08:30 - 09:40 Weighing the new approaches to treating IBD

• NICE approval of positioning biologics and appropriate use of medical therapy.

• Disease monitoring & treatment targets in inflammatory bowel disease: Evolving principles and possibilitie.s

• Advances in imaging modalities for decision-making in IBD.

• Is it time to call a surgeon? Balancing medical and surgical treatment in inflammatory bowel disease.

• Artificial intelligence for disease assessment in inflammatory bowel disease: How will it change our practice?

• Panel discussion.
   

09:40 - 10:30 Perianal Crohn’s disease: Is less more in complex perianal Crohn’s fistula?

• Is there a future for successful medical management of perianal Crohn’s fistula?

• Surgical repair to close Crohn’s perianal fistulas! Is this achievable?

• Everything we need to know about stem cells for perianal Crohn’s fistula.

• When is it time to call it a day. A proctectomy & stoma is all we have left?

• Panel discussion.

 

10:30 - 11:10 Coffee Break

 

11:10 - 11:40 Debate ‘The right therapy for the right patient at the right time’

Treatment of ileal caecal Crohn’s disease. Bottom-up medical therapy or top-down surgical approach?

 

11:40 - 13:00 Intestinal Crohn’s disease

• The Mesentery - Deciphering the role of mesenteric fat in inflammatory bowel disease or is there something else to consider?

• Preoperative nutritional and medical conditioning for optimal patient outcomes.

• How I do it - Management of Crohn’s disease strictures from an endoscopic perspective.

• Surgical management of Crohn's disease strictures.

• Preventing postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence through medical strategies.

• The Kono-S anastomosis. Is it a viable approach to preventing recurrence of Crohn's disease postoperatively?

• Panel discussion.

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13:00 - 14:15 Lunch

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14:15 - 15:45 All Things Pouch - Outcomes and Management of Pouchitis and Pouch-related Disorders

• Pre-pouch considerations and who to avoid?

• Early IPAA operative complications..

• Management of pouchitis- The gastroenterologist and surgeons working together,

• The dysfunctional pouch - identifying and managing itRedo ileoanal pouch - How to avoid and in which patients?

• Is there still a place for the continent ileostomy?

• Panel discussion.

 

15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break

 

16:15 - 16:30 Guest Lecture

When the going gets short... when inflammatory bowel disease turns to intestinal failure. Medical and surgical options.

 

16:30 - 17:45 IBD Dysplasia in Clinical Practice

• How I to do a good surveillance coloscopy.

• Pros and cons of chrome endoscopy versus high-definition magnification endoscopy.

• Help, I’ve found dysplasia – what next?

• EMR & ESD for IBD dysplasia – How to do it?

• When to give up and surgery is needed. Segmental or proctocolectomy?

• Panel discussion.