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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

 

This program is subject to change. Please monitor this website as information will be displayed here as it becomes available. 

  

 

 

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS PADUA  

 

The workshops will be held at the University of Padua. Before attending any workshops you need to register at the Defoe desk. The Defoe desk will be located adjacent to the De Giovanni and Morgagni Rooms in the university teaching complex.

 

The exact address is as follows:

 

Polyclinico Universitario

Ospedale di Padova

Via Giuseiniani 2

35028 Padova

 

 

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30  

 

MORNING PROGRAM  

 

0900  ANATOMY WORKSHOP - POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT 

 

ANATOMY DEPT PADUA  

Professor Raffaele De Caro , Professor Giovanni Mazzotti, Professor Giuseppe Pio Anastasi, Professor Martinoli Sebastiano, Professor Andrea Montella, Dr Veronica Macchi, Dr Andrea Porzionato, Dr Carla Stecco,   

 

1100 -1300       ETHICS WORKSHOP -   Dr Bernie Brenner  

De Giovanni Room - University of Padua

 

 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.

Morgagni Room - University of Padua

Includes: 

Incontinence/Prolapse procedures, haemorrhoids, neuromodulation

Over 8 hours of live surgery

 

 

 1300 – 1400  LUNCH  

   

 AFTERNOON PROGRAM  

 

 1400 - 1530  -  INTEGRAL THEORY  /  TFS WORKSHOP 

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

De Giovanni Room - University of Padua

1530-1600     AFTERNOON TEA

 

1600 – 1800      PODIUM PRESENTATIONS 

De Giovanni Room - University of Padua

Chairmen:  Max Haverfield, Giuliano Zanni

 

Pelvic floor reconstructive surgery (TVM) in young women (less than 40 years) ...... Leila Salimova

Surgical Treatment Of Genital Prolapses: Prolift And Laparoscoric Sacrocolpopexy .... Popov A.A

Trans obturator tape (TOT) procedure for SUI: 4-years follow-up............ Ferdinando Fusco

Transvaginal extraperitoneal neofasciogenesis in pelvic floor reconstruction .......  Leila Salimova

Mechanical aspects of different tapes in incontinence surgery ..............Achim Niesel

Outpatient mid-urethral TFS sling operation .................. Yuki Sekiguchi

Latest developments in anti-incontinence surgery - choosing treatment .....  A.Akin SIVASLIOGLU

Prolift system(™) in treatment of pelvic organ prolapse ........... Krasnopolsky V.I.

Pelvic Lymphedema ..............  Alberto Vannelli

Impact of suburethral mini-sling (TVT-S) on sexual life: short term outcomes ....... Tommaselli GA

Vaginal hysterectomy. Bipolar vs. suture .......... A.I. Slobodyanyuk 


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1  

MORNING PROGRAM 

 0800 - 0900  MEDTRONICS SYMPOSIUM

Morgagni Room - University of Padua

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0900 – 1200 SYMPOSIUM  - JOINT MEETING ITALIAN COLORECTAL SOCIETY  

CURRENT APPROACH TO FAECAL INCONTINENCE    

Morgagni Room - University of Padua

Chairmen:  Filippo La Torre, Giuseppe Dodi 

Dynamic anatomy and surgery of idiopathic fecal incontinence   ..............    Peter Petros  

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

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

Sacral Neuromodulation in faecal incontinence ...........  Ezio Ganio

Overview of management of fecal incontinence ......  Donato Altomare  

Coffee Break

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

Submucosal carbon microsphere in passive faecal incontinence .........  Brian Draganic  

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

The AMS Artificial Sphincter ........... Gian Andrea Binda  

Discussion

            

0900 -1200       MALE PELVIC DYSFUNCTION SYMPOSIUM  

Paediatric Room - University of Padua

Chairman:  Walter Artibani, Ken Vaux

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

Assessment of Post Prostatectomy Incontinence ............. Vincent Tse 

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

The Advance-male sling: preliminary results   .........  Leopold Durner   

The Advance-male sling: recreating the sphincteric zone    .......  Christian Gozzi    

Coffee Break

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  

1300 – 1530  -    FOCAL DEFECT VAGINAL REPAIR WORKSHOP  

Paediatric Room - University of Padua

RICHARD REID, CARL ZIMMERMAN, LEW LANDER


1300 -1530 CONCURRENT SESSION - JOINT MEETING WITH SIUD & AIUG - CURRENT APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE  

Morgagni Room - University of Padua

Chairmen: Davide DeVita, Andri Nieuwoudt

   

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 ......... Paola Bertapelle

Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence  after Burch colposuspensıon - A.Akin SIVASLIOGLU

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

               

             

AFTERNOON TEA 

 

1600 - 1800   COMPLICATIONS OF PELVIC SURGERY WITH PROSTHESES  

Morgagni Room - University of Padua

Chairmen: Roberto Spossetti, Bruce Farnsworth


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    

Pizza and Prolapse 

The perfect place to discuss prolapse is with a mouth full of pizza and Italian wine.

