Schedule
Monday 6/10/25
Themes: Translational innovation, appropriate clinical approach, sustainable practice
SESSION 1 – 8.30-10.00
ESS Pancreatic surgery
Pancreatic Resection in the Modern Era: Minimally Invasive Strategies and Oncologic Outcomes
Chairman: Giorgobiani, Boggi
Moderator: Madjov
- Effect of robotic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy on postoperative length of hospital stay and complications for pancreatic head – Liu (China)
- Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: analysis of surgical outcomes and long-term prognosis Wei (China)
- The role of ERAS in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy or Learning curve stratified outcomes after robotic pancreatoduodenectomy: International multicenter experience Wang (China)
- Practical Approaches to High-Risk Anastomoses in Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy Ielpo (Spain)
- Laparoscopic Central pancreatectomy Kvashilava (Georgia)
SESSION 2 – 10.00-10.45
HPB gallbladder surgery
Contemporary management of gallstone disease and its complications
Chairman: Donini, Nikolovski
Moderator: Vittore, Di Meo
- How do we treat small common bile duct stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy? (Transcystic stone extraction and cholangioscopy) Glomsaker (Norway)
- Nine year experience of bile duct injuries over 3000 cholecystectomies Nikolovski (N. Macedonia)
- Therapeutic Experience in Elderly Patients with Gallstone Disease Madjov (Bulgaria)
- Multicentric experience with acute cholecystitis in the elderly patient Prete
SESSION 3 – 10.45-12.00
ESS HPB liver surgery
Evolving Approaches to Hepatic Resection and Transplantation for Metastatic Disease
Chairman: Rossi
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)
SESSION 4 – 12.00-13.30
Rectal Cancer Surgery: Evolving Strategies and Modern Management
Chairman: Cem Terzi, Corcione
Moderator: Altomare
- Rectal cancer: watch and wait strategy Forgione (France)
- The Conundrum of Obesity and Rectal Cancer. Bergamaschi (NY, USA)
- Locally advanced rectal cancer: Multidisiplinary Approach and “How I do it?” Cem Terzi (Turkey)
- Recurrent rectal cancer Asoglu (Turkey)
- TAMIS – Arezzo (Italy)
- Treatment of rectal surgery complications Marciano (Italy)
SESSION 5 – 15.00-15.30
ESS Postgraduate training and general surgery organization in Europe: Education, Training, and Cross-Border Collaboration – Panel Discussion
Chairman: Michel
Moderator: Szcepanik, De Sena
-2-3 minutes: 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 TBA (TBA)
Discussion (8-10 min)
SESSION 6 – 16.00-17.00
Contemporary Approaches in Proctology and Pelvic Floor Surgery
Chairman: Asoglu, Guerrieri
Moderator: Pata
- 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)
- Lecture (TBA robotic experience in rectopexy) Ratto (Italy)
SESSION 7 – 17.00-18.15
Mastering Colorectal Surgery Challenges: Personalized Strategies for Cancer and Benign disease
Chairman: Szcepanik
Moderator: Cutajar
- New frontiers of pouchitis treatment in IBD Soriano (Italy)
- Use of growth factors to stimulate anastomotic healing Cuccurullo (Italy)
- Colorectal cancer in IBD patients Krokowicz (Poland)
- Elective Functional Surgery in complicated diverticular disease – when, why and how Tartaglia (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA) Giuffrida (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA) Pach (Poland)
SESSION 1 – 8.30-9.30
Emerging Surgical Perspectives in GI Endoscopy
Chairman: Glomsaker
Moderator: De Sena
- Endoscopic Management of Surgical Complications in the Digestive Tract Bove (Italy)
- Endoscopic management of post cholecystectomy leaks and strictures Andrea Tringali (Italy)
- Redefining boundaries: where Surgery Ends and Endoscopy begins Silvana Perretta (IRCAD France)
- Endoscopic Management of Chronic Actinic Proctitis Using Radiofrequency Ablation De Sena (Italy)
SESSION 2 – 9.30-10.30
ESS Upper GI surgery
Advancements in Gastric and Esophageal Surgery: Techniques, Outcomes, and Patient Care
Chairman: Kryshen
Moderator: Glomsaker
- The evolution of surgical treatment for achalasia: from experimental evidence to real world impact Marano L (Poland)
- Nutritional status and related factors in gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy Szczepanik (Poland)
- The laboratory and instrumental factors of gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding relapse Kryshen V (Ukraine)
- LAMS in oesophageal resection in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery:: proposal of an original technique Crafa (Italy)
