International Surgical Week ISW 2009
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Scientific Program Details







Monday, September 7, 2009





08:30-09:15
1
The ISS/SIC President's Opening
President:


Address by the ISS/SIC President
M.G. Sarr, USA




09:15-10:00
2
ISS/SIC Martin Allgöwer Lecture
Introduction/Comments:


Restoring women's lives: Dr. Catherine Hamlin and the Fistula Hospitals of Ethiopia
Emeritus Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
M.J. Webb, Australia



Lecturer:



C. Hamlin, Ethiopia








10:30-12:00
3
ISDS Main Session
Moderators:


From minimally to maximally invasive treatment of
P. McMurrick, Australia


colon and rectal cancer
H. Kessler, Germany



Panelists:


Laparoscopic TME
P. McMurrick, Australia


Sacrectomy for recurrent rectal cancer
G. Chang, USA


Predicting recurrence and survival after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases
D.-M. Jaeck, France


Resection or continued chemotherapy for multiple bilobar liver metastases which have responded to chemotherapy
H. Shimada, Japan


Stage 4 colon cancer: how much liver resection is too much?
G.J. Maddern, Australia








10:30-12:00
4
ISS/SIC Symposium
Moderator:


Safe surgery saves lives
B.H. Barraclough, Australia



P. Malycha, Australia



Panelists:


WHO surgical safety checklist: tiny steps in the operating theater, great leap in patient safety
A.H. Al-Briezat, Jordan


The WHO safe surgery saves lives checklist: why you should use it
B.H. Barraclough, Australia


Implementing "Root Cause Analysis" as an improvement and educational tool
D. Mayer, USA


Addressing the serious gaps in perioperative care: lessons for safer care
C. Hughes, Australia








10:30-12:00
5
IAES Free Paper Session
Moderators:


Endocrine surgery
G. Akerström, Sweden



G.M. Doherty, USA








10:30-12:00
6
IATSIC Symposium
Moderators:


Damage control vs. definitive repair: has the pendulum
C.W. Schwab, USA


swung too far?
D.D. Trunkey, USA



Panelists:


Damage control torso: extend the use!
C.W. Schwab, USA


Damage control torso: restrict the use!
D.D. Trunkey, USA


Damage control: orthopedics - have we gone too far? Is it a cop-out
T. Kossmann, Australia


Will new resuscitation techniques eliminate the need for damage control?
A. Rivkind, Israel








10:30-12:00
7
BSI Postgraduate Breast Course



(at extra charge)









12:15-13:45
15
IAES Lunch Symposium
Moderators:


Parathyroid and thyroid ultrasound
C.C. Solorzano, USA



A.E. Siperstein, USA



Panelists:


Parathyroid ultrasound
L.T. Kim, USA


Thyroid ultrasound
Y. Ito, Japan








12:15-13:45
16
IATSIC Lunch Poster Walk
Poster rounds:


Trauma surgery
S.K. D'Amours, Australia



M. Joshipura, India



Z. Balogh, Australia



R.S. Poggetti, Brazil



T. Razek, Canada



A.B. Peitzman, USA



C. Gaarder, Norway



R.K. Simons, Canada








14:00-15:30
23
ISDS Symposium
Moderators:


Gastroesophageal neoplasia: from Barrett's to
M.G. Patti, USA


esophageal cancer
S. Law, Hong Kong SAR



Panelists:


Laparoscopic fundoplication for Barrett's: outcomes
C.A. Pellegrini, USA


Esophagectomy for high grade dysplasia
L. Ferri, Canada


Minimally invasive esophagectomy
D. Gotley, Australia


Methods of anastomosis after esophageal resection
L. Ferri, USA


Outcome of esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction
G.G. Jamieson, Australia








13:45-14:30
25
IAES State of the Art Lecture 1
Introduction:


Symptoms and consequences of primary hyper-
G.M. Doherty, USA


parathyroidism: what are the indications for surgery?
Lecturer:



J.L. Pasieka, Canada


followed by





14:30-15:45
26
IAES Free Paper Session
Moderators:


Endocrine surgery
J.L. Pasieka, Canada



R.F. Parkyn, Australia








14:00-15:30
27
IATSIC / ISBI / IASMEN Symposium
Moderators:


Metabolic support of injured man
B.A. Pruitt Jr., USA



G.L. Carlson, UK



Panelists:


Alteration and restoration of thermoregulation following injury
B.A. Pruitt Jr., USA


Enteral nutrition in the traumatized patient
J.E. Aguilar-Nascimento, Brazil


Metabolic causes and effects of bacterial and non-bacterial opportunistic infections
M.H. Hunter, New Zealand


Physical therapy and rehabilitation as components of metabolic support
S.E. Wolf, USA








14:00-15:30
28
BSI Postgraduate Breast Course



(at extra charge)









14:00-15:30
29
IATSIC Free Paper Session
Moderators:


Trauma surgery
E.R. Thal, USA



S. Uranues, Austria








14:00-15:30
30
WOFAPS Main Session
Moderators:


Trauma: skill maintenance in an era of non operation
D. Cass, Australia



T. Sparnon, Australia



Panelists:


Half the number, twice the care: is this possible?
D. Cass, Australia


Mechanisms of injury in South African children
S. van As, South Africa


Surgical critical care: resuscitation and supportive management
D.W. Vane, USA


Impact of imaging on the management of solid organ injuries
S. Stylianos, USA








16:00-17:30
34
ISDS Main Session
Moderators:


Around the world treatment of primary liver neoplasms
S. Jonas, Germany



H. Shimada, Japan



Panelists:


Advanced HCC: state of the art (including LDLT)
R.T.P. Poon, Hong Kong SAR


Advanced HCC: resection or ablation
M. Montorsi, Italy


Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: when is surgical intervention possible?
S. Kondo, Japan


Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: comparison of high-volume centers - what can we learn?
S. Jonas, Germany


Gallbladder cancer: current management
M. Shimazu, Japan








16:00-17:30
35
FELAC / ISS/SIC Symposium
Moderators:


Laparoscopic management of difficult gastro-intestinal
S. Shuchleib, Mexico


problems
S. Kitano, Japan



Panelists:


Complicated appendicitis
S. Shuchleib, Mexico


Complicated diverticulitis
R. Anaya-Prado, Mexico


Gastric cancer
S. Kitano, Japan


Intestinal obstruction
A. Carrasco-Rojas, Mexico








16:00-17:30
36
IAES Free Paper Session
Moderators:


Endocrine surgery
N. Perrier, USA



S.B. Sidhu, Australia








16:00-17:30
37
IATSIC / ISBI Symposium
Moderators:


Contemporary management of life-threatening wounds
M. Muller, Australia



M. Robson, USA



Panelists:


Surgical principles of wound healing
M. Muller, Australia


New mechanical modalities to aid wound healing
J.A. Molnar, USA


New pharmacologic agents to aid wound healing
J. Jeng, USA


Prevention and treatment of disordered wound healing: hypertrophic scarring and wound dehiscence
M. Robson, USA








16:00-17:30
38
BSI Postgraduate Breast Course



(at extra charge)









16:00-17:30
40
IASMEN José F. Patiño Lecture
Introduction:


Nutrition and surgery in the management of  gastrointestinal fistulas
D.L. Waitzberg, Brazil



Lecturer:



H. Arenas, Mexico


followed by






41
IASMEN Free Paper Session
Moderators:


Surgical nutrition / metabolism
O. Ljungqvist, Sweden



H. Ohyanagi, Japan










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