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AAVIS-ICOPF- IPFDS

 

Joint Scientific Meeting 2008

Westin Excelsior Hotel, Venice Lido, Italy

October 2nd-4th 2008

 

PreConference Workshops Sep 30 - Oct 1

University of Padua, Italy

 

 

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

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PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS PADUA  

 

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30  

 

MORNING PROGRAM  

 

0900  ANATOMY WORKSHOP - POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT 

 

ANATOMY DEPT PADUA  

Professor Raffaele De Caro , Dr Veronica Macchi, Dr Andrea Porzionato, Dr Carla Stecco

 

1100 -1300       ETHICS WORKSHOP -   Dr Bernie Brenner

 

 0900 -1700       CONCURRENT SESSION   -  LIVE SURGERY  

 Live surgery will be organised for the full day at the University of Padua. Full details will be available prior to the conference. Chairmen: Professor Giuseppe Dodi, Assoc Professor Pietro Salvatore Litta, Professor Walter Artibani.

 

 1300 – 1400  LUNCH  

   

 AFTERNOON PROGRAM  

 

 1400 - 1530  -  INTEGRAL THEORY  /  TFS WORKSHOP 

 Peter Petros, Ian Hocking, Andrei Muller Funogea, Yuki Sekiguchi, Akın Sivaslıoğlu, Burghard Abendstein  

1530-1600     AFTERNOON TEA

 

1600 – 1800      PODIUM PRESENTATIONS 

 

Submitted abstracts may be chosen for Podium Presentation.

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1  

 

MORNING PROGRAM 

 

0800 - 0900  MEDTRONICS SYMPOSIUM

 

0900 – 1200 SYMPOSIUM  - JOINT MEETING ITALIAN COLORECTAL SOCIETY  

CURRENT APPROACH TO FAECAL INCONTINENCE  

 

Anorectal function – the relevant anatomy    .....    Peter Petros

Pathophysiology of faecal incontinence .........  Michael Swash

Diagnosis of Anorectal dysfunction .......  Giulio Santoro

Sacral Nerve Stimulation in faecal incontinence ......  Ezio Ganio

Overview management of faecal incontinence ....  Donato Altomare

New innovations in management of faecal incontinence ......  Max Haverfield

Durosphere in faecal incontinence ......  Brian Draganic

The AMI Anal Band ........  Ulrich Baumgartner

The AMS Artificial Sphincter ...... Gianandrea Binda

 

            

0900 -1200       MALE PELVIC DYSFUNCTION SYMPOSIUM

 

Overview of Male Incontinence .............. Jesus Romero  

Assessment of Male Urinary Incontinence ...... Vincent Tse

Development of the ADVANCE Sling .......  Peter Rehder

The Advance-male sling: first results in different degrees stress   ......  Leopold Durner 

The Advance-male sling: results of  a multi-centre study .....  Christian Gozzi  

 ProACT Device Update......... Ervin Kocjancic

 FlowSecure Device for Male Incontinence ...... Fernando Garcνa Montes

ATOMS - A New Device for Male Incontinence....Wilhelm Bauer

The Remeex Device in Male Incontinence ....... Salvatore Siracusano

   

 

LUNCH  

 

AFTERNOON PROGRAM  

 

   

   

  1400 – 1530  -    FOCAL DEFECT VAGINAL REPAIR WORKSHOP  

   

  RICHARD REID, CARL ZIMMERMAN, LEW LANDER

             


1400 -1530 CONCURRENT SESSION - JOINT MEETING WITH SIUD & AIUG - CURRENT APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE

 

 Adult consequences of paediatric urological problems ..... Mario De Gennaro

 The Scientific Basis of the Overactive Bladder…. Marcus Drake

 RCT Repair +/- TVT for severe prolapse and occult stress incontinence .............. Anna Rosamilia

 Incontinence and urinary tract infections ….. Florian Wagenlehner

 Is there any place for colposuspension ?..... Eckhard Petri

 The role of urodynamics before and after treatment of prolapse…..Francesco Pesce

 How to choose the right sling .....  Diego Riva

 The role of injectables .......... Roberto Carone

 The Changing Role of Urodynamics in urinary incontinence ....... Daniele Grassi

             

AFTERNOON TEA 

 

