Recent advances in the management of acute pancreatitis including making sense of scoring systems, the use of enteral feeding and the role of antibiotics.
John Windsor, New Zealand
Treating gallstone pancreatitis including the place of ERCP and the timing of cholecystectomy.
Saxon Connor, New Zealand
Current management and techniques of treating pancreatic necrosis.
Ross Carter, Scotland
The surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer in 2010 including the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Rowan Parks, Scotland
Technical tips in the operative management of chronic pancreatitis.
Richard Charnley, England
Investigating and treating cystic tumours of the pancreas.
Kevin Conlon, Ireland
DISCUSSION 30 minutes
TEA 10h00 - 10h30
BILE DUCTS
10h30 - 12h30
CHAIRMEN: Steven Strasberg, Kevin Conlon
Preventing bile duct injury including dealing with a difficult gallbladder.
Mark Callery, USA
Assessment of a bile duct injury, timing of surgery, immediate or deferred treatment.
Wright Pinson, USA
Tips in the optimal surgical treatment of bile duct reconstruction after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy injury.
James Garden, Scotland
Surgical strategies in the treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Peter Lodge, England
How I treat gallbladder carcinoma.
Palepu Jagannath, India
Strategies and management of complicated intrahepatic stones.
Henry Pitt, USA
DISCUSSION 30 minutes
LUNCH 12h30 - 13h15
LIVER Part I
13h15 - 15h15
CHAIRMEN: Henry Pitt, Sandie Thomson
Liver anatomy and pathophysiology relevant to liver resection.
Thomas van Gulik, Holland
Endoscopic ultrasound in the assessment and treatment of HPB diseases.
Adrian Hatfield, England
How I do a liver resection including vascular control and techniques of parenchymal transection.
Merv Rees, England
Management of benign liver tumours.
Rob Padbury, Australia
Radiofrequency and microwave destruction of liver tumours. Their use (and abuse) in 2010.
Scott Helton, USA
Strategies to enhance the resectability of colorectal liver metastases.
Christopher Christophi, Australia
DISCUSSION 30 minutes
TEA 15h15 - 15h45
LIVER Part 2
15h45 - 16h45
CHAIRMEN: Jake Krige, Jose Ramos
Prognostic indices and survival data in colorectal liver metastases.
Pierre Clavien, Switzerland
Hepatocellular carcinoma assessment and management strategies.
