IPEG Scientific Session

Tuesday - Wednesday, March 11 - 12, 2003

Description:

This section of the IPEG Meeting includes panels with invited faculty who will speak on specific topics and sessions of oral & video presentations of abstracts selected by the SAGES Program Committee. It also includes an informal breakfast with the faculty and two minially edited video lunch sessions. Panel information is listed below; information about the abstract & video presentation sessions will be available in the Final Program distributed on-site. Abstract presentations begin at 8:00 AM on Tuesday and Wednesday. The IPEG Member Business meeting will take place at 7:30 AM on Wednesday.

What Is Included:

Fee includes entrance to the session room & poster room on Tuesday & Wednesday, a copy of the Final Program, entrance to the joint Exhibit Hall, Learning Center and Exhibit Reception, continental breakfast and breaks, the Minimally Edited Video lunch sessions, and the Main IPEG Social Event.

Scientific Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will understand the current and emerging practices and procedures in minimal access surgery and other developing applications.
Participants will acquire information which relates to indications, contraindications, diagnosis, technique, prevention and management of complications, and results of minimal access surgery, endoscopic, and general surgical procedures
Participants will recognize the scientific and physiologic basis of minimal access surgery, endoscopy and emerging surgical technology (e.g. robotics).

Breakfast with the Professors

7:00 - 8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 11, 2003

An informal session where attendees will be able to sit and discuss the following topics with experts from around the globe.

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will have a focused and in-depth analysis of a variety of minimal access surgical techniques, emphasizing technical details and the pros and cons of various approaches and their outcomes.

Pectus Excavatum	Phil Glick & Arnie Coran
Oncology and minimal access surgery	Thom Lobe & Whit Holcomb
Hirschsprung’s Disease and Imperforate Anus	Keith Georgeson & Gordon MacKinlay
Adrenalectomy (Transperitoneal and retroperitoneal)	Craig Albanese & Jeff Valla
Dismembered Pyelopasty	Craig Peters & CK Yeung
Partial and Total Splenectomy	Klaas Bax & Vincenzo Jasonni
Antireflux Surgery	Philippe Montupet & Steve Rothenberg

IPEG Main Session Panels

1) Colonic Disease

(Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:30 AM)

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will have an in-depth knowledge of the indications, technique and outcomes of minimal access surgery for patients with a variety of colonic diseases, with emphasis on inflammatory bowel disease

Moderator: Peter Borzi, MD

a. Ulcerative Colitis/Familial Polyosis, Keith Georgeson, MD

b. Chrohns Disease, Barry Salky, MD

c. Discussion

2) Pediatric Surgery Outcomes

(Tuesday, 2:00 - 3:00 PM)

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to critically analyze the existing outcome data for select procedures and have learned where the deficiencies in minimal access surgery outcomes lie

Moderator: Craig Albanese, MD

a. Nissen fundoplication project, Mac Harmon, MD

b. Undscended Testes project, Ciro Esposito, MD

c. Meta Analysis of the Literature, Jack Langer, MD

d. Discussion

3) Neonatal Surgery

(Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:30 AM)

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will have learned the state of the art techniques used to repair the most difficult neonatal disorders

Moderator: Thom Lobe, MD

a. Esophageal disorders, Marcello Ferro, MD

b. Inguinal Hernia Repair, Yuzhou Lee, MD

c. Laparoscopic Approach in Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia, Klaas Bax, MD

d. Discusssion

4) Instruments/Robotics/Ergonomics

(Wednesday, 2:00 - 3:00 PM)

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will have learned the state of the art in bioengineering, biophysics, and ergonomics for minimal access surgery.

Moderator: Steven Rothenberg, MD

a. The State of Pediatric Robotic Surgery, Celeste Hollands, MD

b. Energy Devices for Coagulation, Phil Glick, MD

c. Minature Instrumentation for Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, Olivier Reinberg, MD

d. Ergonomics– Overview of Challenges in Laparoscopic Surgery, Ramon Berguer, MD

e. Discussion

Minimally Edited Videos During Lunch

Tuesday & Wednesday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

15 minute videos on interesting cases –the faculty member will moderate the video in person and answer questions.

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will have viewed and learned the techniques used to accomplish minimal access surgery for both routine and extremely challenging disorders.

Tuesday

1) Urologic Case, Craig Peters, MD
2) Lung Resection, Craig Albanese, MD
3) Fundoplication, Mark Wulkan, MD
4) Esophageal atresia, Klaas Bax, MD

Wednesday

5) Pull-thru for Hirschsprung’s, Mike Caty, MD

6) Pull-thru for Imperforate anus, Thomas Inge, MD

7) Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy, Marc Levitt, MD

8) Duodenoduodenostomy, Steven Rothenberg, MD

[Table of Contents] [General Information] [Schedule at a Glance] [SAGES Hands-on Courses]
[SAGES Postgraduate Courses] [SAGES Scientific Sessions] [SAGES Nurses' Course] [SAGES Invited Faculty]
[SAGES Learning Center] [SAGES Lunches] [SAGES Industry Education Night] [SAGES Social Programs]

[SAGES/IPEG Joint Bariatric Surgery in the Adolescent Patient Course]
[IPEG Scientific Sessions] [IPEG Faculty] [IPEG Pediatric Fellows Lab Course] [IPEG Social Programs]

[Exhibitors] [Poster Program] [Accompanying Guest Tours] [Hotel Information]