Scientific Program

8.30-9.45  – Session  1   

ESS HPB Pancreatic surgery
Pancreatic Resection in the Modern Era: Minimally Invasive Strategies and Oncologic Outcomes

Chairman:   Boggi, Giorgobiani

Moderator:  Brolese, Madjov, Panzera

• Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: analysis of surgical outcomes and long-term prognosis

Wei (China)

• Experience on Magnetic Traction and Innovative Technologies in the Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases

Wang (China)

• Practical Approaches to High-Risk Anastomoses in Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy

Ielpo (Spain)

• Laparoscopic Central pancreatectomy

Kvashilava (Georgia)

• Patient factors are important in selecting pancreas adenocarcinoma for resection

Ridgway (Ireland)

• Modified “Blumgart-Type” Suture for Wirsung-Pancreaticogastrostomy
  G. Di Meo, F. P. Prete (Italy)

Discussion

9.45 – 10.00     Break

10.00-10.45 – Session 2  

ESS HPB Gallbladder surgery – Contemporary management of gallstone disease and its complications

Chairman:  Nikolovski

Moderator:  Di Meo, Mascherini

• How do we treat small common bile duct stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy? (Transcystic stone extraction and cholangioscopy)

Glomsaker (Norway)

• Bile duct injury during cholecystectomy: 9-years single center experience of over 2000 procedures

Nikolovski (N. Macedonia)

• Therapeutic Experience in Elderly Patients with Gallstone Disease

Madjov (Bulgaria)

• Strasberg Yes Or No? Multicentric study on technical safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Sgaramella (Italy)

Discussion

10.45-12.00 – Session 3

ESS HPB liver surgery – Evolving Approaches to Hepatic Resection and Transplantation for Metastatic Disease

Chairman:   Giuliante

Moderator:  D’Amico, Tandoi

• Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Resection Margin of Colo-Rectal Liver Metastases 

Protic (Serbia)

• Minimally invasive liver resection for metastatic disease

Finotti (Germany)

• Liver transplantation for secondary neoplasms

Vitale (Italy)

• The vanishing liver metastases

Ardito (Italy)

• Failure to Rescue Following Hepatic Surgery in Patients Aged Over 75: Insights from a Multicenter Italian Cohort of 1600 patients Pasquale

Avella (Italy)

• Normothermic regional perfusion in controlled DCD liver procurement: Outcomes of the Swedish national implementation protocol

Martinez Delamaza (Sweden)

Discussion

12,00-13,30 – Session 4

ESS Rectal Cancer Surgery: Evolving Strategies and Modern Management

Chairman:   Cem Terzi, Corcione, Prete

Moderator:  Altomare, Bianchi

• Treatment of rectal surgery complications

Marciano (Italy)

• The Conundrum of Obesity and Rectal Cancer

Bergamaschi (NY, USA)

• Locally advanced rectal cancer: Multidisiplinary Approach and “How I do it?”

Cem Terzi (Turkey)

• Robotic rectal surgery: hyperspeciality or next standard of care?

Coratti (Italy)

• TAMIS

Arezzo (Italy)

• Rectal cancer: watch and wait strategy

Forgione  (France)

Discussion

13.30 – 15.00      Lunch

15.00-15.30 – Session 5

ESS Postgraduate training and general surgery organization in Europe: Education, Training, and Cross-Border Collaboration – Panel Discussion

Chairman:   Cafiero

Moderator:  Prete, Szcepanik

Moderator’s welcome and brief introductions of the panelists

• An International Perspective of the the Vocational Crisis in General Surgery: Is the Current Training Model Implicated?

Mascherini (Italy)

• “Mobile LS Lab project – Sharing Expertise Across the Borders”

Soltes (Slovakia)

• Rationalisation and future proofing of surgical training   

Ridgway (Ireland)

Discussion

15.30 – 16.00      Honorary SIC Member Lecture

16.00-17.00 – Session 6

Contemporary Approaches in Proctology and Pelvic Floor Surgery

Chairman:  ESS Board

Moderator:  Pata, Rega

• Laser treatment for haemorrhoids

Cem Terzi (Turkey)

• Laser treatment for anal fistula

Cem Terzi (Turkey)

• Perianal Crohn’s disease

Selvaggi (Italy)

• Obstructed defecation syndrome

Pata (Italy)

• Robotic experience in rectopexy

Ratto (Italy)

Discussion

17.00-18.00 – Session 7

Mastering Colorectal Surgery Challenges: Personalized Strategies for Cancer and Benign disease

Chairman:   Szcepanik

Moderator:  Cutajar

• Early surgery for Crohn’s disease

Pellino (Spain)

• New frontiers of pouchitis treatment in IBD

Soriano (Italy)

• Colorectal cancer in IBD patients

Krokowicz (Poland)

• Use of growth factors to stimulate anastomotic healing

 Cuccurullo (Italy)

• Elective Functional Surgery in complicated diverticular disease – when, why and how

Tartaglia (Italy)

Discussion

8,30-9.15 – Session 1

Emerging Surgical Perspectives in GI Endoscopy

Chairman:   Glomsaker

Moderator:  Cutajar

• Endoscopic Management of Surgical Complications in the Digestive Tract
  ESS (Italy)
• The role of rendez-vous technique in the management of common bile duct stones
  O. Caputi (Italy)
• Redefining boundaries: where Surgery Ends and Endoscopy begins
  S. Perretta (France)
• Endoscopic Management of Chronic Actinic Proctitis Using Radiofrequency Ablation
  M. Paolicelli (Italy)