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, and others as we discuss the controversies of pelvic surgery with prostheses.

Numbers are limited. Secure your place with the Conference Organisers now.  

 

THURSDAY OCTOBER 2  

MORNING PROGRAM    

 0800 Registration Desk Opens Westin Excelsior Hotel  

 

1000  - 1200           IPFDS  SYMPOSIUM  ---  PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME   

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairmen: Oscar Contreras Ortiz, Richard Reid

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

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

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  

Discussion

 

1200 -1300    PODIUM PRESENTATIONS - SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

 

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

 

Chairmen:  Marcia Salvador de Geo, Daniele Grassi


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  

TFS - three year results ................................... Peter Petros  

PVDF as an Implant Material in Pelvic Floor Surgery .........Bernhard Liedl  


1300 – 1400  LUNCH   -  AMS SYMPOSIUM IN THE MAIN AUDITORIUM   

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Minimally invasive treatments - the future in Pelvic Floor Repair

 

Chairman: Dr Bernhard Liedl  

 

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

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairman:  Burghard Abendstein, Mauro Cervigni

     

Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation .......Bruno Deval

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

Fecal 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 

Discussion

1600-1800      PODIUM PRESENTATIONS - SURGICAL TECHNIQUE    

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairman:  Francesco Berlesconi,  Vincent Tse

   

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

Vaginal Prolapse and Stool outlet Obstruction .........  Markus Grebe

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

TVT or Monarc for ISD .................................  Anna Rosamilia 

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

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

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

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

   

        

0900-1800       SHOWTIME -  ALL DAY CONTINUOUS VIDEOFEST  

Torcello Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

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

 

1830        WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY - WESTIN HOTEL VENICE LIDO    

Lobby - Westin Excelsior Hotel, Venice Lido

 

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3  

 

SESSION 1: 0830 – 1000          INCONTINENCE UPDATE   

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairmen: Mauro Cervigni, Anna Rosamilia

                                

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

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

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 - 1300 PROLAPSE UPDATE   

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairman: Gianni Baudino, Phillip Paris-Browne

  

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 

Evolution of the Apogee .............  Bruno Deval

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

Complications of Prostheses - classification................ Michel Cosson

LUNCH  

SESSION 3  

1400 - 1445    AAVIS KEYNOTE SPEAKER  - JACQUES BECO  

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

How can we win the war against pudendal neuropathy ? 

 

AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE DISPLAYS  

SESSION 4 INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING SESSIONS  

 

1445 –1545   

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

Click here for further information about showing your surgical videos

 

 

1700 – 1800        AMI  SYMPOSIUM  

  Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

1900 CONFERENCE GALA DINNER - WESTIN HOTEL, VENICE LIDO

Salle Stucchi, Westin Excelsior Hotel

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 4  

0700 – 0800  BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM   -  FISTULAS AND FLAPS  

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairmen:  Karen Nugent, Paul Antoine Lehur

  

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

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

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

Fistula: Anatomy and Pathological correlation.............................. Darren Gold 


SESSION 5  

0830 – 1030  CONTROVERSIES IN OBSTRUCTIVE DEFAECATION    

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairmen: Darren Gold, Donato Altomare

                                 

Introduction to the STARR procedure………...  Antonio Longo  

Current application of perineal sonography in obstructed defecation - Vittorio Piloni 

STARR Procedure  - past, present, future    ........………..............   Angelo Stuto  

Outcomes of the STARR procedure .......………........    Paul Antoine Lehur 

Functional consequences of the STARR ..............  Gabrielle Bazzocchi

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

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

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

A new technique of surgical treatment for descending perineum, rectal and vaginal procidentia ........ Tomasz Koscinski

Discussion  

               

1030 – 1100  MORNING TEA AND TRADE DISPLAY  

 

SESSION 6  

1100 - 1130     IPFDS KEYNOTE SPEAKER   -  PROFESSOR ECKHARD PETRI

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

 

SESSION 7  

1130 - 1300       FUTURE INNOVATIONS IN PELVIC SURGERY   

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

Chairman: Bernhard Liedl, Gabriele Falconi

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

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

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              

Plenary Room - Westin Excelsior Hotel

1400 - 1600       FAMILY LUNCH 

Individual transport by water taxi and visiting Venice centre on the way to the airport.

 

 

AAVIS IPFDS JOINT MEETING

 

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