Should We Change the Strategy in Patients with Compromised Tissue in Colorectal Surgery?

Program

• 1. Welcome & Introduction. Dr. Antonio M. Lacy (Spain).
• 2. Impact of laparoscopy on patients over 80 requiring colectomy. Dr. Yves Panis (France).
• 3. Redo anastomosis in acute and chronic colorectal leaks. Dr. Roel Hompes (Netherlands).
• 4. Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in previously irradiated patients. Dr. Pat Sylla (USA).
• 5. Recurrent rectal cancer. Dr. Masaaki Ito (Japan).
• 6. The mesentery in Crohn’s disease: friend or foe? Dr. Nicolas Rotholtz (Argentina).
• 7. Debate and closing remarks. All faculty moderated by Dr. Antonio M. Lacy.

Faculty:

• Dr. Roel Hompes, Professor of Surgery, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Dr. Masaaki Ito, Head of Colorectal Surgery Department, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan.
• Dr. Antonio Lacy, Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department in Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain.
• Dr. Yves Panis, Head of Colorectal Surgery, Beaujoun Hospital, Clichy, France.
• Dr. Nicolas Rotholtz, Chairman of General Surgery, Hospital Alemán de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Dr. Pat Sylla, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA.