MAYO Clinic days in Vilnius, 2007.05.10

Date: 2007.05.10-11
Location: Vilnius
Organized by: Mayo Clinic, Medical Faculty of Vilnius University, Oncology Institute of Vilnius University, Lithuanian Society of Coloproctology
Special occasion: 75th Anniversary of The Oncology Institute of Vilnius University

2007.05.10

17.00-20.00 Registration

2007.05.11

8.30-15.00 Registration

  • 9.00-9.05 Opening speech
    prof. K.P. Valuckas, Director of the Oncology Institute of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 9.05-9.15 Mayo Clinic: short outline
    Hab. dr. med. Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius, Chief of Clinic of Surgery, Oncology Institute of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Part One: Rectal cancer

Moderator: hab. med. dr. Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius, Oncology Institute of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • 9.15-9.45 TME for rectal cancer: too much emphasized?
    Prof. Bruce Wolff (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
  • 10.45-10.15 Rectal pouches and coloplasty in rectal cancer surgery
    Dr. Rick Devine (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
  • 10.15-10.45 Anastomotic leak after rectal cancer resection: risk factors and prophylaxis
    Prof. Steffen Bulow (Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 10.45-11.15 Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery
    Dr. David Larsen (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

11.15-11.45 Coffee Break

Part Two: Rectal cancer/Colorectal tumours

Moderator: prof. Raimundas Lunevičius, Vilnius University Emergency Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • 11.45-12.15 Local excision for rectal cancer
    Prof. Dieter Hahnloser (University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
  • 12.15-12.45 Recurrent rectal cancer
    Dr. Peter Sagar (Leeds, UK)
  • 12.45-13.15 Can we recommend laparoscopy for colorectal cancer?
    Prof. Dieter Hahnloser (University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
  • 13.15-13.45 GI stromal cell tumours of the colon and rectum
    Dr. Rick Devine (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

13.45-15.00 Lunch

Part Three: IBD

Moderator: prof. Donatas Venskutonis, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania

  • 15.00-15.20 Ileal pouch anal anastomosis: postoperative course and long term functional results
    Prof. Steffen Bulow (Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 15.20-15.50 Laparoscopic ileal pouch anal anastomosis
    Dr. David Larsen (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
  • 15.50-16.20 Surgery for ulcerative colitis: the role of ileorectal anastomosis
    Prof. Gunnar Olaison (Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 16.20-16.40 Laparoscopy for Crohns disease
    Prof. Phil Caushaj (Pittsburgh West Penn Hospital, Temple University, Pittsburgh, USA)
  • 16.20-16.50 Postoperative ileus
    Prof. Bruce Wolff (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

17.10-17.30 Coffee break

Part Four: Miscellaneous

Moderator: Dr. Remigijus Šiugžda, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania

  • 17.30-17.50 Stomal hernias: strategies for success
    Dr. Gintaras Antanavicius (Pittsburgh West Penn Hospital, Temple University, Pittsburgh, USA)
  • 17.50-18.10 Robotic assisted TME for rectal cancer
    Prof. Pascal Gervaz (Hospital Cantonel Universitaire de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • 18.10-18.30 Open versus laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticular disease
    Prof. Pascal Gervaz (Hospital Cantonel Universitaire de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • 18.30-19.00 Presacral tumours
    Dr. David Larsen (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
  • 19.00-19.20 Pelvic floor dysfunction (video on lap repair)
    Dr. Pete Sagar (Leeds, UK)