1600 - 1800   COMPLICATIONS OF PELVIC SURGERY WITH PROSTHESES  

                           

  Voiding Dysfunction after Pelvic Floor Surgical Repair  ... Mauro Cervigni

  Voiding evaluation after Vaginal Surgery..... Oscar Contreras Ortiz

   Surgical footprint - the role of the Vaginal Surgeon ...  Andri Nieuwoudt

  Neurological risks of pelvic floor vaginal surgery ....  Jean Pierre Spinosa

  Complications of biological meshes ....    Richard Reid

  Incontinence after mesh ......   Carlos Medina                  

  Alloplastic slings, are they really the solution?.....    Eckhart Petri

  Sexual dysfunction after mesh surgery..... Brigitte Fatton

Alternatives to Mesh in Prolapse Surgery – Rodolfo Milani                  

                           

  WEDNESDAY EVENING  

   

1830       DINNER MEETING

 

MESH USER FORUM AND EXPERT ROUNDTABLE  

Spend the evening with our expert panel which will include some of the pioneers of surgery with prostheses: Giulio Nicita, Michel Cosson, Rodolfo Milani, Mauro Cervigni, Michele Mescia, Richard Reid, Peter Petros, Menachem Neuman , Andri Nieuwoudt, Oscar Contreras Ortiz, Eckhard Petri, Alain Pigne and others as we discuss the controversies of pelvic surgery with prostheses.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 2  

MORNING PROGRAM    

 0800 Registration Desk Opens Westin Excelsior Hotel  

 

0900 - 1000  AMS SYMPOSIUM

 

1000             IPFDS  SYMPOSIUM  ---  PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME 

 The Painful bladder ............  Mauro Cervigni 

 Vulvodynia ...................  Adolf Lukanovic

 Proctalgia ..................    TBA

 Practical clinical approach to pelvic pain ....... Francesco Pesce

 Controversies in the treatment of IC ........   Anna Rosamilia

 Trigger points and biofeedback in managing pelvic pain.....  Marek Jantos

 

1300 – 1400  LUNCH 

 

1400 - 1530            IPFDS SYMPOSIUM  -   HOLISTIC CONCEPTS OF PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION -  FROM DELIVERY TO DYSFUNCTION  

 

Pelvic floor rehabilitation .....  Alain Pigne

 Pelvic Floor and Functional Bowel Disorders ......  Enrico Corazziari

 Anal incontinence .....  Filippo La Torre

Complex pelvic problems - a multidisciplinary perspective ...... Marco Soligo

WHO Initiatives in Central Asia - are we learning from the past ...... Richard Porter

 

1600-1800      PODIUM PRESENTATIONS - SURGICAL TECHNIQUE  

 

Paravaginal repair with Gynemesh - 5 year results ................ Vedprakash Singh

Prolift Update .... Michel Cosson

Colpo-uteral suspension with tension free sling at low elasticity: technique and result at four years of follow up .... Alessandro D`Afiero

UST(Urethral surrounding tape) - a new technique for stress incontinence- Johan Lahodny

Techniques for avoiding incontinence after Prolapse Surgery..... Roberto Baccichet

TFS - three year results.... Peter Petos

TVT or Monarc for ISD ....  Anna Rosamilia

Austrian Randomized Control trial of TVT vs TVT-O ... Ayman Tammaa

Brazilian Experience with the IVS ... Marcia Salvador de Geo

Evolution of the Apogee .......  Alain Pigne

        

0900-1800       SHOWTIME -  ALL DAY CONTINUOUS VIDEOFEST

 

 Where possible each video will be shown more than once to enable attendance at other sessions during the day.   Convenor: Dr Andrei Niewoudt

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1830        WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY - WESTIN HOTEL VENICE LIDO  

 

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3  

   

0700  BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM  

 

SESSION 1: 0830 – 1000          INCONTINENCE UPDATE 

 

Pathophysiology: Current knowledge ...............  Giuliano Zanni

Biological slings - the latest data ........................ Biagio Adile

TVT Secure – what's the story ? .......................... Menahem Neuman

 ISD  Update ......... Ervin Kocjancic

 Options after sling failure ..........  Carlos Medina

 Drug treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence .........  Lucas Schreiner

 Coital incontinence ..... Stefano Salvatore

 Slings for Incontinence - what does the data say …. Michele Meschia

             

1000-1030   MORNING TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY  

 

SESSION 2: 1030 - 1200 PROLAPSE UPDATE   

Pathological studies with alloplastic materials ....  Bernd Klosterhalfen

Elitrocele and Vaginal vault prolapse .....  Stavros Athanasiou   

New Developments with Avaulta ......... Mauro Cervigni

 Partially absorbable mesh – a new beginning ........  Dirk Waterman

 The octopus principle in prolapse surgery: results ……..   Emmanuel Delorme

Vaginal/Paravaginal Repair - is it worth the effort ? ..................Richard Reid

MRI identification of focal vaginal support defects........ Vittorio Piloni

 Uterine preservation after Apogee and Perigee .................. Roberto Baccichet

 

LUNCH  

 

SESSION 3  

 

1400 AAVIS KEYNOTE SPEAKER  - JACQUES BECO

How can we win the war against pudendal neuropathy ? 

 

AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE DISPLAYS  

 

 

 

SESSION 4 INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING SESSIONS  

 

1500 –1600   

 

Understanding The POPQ System - Jeff Tarr

             

Urodynamics Update  -  Francesco Pesce

             

Please doctor, don't forget my pudendal nerves - Jacques Beco

             

1600 – 1700

             

Cystoscopy For Gynaecologists  - Vincent Tse

             

Understanding The Integral Theory -  Bernhard Liedl

             

 Practical Colorectal Assessment -   Darren Gold  

 

 

0900-1700       SHOWTIME -  ALL DAY CONTINUOUS VIDEOFEST

 

 Where possible each video will be shown more than once to enable attendance at other sessions during the day. Video session will be coordinated by Dr Andrei Nieuwoudt (Netherlands). All videos will need to be sent to Dr Nieuwoudt prior to meeting

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1700 – 1800        AMI  SYMPOSIUM  

                           

 

1900 CONFERENCE GALA DINNER - WESTIN HOTEL, VENICE LIDO

 

             


SATURDAY OCTOBER 4  

 

0700 – 0800  BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM   -  FISTULAS AND FLAPS

 

 Complicated Urinary fistulas .......... Bernhard Liedl

 Anorectal fistulas and biological prostheses .................  Roland Scherer

 Martius graft flaps in tethered vagina syndrome ...........  Klaus Goeschen

 Imaging in Fistulas ........... Giulio Santoro

Anorectal fistulas Overview .............. Gian Andrea Binda

Anal fistula - anatomy and pathology correlation ....  Darren Gold

             

 

SESSION 5  

0830 – 1000  CONTROVERSIES IN OBSTRUCTIVE DEFAECATION  

 

 Anorectal anatomy ...…...  Antonio Longo

 Current application of perineal sonography in obstructed defecation - Vittorio Piloni

 The future of the STARR Procedure  .......   Angelo Stuto

 Complications of the STARR procedure ........    Paul Antoine Lehur

 Functional consequences of STARR ……….. Gabriele Bazzochi

 UK Experience .........….....  Karen Nugent

 STARR Procedure for external rectal prolapse ....  Roland Scherer

 A gynaecologist's view of Obstructive Defaecation ....  Burghard Abendstein

 

             

1000 – 1030  MORNING TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY  

 

SESSION 6  

1030 - 1100     IPFDS KEYNOTE SPEAKER   -  PROFESSOR ECKHARD PETRI

 

Experience with more than 400 surgical repairs after alloplastic slings and meshes

             

 

SESSION 7  

 

1100 - 1300       FUTURE INNOVATIONS IN PELVIC SURGERY 

 

Adjustable slings for incontinence .......  Jesus Romero

The future of prostheses in prolapse surgery ......... Michel Cosson

Rectal mucosal descent  – the tip of the iceberg .........  Darren Gold

Cadaveric fascia - is it the answer ? ........ Michele Parodi

Transobturator Sling for Faecal Incontinence .….. Peter Rosenblatt 

Informed Consent and New Technologies .......  Bernie Brenner

 

 

1300 - 1330       JOINT MEETING  AAVIS - IPFDS - ICOPF  

             

1400 - 1600       FAMILY LUNCH AND VENICE SIGHTSEEING CRUISE    

 

 

 

AAVIS IPFDS JOINT MEETING

 

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