Satellite Symposia
| Wednesday 1st December 2010, 12.00 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
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| Experts meet Experts – Endoscopy Backstage |  |
| Chair: P. G. Curcillo, USA-Philadelphia Reduced port surgery – planning your approach to colorectal surgery P. G. Curcillo, USA-Philadelphia Three directional retractions in laparoscopic TME: Interest of Leroy endoscopic retractors J. Leroy, FR-Strasbourg Special retractors in the field of laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery St. Saad DE-Gummersbach VAAFT – Video assisted anal fistula treatment - The MEINERO technique - P. Meinero, IT-Santa Margherita Ligure |
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| Thursday, 2nd December 2010, 08.00 BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM |
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| Anal Fissure Treatment Options: A decade of experience in the new millennia |   |
| A. Herold, DE-Mannheim F. Hetzer, CH-Schaffhausen The first decade of the new millennium has seen the introduction of new treatment options for anal fissures. The repertoire of non-surgical treatment options has now been extended beyond experimental pharmacy compounded drugs to include a licensed, prescription product in Europe. Surgical approaches have also evolved with “fissurectomy” or debridement as an alternative to partial sphincterectomy. There is a large experience base on which to assess the effectiveness and side effects of these treatment options and appropriate treatment algorithms. This symposium will consist of presentations from the surgeon and physician perspectives followed by a discussion of how this has impacted patients and their management – looking at changes in patient access to pain relief at diagnosis, appropriate selection of treatments and the long-term experience and side-effects of patients across the range of treatment options. |
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| Thursday, 2nd December 2010, 13.00 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
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| Innovation in colorectal surgical procedures |  |
| Chair: R. J. Heald, UK-Basingstoke Tailored haemorrhoidopexy D. Dindo, CH-Zurich Energy innovations in colorectal surgery A. Muratore, IT-Torino Biological implants, their role and indications for use in colorectal surgery H. Gallagher, UK-Newcastle Please join us for the Covidien Satellite Symposium and learn more about how innovation has helped to make extraordinary advances in Colorectal Surgery. |
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| Friday, 3rd December 2010, 13.00 LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
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| Innovation in surgery – can surgeons still decide? |  |
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D. Hahnloser, CH-Zurich |
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