Dear friends It is our pleasure to invite you to the joint meeting of the 14 th Nordic Postgraduate Course in Colorectal Surgery and 13 th Colorectal Day at Aarhus University Hospital. The meeting will be held in Aarhus the 16 th to 18 th of June 2014. Since it is a joint meeting, we have included non-scandinavian lectures, and we will cover all aspects of colorectal surgery. For the first time we have incorporated live surgery in our Colorectal Day. We are looking forward to see you in Aarhus. Please remain updated and register for the course at www.kortlink.dk/dhf3 Best wishes Søren Laurberg Professor Peter Rasmussen Consultant surgeon
Monday 16 t h of June 09.15-10.00 Registration and coffee 10.00-10.05 Welcome 10.05-12.00 Ole Kronborg - Honorary session: Colonic cancer 10.05-10.30 Improving outcome of colonic cancer? The Stockholm experience Anna Martling (10 min) The Danish Perspective Anders Bertelsen (10 min) 10.30-12.00 Complete mesocolic excision Concept Søren Laurberg (10 min) Anatomical aspects with focus on the flexures and transverse colon Torbjørn Holm (20 min) What is the evidence? Anna Martling (10 min) For all resections? Ingvar Syk (10 min) Increased morbidity? Anders Bertelsen (20 min) Laparoscopic surgery. Is it possible? Robin Kennedy (20 min) 12.00-13.00 John Christiansen Honorary session: Live Surgery 13.00-13.40 Lunch Case 1: Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for prolapse André D Hoore Case 2: Transanal haemorrhoidal dearterilisation with low ligation Carlo Ratto Case 3: GATEKEEPER Carlo Ratto
Monday 16 t h of June 13.40-14.20 Finn Hanberg Sørensen Honorary session: Special aspects of colonic cancer 14.20-16.40 Rectal cancer 14.20-15.20 Upper rectal cancer 15.20-15.40 Coffee Colonic obstruction: Diverte, resect or stent? Lene Iversen (20 min) Disseminated cancer: To resect or not resect? What is the evidence? Hartwig Kørner (10 min) Role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (status of the FOXTROT trial) Ingvar Syk (10 min) Pro and con neoadjuvant therapy Hartwig Kørner (15 min) How should we perform PME? Robin Kennedy (15 min) 15.40-16.40 Low rectal cancer What is the benefit of PME compared to TME? Katrine Emmertsen (15 min) Is there an increased risk of local recurrence due to improper PME? Do we perform PME properly? Peter Bondeven (15 min) Surgical planes Mette Møller Sørensen (15 min) Extralevatoric APE for all or selective? Torbjørn Holm (15 min) 16.40-17.00 Disseminated CRC Healing problems after E-APE: mesh or flaps? Henrik Christensen (15 min) Sequelae after treatment of low rectal cancer Søren Laurberg (15 min) Surgical palliative care Hartwig Kørner (20 min)
Tuesday 17 t h of June 08.30-10.00 Rectal prolapse 10.00-11.00 Cases 11.00-11.30 Coffee New Danish guidelines Peter Christensen Discussion André D Hoore, Tom Öresland, Wilhelm Graf (25 min) Ventral mesh rectopexy: The new magic bullet or just another method? André D Hoore (20 min) Resection rectopexy. Does it still have a role? Tom Öresland (15 min) Perineal procedures? Only for the unfit? Niels Qvist (15 min) Follow up. For what? And how? Wilhelm Graf (15 min) Case 1: CME laparoscopic right hemicolectomy Robin Kennedy Case 2: Laparoscopic colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis Anders Tøttrup 11.30-12.45 New procedures in cancer surgery 12.45-13.35 Lunch Transanal minimal invasive surgery (TAMIS) Matthew Albert (30 min) Robotic surgery Jesper Olsen (15 min) NOTES surgery. Facts or fiction? Lene Iversen (15 min) SILS has it any advantages in colorectal surgery? Robin Kennedy (15 min)
Tuesday 17 t h of June 13.35-14.40 New procedures in proctology 13.35-14.05 Injection procedures for faecal incontinence Permacol Lilli Lundby (10 min) Solestra Wilhelm Graf (10 min) GATEKEEPER Carlo Ratto (10 min) 14.05-14.40 Treatment of anal fistulae Why is the reported outcome so variable? Tom Öresland (15 min) Fistulectomy and sphincter repair Carlo Ratto (10 min) Autolog stem cells implants Wilhelm Graf (10 min) 14.40-15.30 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Ulcerative Colitis 15.30-16.00 Coffee 16.00-16.20 Live surgery Mortality after acute surgery for Ulcerative Colitis Anders Tøttrup (15 min) Restorative proctocolectomy: A role for laparoscopic/robotic surgery? André D Hoore (15 min) Long term morbidity and functional outcome. Søren Brandsborg (20 min) Case: Fistulectomy combined with sphincter repair Carlo Ratto 16.20-17.00 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Crohns Disease Optimal management of perianal fistulae André D Hoore (20 min) Has biological treatment changed the indication for surgery? Niels Qvist (20 min)
Wednesday 18 t h of June 09.00-10.30 Benign and malignant tumours special issues I 10.30-11.00 Coffee Salvage surgery for anal cancer Kåre Sunesen (15 min) Treatment of local recurrent rectal cancer Torbjørn Holm (15 min) Treatment of primary locally advanced rectal cancer Mette Møller Sørensen (15 min) Classification and management of malignant tumours in the appendix Brendan Moran (30 min) Update on cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC Lene Iversen (15 min) 11.00-11.45 Benign and malignant tumours special issues II GIST the role of tumour features and exon status. Anders Krarup-Hansen (20 min) Retro rectal tumours Lilli Lundby (10 min) 11.45-12.30 Nerve stimulation Endometrial tumours with infiltration of the rectum Mikkel Seyer-Hansen (15 min) Update on SNS for faecal incontinence/constipation and new indications Lilli Lundby (25 min) Tibial nerve stimulation before or replacing SNS Peter Christensen (10 min) Nerve stimulation for chronic pain? Jens Chr. Hedemann Sørensen (10 min)
Wednesday 18 t h of June 12.30-13.15 Lunch 13.15-15.00 Live surgery on and off Robotic transanal intersphincteric APR (TAMIS I-APR) Matthew Albert 13.15-15.00 Minimizing sequelae in treatment of rectal tumours The role of watchful waiting? Karen-Lise G. Spindler (20 min) Will TEM be replaced by EMR? Gunnar Baatrup (20 min) Contact radiotherapy? Karen-Lise G. Spindler (15 min)
SOCIAL PROGRAM Monday 16th of June Address: Turbinehallen Kalkværksvej 12 DK 8000 Aarhus C Dinner at restaurant Turbinehallen 18.00: Dinner http://turbinehallen.dk/vitilbyder/turbinehallen/ Tuesday 17th of June Guided excursion to the museum 'The Old Town' followed by a dinner at Bendtsens Pakhus The guided tour deals with the hygienic conditions in the market towns including the water supply, the handling of garbage etc. We visit the pharmacy furnished as it might have been towards the end of the 1700s. We will also touch on the subject of superstition, a topic which not only concerned the rural population but pervaded the whole of society. www.dengamleby.dk Address: Den Gamle By Viborgvej 2 DK - 8000 Aarhus C 18.00: Guided excursion In Sickness and in Health 19.00: Dinner Joint meeting of the 14th Nordic Postgraduate Course in Colorectal Surgery and the 13th Colorectal Day