SESSION 3 – 10.30-12.00
ESS New technology and innovation
AI, Extended Reality, and Novel Technologies in the Surgical Workflow
Chairman: Boni, De Sena
Moderator: Catena, Giorgobiani
- From Hippocrates to AI: Clinical Reasoning Felice (Malta)
- AI and its application in robotic surgery Duta C (Romania)
- AI powered state of art surgical activity recognition and integration/ CompuSurg Mascagni (Italy)
- 3D‐printed anatomical models for preoperative planning in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery: a single-center pilot study and cost-analysis Rocca (Italy)
- Metaverse and Telementoring: From Surgery to Workshop. Ammendola (Italy)
- ICG guided emergency surgery: is it possible? Advantages and real limits De Simone (Italy)
- ICG green in hepatic surgery Cacciaguerra (Italy)
- Alternative technology to ICG for the evaluation of perfusion Boni (Italy)
SESSION 4 – 12.00-13.30
ESS Trauma and emergency
Evolving Strategies in Abdominal Trauma and Emergency Laparotomy
Chairman: Kryshen
Moderator: Nikolovski
- Acute surgical diseases and abdominal trauma treatment Kryshen (Ukraine)
- 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 TBA (TBA)
- Lecture (TBA) Lesko (Slovakia)
- Lecture (TBA) Pasculli (Italy)
SESSION 5 – 15.00-15.30
ESS EF-ISDS MDPI Award Session
Chairman: Szcepanik
Moderator: ESS Board
5’ Introduction
- Lecture 1 (5’) …
- Lecture 2 (5’) …
- Lecture 3 (5’) …
- Lecture 4 (5’) …
- Lecture 5 (5’) …
Discussion
SESSION 6 – 16.00-17.00
ESS Free papers 1
Chairman: Prete
Moderator: ESS Board
- Lecture 1 (7’) …
- Lecture 2 (7’) …
- Lecture 3 (7’) …
- Lecture 4 (7’) …
- Lecture 5 (7’) …
- Lecture 6 (7’) …
- Lecture 7 (7’) …
Discussion
SESSION 7 – 17.00-18.00
Video Communications
Chairman: ESS Board
Moderator: ESS Board
- Video 1 (7’) …
- Video 2 (7’) …
- Video 3 (7’) …
- Video 4 (7’) …
- Video 5 (7’) …
- Video 6 (7’) …
- Video 7 (7’) …
Discussion
Day #2 - Tuesday 7/10/25
SESSION 1 – 8.30-10.00
ESS Endocrine Surgery – Parathyroid
Hyperparathyroidism: Contemporary Surgical and Imaging Strategies
Chairman: Gasparri, Palazzo
Moderator: Gurrado, Iacobone
- PHPT in children or adults (10-12’) Kurzawinski (UK)
- Primary hyperparathyroidism – Persistent and recurrent disease management Aziz (UK)
- Surgical technique in reoperative surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism Gasparri (Italy)
- Parathyroid surgery in Renal Disease Palazzo (UK)
- Recent advancements in parathyroid detection and preservation with near-infrared autofluorescence in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Barczynski (Poland)
- The role of 18-FLUOROCHOLINE-PET/TC in preoperative localisation of parathyroid glands in primary hyperparathyroidism Dobrinja (Italy)
- The role of PET Choline in secondary Hyperparathyroidism Sgaramella (Italy)
SESSION 2 – 10.00-11.30
ESS Endocrine Surgery – Thyroid
Surgical Management of Thyroid Pathology: Modern Approaches and Evolving Paradigms
Chairman: Szczepanik, Barczynski, Kurzawinski
Moderator: ESS Board, Prete
- History of thyroidectomy between serious and joking Gasparri (Italy)
- Current state and future prospects of surgery and minimally invasive treatments for benign thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Barczynski (Poland)
- Controversies in the evolving management of PTC and FTC Lorente Poch (Spain)
- Management of thyroid cancer recurrence in children and TYA (Teen and young adults) Aziz (UK)
- Prophylactic thyroidectomy in MEN2 Kurzawinski (UK)
- Conservative management of sporadic MTC : Rethinking the Surgical Extent in selected cN0 cases Rossi (Italy) Experimental contributions to intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery Dionigi (Italy)
SESSION 3 – 11.30-13.00
ESS Endocrine Surgery – Adrenal
Adrenal Surgery: From Incision to Innovation and Contemporary Management
Chairman: Michel, Sebag
Moderator: Aziz, ESS Board
- From lumbotomy to videoscopy for adrenalectomy: 3 decades of soul searching in the digital era Michel (Belgium)
- Adrenal Incidentalomas – How We Approach Them de Jong (UK)
- Surgery for primary Aldosteronism Kurzawinski (UK)
- Laparoscopic vs robotic adrenalectomy for phaeochromocytoma Sebag (France)
- Malignant phaeochromocytoma and paragangliomas- current management Aziz (UK)
- Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy Alesina (Germany)
SESSION 4 – 14.30-16.00
ESS Bariatric and Metabolic surgery
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Evolving Concepts and Contemporary Challenges.