Discussion

9.15-10.00 – Session 2

ESS Upper GI surgery
Advancements in Gastric and Esophageal Surgery: Techniques, Outcomes, and Patient Care

Chairman:    Kryshen, Vinod

Moderator:   Glomsaker

• The evolution of surgical treatment for achalasia: from experimental evidence to real world impact

Marano (Poland)

• Nutritional status and related factors in gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy

Muszyński  (Poland)

• The laboratory and instrumental factors of gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding relapse

Kryshen (Ukraine)

• LAMS in oesophageal resection in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery:: proposal of an original technique

Crafa (Italy)

Discussion

10.00 – 10.15     Break

10.15 – 12.15 – Session 3  

ESS New technology and innovation

Chairman:    Boni, Giorgobiani

A) AI , Extended Reality

Moderator:   Rocca, De Simone

• From Hippocrates to AI: Clinical Reasoning

Felice (Malta)

• AI and its application in robotic surgery

Duta (Romania)

• AI for surgical Quality Assurance

Mascagni (Italy)

• Metaverse and Telementoring: From Surgery to Workshop

Ammendola (Italy)

B) Novel Technologies in the Surgical Workflow

Moderator:   Catena

• 3D Printing in Surgery: Redefining Precision, Planning, and Patient Care

Arsenkov (N  Macedonia)

• 3D‐printed anatomical models for preoperative planning in hepatopancreatobiliary
  surgery: a single-center pilot study and cost-analysis

Rocca (Italy)

• Alternative technology to ICG for the evaluation of perfusion

Boni (Italy)

• ICG guided emergency surgery: is it possible? Advantages and real limits

De Simone (Italy)

• ICG green in hepatic surgery

Benedetti Cacciaguerra (Italy)

• ICG green in laparoscopic lymph node biopsy

Casaccia (Italy)

12.15-13.30 – Session 4  

ESS Trauma and emergency
Evolving Strategies in Abdominal Trauma and Emergency Laparotomy

Chairman:    Kryshen

Moderator:   Coccolini, Nikolovski

• Emergency Surgery in the Elderly Frail

Rosa (Italy)

• Open abdomen: source control or standard of practice for critically ill patients?

De Simone (Italy)

• Late closure of the open abdomen in emergency abdomino-pelvic surgery: advanced indications to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy?

Prete (Italy)

• Defining minimum work priorities in emergency general surgery in a national cohort

Ridgway (Ireland)

• SSI prophylaxis in emergency general surgery

Pasculli (Italy)

Discussion

13.30 – 15.00     Lunch

15.00-15.30  – Session 5  

ESS – EFISDS
Award Session

Chairman:    ESS Board

Moderator:   Marano

• Robotic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia: Early Experience from a Multinational Surgical Team Based in Poland

Malerba (Poland)

• Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach for Parathyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes and Safety

Patel (UK)

• Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach for Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes and Complications

Patel (UK)

• Is Bigger Better? A National Study of Surgical Placement Experiences of Scottish Medical Students

Wauchope (UK)

Questions and Answers

15.30 – 16.00     Honorary SIC Member Lecture

16.00-16.45 – Session 6  

ESS  Free papers 1

 Chairman:   Prete

Moderator:   Pasculli, De La Maza

New technology and innovation 

• Assessing Large-Language-Model Mediation in Surgeon–Specialist Communication

Padovano (Italy)

Emerging Surgical Perspectives in Upper GI Endoscopy

• The laboratory and instrumental factors of gastroduodenal bleeding relapse

Trofimov (Ukraine)

Colorectal Surgery

• A tale of colorectal carcinoma metastases in the head and neck region: a case report

Zahoor  (Pakistan)

• Surgery or Oncological Treatment First? Management of Endoscopically Impassable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Rectal Cancer.

Idiz (Turkey)

• To Do or Not To Do: Primary Anastomosis in Emergency Colorectal Tumors

Doğan  (Turkey)

• Our Experience with Minimally Invasive Techniques in Coloproctology: Clinical Opportunities and Outcomes

Eprikyan (Armenia)

Questions and Answers

16.45-18.00  – Session 7  

Video Communications

Chairman:    Rosa

Moderator:   Di Meo

HPB liver and gallbladder surgery

• Robotic S4b-5 liver resection with regional lymphadenectomy for incidental gallbladder adenocarcinoma

Mennea (Italy)

Pancreatic surgery

• Robotic enucleation of an insulinoma of the pancreatic head

Bottero (Italy)

Upper GI surgery

• Robotic-Assisted Collis-Nissen Procedure: A Valuable Option for Complex Hiatal Hernias

Brunetti (Italy)

Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery

• Be Patient With Hernia Patient: Total Extraperitoneal Approach in Difficult Scrotal Hernias

Doğan (Turkey)

• A combined repair of a right Spigelian and left inguinal hernia: a single-session robotic- assisted strategy

Montini (Italy)

• What can we do if we cannot repair the peritoneal tear? Case presentation: A patient who underwent bilateral TEP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the same session.

Onuş (Turkey)

General Surgery

• Sixteen years old Gossypiboma case report with assisted video: surgical surprise from Nyagatare level 2 teaching hospital, eastern region, Rwanda

Hailu (Rwanda)

Colorectal cancer

• Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy Using the NICE (Natural Orifice Intracorporeal Anastomosis and Transrectal Extraction) Technique in an Obese Patient

Demirli (Turkey)

Questions and Answers