Our 13th Regional Masterclass in conjunction with Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Coloproktologie took place on Tuesday 4 June 2024 in Salzburg, Austria.
Topics covered will be haemorrhoids, anal fistula, challenges in rectal cancer surgery and image-guided surgery in coloproctology.
View the programme below and/or download the brochure and programme here >
Programme
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 08:30 | Welcome and Introduction - Felix Aigner (Graz) and Roel Hompes (Amsterdam) |
Session 1: HaemorrhoidsChairs: Ingrid Haunold (Vienna) and Oliver Schwandner (Regensburg) |
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| 08:45 - 09:00 | Non-excisional treatment - Pasquale Giordano (London) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Excisional treatment - Martin Mitteregger (Graz) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Faecal incontinence and haemorrhoidal disease - Mia Kim (Munich) |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Guideline wrap-up - Stephanie Breukink (Maastricht) |
| 09:45 - 10:45 | Interactive session: Recurrent haemorrhoidal disease - Rebecca M Trattnig (Linz) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Break |
Session 2: Anal FistulaChairs: Felix Aigner (Graz) and Stephanie Breukink (Maastricht) |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 | Standard treatment - Stefan Riss (Vienna) |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | New kids on the block - Günther Klimbacher (Linz) |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Recurrent disease - Oliver Schwandner (Regensburg) |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Classifying perianal fistulising Crohn's disease - Phil Tozer (London) |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Guideline wrap-up - Phil Tozer (London) |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | Interactive session: Incontinence following extensive fistula surgery - Johannes Gmeiner (Vienna) |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch |
Session 3: Challenges in rectal cancer surgeryChairs: Gerd Silberhumer (Vienna) and Walter Brunner (St. Gallen) |
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| 14:15 - 14:30 | Is there a role for radiotherapy in patients that can be treated upfront with surgery? - Roel Hompes (Amsterdam) |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | TNT and then? (tandem presentation) - Lukas Weiss and Tarkan Jäger (Salzburg) |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Surgical dilemmas after local treatment for early rectal cancer - Juriaan Tuynman (Amsterdam) |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Surgical dilemmas in irradiated patients without a cCR - Quentin Denost (Bordeaux) |
| 15:15-16:15 | Interactive session: Low T1/T2 rectal cancer, sphincter preserving - Tobias Zott (Vienna) and Iveta Urban (Salzburg) |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Break |
Session 4: Image-guided surgery in coloproctologyChairs: Mariana Ninkovic (Innsbruck) and Jaroslav Presl (Salzburg) |
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| 16:30 - 16:45 | MR staging for rectal cancer surgery - Wolfgang Schima (Vienna) |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | CT angiography for colectomies - Danilo Miskovic (London) |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | ICG routinely used - Roel Hompes (Amsterdam) |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | AI in colorectal surgery - Alice Moynihan (Dublin) |
| 17:30 | Close of Masterclass |
Accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 7.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
The Austrian Medical Association awards 10 continuing education points for this event as part of the DFP program (ID 795946). Ethical Medtech: EMT38216.