for the speakers in front of Hotel Limak– departure to the Faculty of Medicine
Pre-course workshop: Evidence-Based Medicine (location Faculty of Medicine)
Chairs: Daniel Hartmann, Giovanni Marchegiani, Benedikt Kaufmann, Povilas Ignatavicius, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Rita Gudaityte, Nuha Yassin
Program EBM Course:
Welcome and Introduction: Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Levels of Evidence
Daniel Hartmann, Benedikt Kaufmann
Formulating a Clinically Relevant Research Question: The PICO and FINER Frameworks
Rita Gudaityte
Interactive Session: Developing Research Questions Using PICO/FINER (Small-Group Work)
Facilitated by all faculty members
Designing and Planning Clinical Studies
Daniel Hartmann, Benedikt Kaufmann
COFFEE BREAK AND SNACKS
Journal Club: Critical Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials and Systematic Reviews
Small-group sessions facilitated by faculty members
Finding the Best Available Evidence: Literature Search Strategies and Critical Appraisal Giovanni Marchegiani
How to Deliver an Effective Scientific Presentation
Zilvinas Dambrauskas
How to Write a Scientific Abstract
Povilas Ignatavicius
Interactive Workshop: Writing a Scientific Abstract (Small-Group Work)
Facilitated by all faculty members
(Registration desk on the ground floor next to the reception) – for speakers only
Organized transfer for the speakers from Limak Skopje Luxury Hotel at 19:15.
PRESIDENTIAL DINNER (EDS only)
Registration (Registration desk on the 6th floor, Limra Hall)
Opening of the Congress
UPPER GI & BARIATRICS
Chairs: Theodoros Liakakos (Athens),Nikola Jankulovski (Skopje), Dejan Velickovic (Belgrade)
CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC LEAK AND OESOPHAGOTRACHEAL FISTULA FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY
Richard van Hillegersberg (Utrecht)
GASTRIC CANCER TREATMENT STRATEGY IN M1 DISEASE,
Beat Gloor (Berne)
Contemporary management of Achalasia
Alexandar Simic (Belgrade)
HIATAL HERNIA MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Aristotelis Kechagias (Athens)
COFFEE BREAK
LIVER & BILIARY TREE
Chairs: Mustafa Kerem (Ankara), Daniel Galun (Belgrade), Kevin Conlon (Dublin)
ROLE OF AI IN MODERN HPB SURGERY
Andrew Gumbs (Paris)
MANAGEMENT OF POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY BILE DUCT INJURIES,
Ahmet Coker (Izmir)
MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL BILIARY CYSTS,
Kevin Conlon (Dublin)
ROBOTIC LIVER RESECTIONS: (TRANSITION) FROM MINOR RESECTIONS TO ROBOTIC ALPPS
Christoph Michalski (Heidelberg)
PANCREAS
Chairs: Helmut Friess (Munich), Ahmet Coker (Izmir), Dragan Basaric (Belgrade)
ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: THE ROLE OF SURGERY,
Isabella Frigerio (Verona)
CYSTIC PANCREATIC TUMORS: WHO NEEDS SURGERY AND WHO DOES NOT<br>
Giuseppe Malleo (Verona)
PANCREATIC SURGERY: HOW TO PERFORM A SAFE PANCREATIC ANASTOMOSIS,
Giovanni Marchegiani (Padua)
ROLE OF TRIANGLE OPERATION IN MODERN PANCREATIC SURGERY
Dejan Radenkovic (Belgrade)
AMPULLARY TUMORS: CURRENT SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
Jorg Kleeff (Halle)
12:45 – 13:15
Industry Sponsored Symposium
LUNCH
STATE OF THE ART LECTURE
Chair: Helmut Friess (Munich), Christos Dervenis (Athens), Dejan Radenkovic (Belgrade)
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF KLATSKIN TUMORS
William Jarnagin (USA)
TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Svetozar Antovic (Skopje), Koray Acarli (Istanbul), Emad Asham (USA)
LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: TECHNICAL ASPECTS,
Koray Acarli ( Istanbul )
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN ONCOLOGY: PATIENT SELECTION AND OUTCOMES
Povilas Ignatavicius (Kaunas)
Liver transplant program in Macedonia – moving forward
Svetozar Antovic (Skopje)
IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH HCC TRANSPLANTED USING EXPANDED SELECTION CRITERIA,<br>
Emad Asham ( USA )
Personalized immunosuppression in liver transplantation: balancing rejection, infection, and long-term outcomes
Beti Todorovska( Skopje )
Organized transfer for the speakers from Limak Skopje Luxury Hotel at 19:45.
OPENING PARTY (ALL PATRICIPANTS)
“Restaurant Vodenica Mulino” https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5ysA8dgxqY51pENA
Location Hotel Limak, Limra hall, 6th floor – https://www.limakhotels.com/skopje
COLON & RECTUM
Chairs: Yusif Aliyarov (Baku), Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton), Goran Barisic (Belgrade)
SURGERY FOR COMPLEX BENIGN COLORECTAL DISEASE,
Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton)
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY PROGRAM
Miljan Ceranic (Belgrade)
WAIT AND WATCH STRATEGY IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER
Goran Barisic (Belgrade)
COFFEE BREAK
PANCREAS
Chairs: Thilo Hacket (Hamburg), Christopher Wolfgang (New York), Aleksandar Bogdanovic (Belgrade)
Personal learning curve in laparoscopic pancreatic surgery
Igor Khatkov, Moscow
Distal pancreatectomy with coeliac axis resection
Thilo Hacket (Hamburg)
Artery first approach – is something changed after introduction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
Christopher Wolfgang, New York
IPMN – what we learned from guidelines?
Meri Trajkovska ( Skopje )
LUNCH
GENERAL SURGERY
Chairs: Giedrius Barauskas (Kaunas), Theodoros Liakakos (Athen), Andrija Antic (Belgrade)
MANAGEMENT OF INCISIONAL HERNIA – COMPLEX APPROACH
Antanas Gulbinas (Kaunas)
BARIATRIC SURGERY PROJECT IN MACEDONIA
Ognen Kostovski (Skopje)
MANAGEMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIAS
Andrija Antic (Belgrade)
ERCP for pancreatic cancer
Georgi Deriban (Skopje)
INVITATION for 19th EDS POSTGRADUATE COURSE
President Baku – Yusif Aliyarov
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