A Mixture Of Topics II

 

10:30 - 10:50     DICA classification of diverticular disease if it something new to consider? Dr Ricardo Escalante, Venezuala

10:50 - 11:10     Dysplasia and cancer in UC. Is there a paradigm shift towards segmental resection? 

11:10 - 11:30     Crohn’s disease – what’s best a top down or bottom down approach in medical therapy?

11:30 - 11:50     

11:50 - 12:10     Questions & Discussion 

 

12:10 - 12:30     Sponsors session – Innovations & New Treatments in Colorectal surgery

 

12:30 – 14:00    Lunch

 

Rectal Cancer Session 

 

14:00 - 14:20     MRI staging of rectal cancer - separation of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Lessons from the Pelican Group Dr Gina Brown, London, UK

14:20 - 14:40     The difficult rectum – anticipation and determine the right approach to rectal resection. Mr Paris Tekkis, London UK

14:40 - 15:00     R1 resection in patients undergoing total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. What should we do next? Mr Pete Sagar, Leeds, UK

15:00 - 15:20     How to select for preoperative short-course radiotherapy, while considering long-course chemoradiotherapy or immediate surgery, and who benefits?

15:20 - 15:40     Adjuvant chemotherapy following neoadjuvant CXRT for rectal cancer. Who benefits if anyone?

15:40 - 16:00     Prevention and treatment of non-healing perineal wounds after abdominoperineal resection (APR)

16:00 - 16:20     Questions & Discussion 

 

SHORT BREAK

 

Colorectal Cancer Session

 

16:15 - 16:35     <13 nodes in a resected specimen - Should we extend the surgery, offer adjuvant therapy or observe?

16:35 - 16:55     Is it time to consider neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery in colon cancer?

16:55 - 17:15     Malignant obstructive colorectal cancer - Is stenting the best option or just an option? 

17:15 - 17:35     Robotics and Notes: innovations in colorectal surgery 

17:35 - 17:55     Questions & Discussion 

 

17:55-18:05       CLOSING REMARKS

NURSES FORUM

 

09:00-09:20     What's new in the management of colorectal cancer

09:20-09:40     Are we giving patient’s the right information at the right time?

09:40-10:00     Understanding the psychological impact on patients and relatives with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer

10:00-10:20     Changing nursing roles within hospital practice

 

10:20-10:40     Question time

 

10:40-11:10     Coffee Break

 

11:10-11:30     What's enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) IS all about?

11:30-11:50     Optimizing perioperative nutritional requirement for surgical patients

11:50-12:10     Technical tips for managing tricky stomas 

 

12:10-12:30     Question time

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