Chairman: Barbarisi
Moderator: Martines, Mascherini
- What can we say about sleeve gastrectomy after 20 years (10’) Barbarisi A (Italy)
- Obesity redefined: implications for metabolic surgery Rubino (UK)
- The intersection between weight loss/control medications and surgery Oviedo (US)
- Complications in Bariatric Surgery: tips and tricks Canales (Chile)
- Redo metabolic and bariatric surgery Tartaglia (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA) Rogula (US)
SESSION 5 – 16.00-18.00
ESS Surgical Quiz
Chairman: De Sena
Moderator: ESS Board
– 5’ Introduction
- Team A
- Team B
SESSION 6 – 18.00-18.30
Chairman: ESS Board
Moderator: ESS Board
Prize ceremony (EFISDS, ESS Prize to best video and oral presentation)
SESSION 1 – 8.30-10.00
ESS Abdominal wall hernia surgery
Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery: Contemporary Challenges and Solutions
Chairman: Giorgobani
Moderator: Vittore
- Treatment Options for Abdominal Rectus Diastasis Soliani (Italy)
- TAPP or TEP for the treatment of groin hernia? Soltes (Slovakia)
- Infected mesh – a big headache for surgeons Giorgobiani (Georgia)
- Robotic approach to complex midline abdominal wall defects: The HM Sanchinarro experience in Madrid Caruso (Spain)
- Chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair Vittore (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA) TBA Speaker (EU)
- Lecture (TBA) TBA Speaker (EU)
SESSION 2 – 10.00-11.30
ESS Surgical Oncology
Chairman: Cafiero, Barbarisi
Moderator:
- Pseudomyxoma peritonei (10-12’) Antos (Czech Rep.)
- Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer: Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC Cem Terzi (Turkey)
- PIPAC (Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy) approach to peritoneal carcinomatosis TBA (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA) Tinterri (Italy)
- Lecture (TBA)
- Lecture (TBA)
SESSION 3 – 11.30-13.00
ESS General surgery
Contemporary Perspectives in General Surgery: Technology, Training, and Patient Care
Chairman: Dawood
Moderator: ESS Board
– 5’ Introduction
- The treatment of chronic wounds (10’) Kryshen (Ukraine)
- Endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy in the modern approach to uncomplicated acute appendicitis: state of the art Pata (Italy)
- Minimally invasive treatment of pilonidal disease: laser, chrystal phenol outpatient procedure (Cemal Ulusoy, Istanbul Turkey)
- The effect of noises on surgeons in operating theatre Dawood F (Australia, Dubai)
- Lecture (TBA)
- Lecture (TBA)
SESSION 4 – 14.30-15.30
ESS Trauma and emergency
Evolving Strategies in Abdominal Trauma and Emergency Laparotomy
Chairman: Kryshen
Moderator: Nikolovski
- Acute surgical diseases and abdominal trauma treatment Kryshen (Ukraine)
- 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 TBA (TBA)
- Lecture (TBA) Lesko (Slovakia)
- Lecture (TBA) Pasculli (Italy)
SESSION 5 – 15.30-16.30
ESS Prognostic factors and biomarkers
Chairman: Szcepanik
Moderator: ESS Board
- Identification of miRNAs Present in Cell- and Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles—Possible Biomarkers of Colorectal Cancer Szczepanik A (Poland)
- Lecture (TBA) Szcepanik (Poland)
- Circulating angiogenic cytokines in thyroid cancer Prete (Italy)
- Microenvironment in thyroid ca Pasculli (Italy)
- Multi-omic biomarker panel in pancreatic cyst fluid and serum predicts patients at a high risk of pancreatic cancer development TBA (TBA)
- The Predictive Role of Serum Lipid Levels, p53 and ki-67, According to Molecular Subtypes in Breast Cancer. TBA (TBA)
SESSION 6 – 16.30-17.30
ESS Free papers 2
Chairman:
Moderator:
– 5’ Introduction
- Lecture 1 (7’) …
- Lecture 2 (7’) …
- Lecture 3 (7’) …
- Lecture 4 (7’) …
- Lecture 5 (7’) …
- Lecture 6 (7’) …
- Lecture 7 (7’) …
- Lecture 8 (7’) …
Discussion (5 min)
SESSION 7 – 17.30-18.30
ESS Board Meeting
Internal schedule – to be defined by ESS Board, pre-congress meeting
Day #3 - Wensday 8/10/25
POST CONGRESS WORKSHOP – 8.00-14.00
Advanced Ultrasound for General Surgeons Workshop (with hands-in session)
Max number of per-event participants: 20