Preliminary Programme

Thursday, 12 September, 2024

Morning sessions: Colon cancer surgery
08:30-10:00State of the art CME

  • Definition of CME (Anders Bertelsen) 5’
  • CME technique step-by-step (Anders Bertelsen) 50’
  • Evidences of CME (safety, short-term and long-term outcomes) (Balázs Bánky) 15’
  • Discussion 20’ 
10:30-12:00Challenges at CME

  • Preoperative planning based on CT (AMIGO) (Tamás Mersich, National Institute of Oncology, HU) 20’+ 5’
  • Patient selection for CME (Tamás Mersich) 10+5’
  • Meaning of CME on different segments of the colon (Felix Aigner) 20+5’
  • Discussion 15’


Afternoon session: Rectal cancer surgery
13:00-14.30State of the art TME

  • Presentation of different techniques for TME:
    • Lap AR (Hungarian presenter, Dezső Tóth), 15+5’
    • TaTME/TTSS (Roel Hompes) , 15+5’
    • Robotic TME (Ellen Van Eetvelde), 15+5’
  • Organ-sparing rectal cancer treatment (TAMIS, Watch-and-wait strategy) (Roel Hompes) 10+5’
  • Evidences regarding lateral pelvic node assessment / treatment (Felix Aigner) 10+5’
15:00-16.30
Case discussion (Consultant’s corner)
4-5 cases (colon and rectum mixed)