EURO-NOTES 2008

Thursday, 25 September

16.30 – 20.00 Working groups

• - Suturing / Wall closure / Anastomotic devices (K.H. Fuchs / T. Ponchon)
  - NOTES research (A. Kalloo / T. Rösch)
  - Bariatric applications (G. Costamagna / O. Le Moine)
  - Triangulation and stability (A. Meining / W. Breithaupt)
  - Infection and immunology (H. Feussner / N. Reddy)
  - NOTES and associated techniques (G. Buess / P.O. Park)

20.30 – 22.00 Welcome reception

Friday, 26 September

Moderators : P. Fockens / K.H. Fuchs / N. Reddy

08.00 – 08.05Opening (J. Devière / A. Lacy)

08.05 – 08.35 At the cutting edge, can NOTES bypass limitations of laparoscopic surgery
and therapeutic endoscopy? (N. Reddy)

08.35 – 09.05 Current research in Europe (P. Fockens)

09.05 – 09.30 Current research in the Americas and Asia (A. Kalloo)

09.30 – 09.55 Human procedures: critical analysis (T. Ponchon)

09.55 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK

Moderators : P.O. Park / E. Vazquez-Sequeiros

10.30 – 10.55 EURO-NOTES registry: How does it work? (C. Hoff / M. Morino)

10.55 – 11.20 NOTES training: Perspectives and possibilities (K.H. Fuchs)

11.20 – 11.45 Sutures and anatomizes: Review of technical evolutions (D. Rattner)

11.45 – 12.10 Wall closure: Review of techniques and studies (A. Fritscher-Ravens)

12.10 – 12.30 Scars and the patients (P. Swain)

12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH

Moderators : H. Neuhaus / J.F. Noguera Aguilar

13.30 – 15.00 How I do it? (each lecture 10 min.)

• - Cholecystectomy (A. Meining)
  - Peritoneal cavity exploration and sentinel NOTES (T. Rösch)
  - Rectum and bowel resection (W. Breithaupt)
  - Restrictive bariatric surgery (J. Devière)
  - Gastroenterostomy (P. Fockens)
  - Closure of peritoneal access (P. Deprez)
  - Colectomy (A. Lacy)

15.00 – 16.00 Industry reports

16.00 – 16.30 BREAK

Moderators : M. Perez-Miranda / D. Rattner

16.30 – 17.30 Free paper session (1)

Saturday, 27 September

Moderators : M. Morino / T. Rösch

08.30 – 10.00 Free paper session (2)

10.00 – 10.30 BREAK

Moderators : P. Fockens / K.H. Fuchs

10.30 – 11.30 Working groups synthesis

11.30 – 12.00 Panel discussion

12.00 – 13.15 FAREWELL LUNCH