EURO-NOTES 2012

Programme

Thursday, October 4, 2012

14.00 - 16.00
  • Working groups
  • Cholecystectomy/Appendectomy
    A. Arezzo, G. Fernandez-Esparrach, G. Spaun
  • Colorectal diseases
    A. Lacy, A. Meining, D. Wilhelm
  • Upper GI neoplasia
    A. Fingerhut, H. Neuhaus
  • Anti-obesity
    N. di Lorenzo, H.Feußner, J. Spicak
  • Achalasia
    K-H. Fuchs, T. Hucl, S. Meisner
16:00 – 16.30
  • Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
  • Olympus satellite symposium
    Interdisciplinary handling of complications
  • General introduction
    J. Spicak
  • Surgical handling of endoscopic complications
    K-H. Fuchs
  • Endoscopic handling of surgical complications
    A. Meining
18.00 – 20.00
  • Welcome reception (with poster sessions)

Friday, October 5, 2012

09.00 – 10.30
  • Free paper session
    Chairs: A. Lacy, J. Spicak
10.30 – 11.00
  • Coffee break
11.00 – 12.15
  • Working group reports
    G. Fernandez-Esparrach, G. Spaun
12.45 – 13.45
  • Lunch break (with poster sessions)
13.30 – 14.50

13.30
13.45
14.00
14.15
14.30
  • Do we really need NOTES? And if so, why?
    Chairs: A. Fingerhut, P. Fockens
  • The patients’ perspective - M. Perez-Miranda
  • The engineers’ perspective - G.Z. Yang
  • The surgeons’ perspective - K-H. Fuchs
  • The gastroenterologists’ perspective - K-H. Fuchs
  • Discussion including all speakers and moderators
14.50 – 15.50

14.50
15.05

15.20
15.35
  • Endoscopic surgery
    Chairs: J.R. Armengol-Miro, N. di Lorenzo
  • EUS guided transluminal interventions - T. Hucl
  • Transanal colorectal NOTES surgery:
    The MIC-surgeon’s bride to NOTES? - A. Lacy
  • Closure of perforations – A NOTES spin-off? - P. Fockens
  • Hybrid procedures - D. Wilhelm
15.50 – 16.20
  • Coffee break
16.20 – 17.50

16.20
16.35
16.50
17.05
17.20
17.30
17.40
  • Video demonstrations of clinical cases
    Chairs: S. Meisner, M. Morino
  • Endoscopic full thickness resections - A. Meining
  • ESD using endoscopic platforms - N. Reddy
  • Cholecystectomy using the Spider-system - H.Feußner
  • Transanal colorectal NOTES surgery-procedure - A. Lacy
  • POEM - H. Neuhaus
  • Water-jet assisted ESD - H. Neuhaus
  • Transgastric drainage in acute cholecystitis - M. Perez-Miranda
17.50 – 18.20
  • Key-NOTE lecture
    N. Reddy

Saturday, October 6, 2012

08.30 – 12.30
  • Hands-on training on live animals (max. 30 participants)