Main Topics
- Hepatic artery perfusion – indications
- Embolization or ligation?
- What to resect first: colon, liver or both?
- Staged liver resections
- Techniques of tumor ablation
- Laparoscopic liver surgery
- To Pringle or not to Pringle?
- Liver hanging technique and anterior approach
- Tips & tricks – video presentations of different techniques of liver surgery
- Perihilar cholagiocarcinoma
- Gallbladder cancer – extend of liver resection
- Biliary reconstructions after extended liver resection
- Re-do biliary surgery - fame or faith?
- Standard vs. pylorus preserving Whipple
- Pancreatic anastomosis – stomach or jejunum?
- What lymphadenectomy for Whipple?
- Avoiding pancreatic leaks
- Local treatment of pancreatic tumors
- Gene therapy for hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies
- Approaches to primarily unresectable primary and secondary liver tumors
- Surgery for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
- Indications for local tumor ablation in pancreatic cancer
Sessions
| Session 1 | Liver surgery I |
|---|---|
| Chair | Yuman Fong, Leonardo Patrlj, Olah Attila |
| Topics |
Management and treatment of colorectal liver metastases What to resect first: colon, liver or both? Staged liver resections Liver hanging technique and anterior approach Hepatic artery perfusion – indications Surgery of benign liver tumors. When and what should we resect? |
| Session 2 | Liver surgery II |
|---|---|
| Chair | Miroslav Ryska, Valentin Sojar, Mario Zovak |
| Topics |
Approaches to primarily unresectable primary and secondary liver tumors Embolization or ligation? To Pringle or not to Pringle? Laparoscopic liver surgery |
| Session 3 | Ablation & other new techniques |
|---|---|
| Chair | Yuman Fong, Dinko Vrdoljak, Aleksandar Karamarković |
| Topics |
Techniques of tumor ablation Indications for local tumor ablation in pancreatic cancer Gene therapy for hepatobiliary and pan-creatic malignancies Irreversible electroporation |
| Session 4 | Biliary cancer |
|---|---|
| Chair | Peter K. Kupcsulik, Valentin Sojar, Zijah Rifatbegović |
| Topics |
Perihilar cholagiocarcinoma Biliary reconstructions after extended liver resection Re-do biliary surgery - fame or faith? Gallbladder cancer – extend of liver re-section |
| Session 5 | Pancreatic cancer I |
|---|---|
| Chair | Peter K. Kupcsulik, Zijah Rifatbegović, Mario Zovak |
| Topics |
Pancreatic head mass – from the view of the surgeon Standard vs. pylorus preserving Whipple What lymphadenectomy for Whipple? Local treatment of pancreatic tumors Quality of life after therapy for pancreatic cancer |
| Session 6 | Pancreatic cancer II |
|---|---|
| Chair | Olah Attila, Miroslav Ryska, Aleksandar Karamarković |
| Topics |
Pancreatic anastomosis – stomach or jejunum? Avoiding pancreatic leaks Failures and complications of pancreatic anastomosis: current evidence and im-plications for management |
