Scientific Program | Davos Course 2024

Saturday, April 6 2024

09:30 – 10:00	Industrie Briefing	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Hall Davos
From 10:00	Registration and administrative office opens	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)

From 10:45	Course opening - Colorectal / Bariatric / HPB	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Aspen	Peter Vogelbach¹; Walter Brunner² (¹Chur CH; ²Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen CH)
11:00 – 12:30	Bariatric Surgery Lecture I	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Flüela	Ralph Peterli¹; Urs Pfefferkorn² (¹Basel CH; ²Solothurner Spitäler AG, Olten CH)
	Introduction of Faculty and Participants Urs Pfefferkorn¹ (¹Solothurner Spitäler AG, Olten CH)
	Historic bariatric operations and today’s problems of patients who underwent them Daniel Frey¹ (¹CZO Chirurgiezentrum Zürcher Oberland, Klinik Impuls, Bahnhofstrasse 137, 8620 Wetzikon, Wetzikon CH)
	Mechanisms behind bariatric surgery: Does restriction and malabsorption belong to the past? Ralph Peterli¹ (¹Basel CH)
	Medical therapies for obesity: pre – and postoperative Dieter Birk¹ (¹Bietigheim DE)
11:00 – 12:30	Colorectal Lecture I	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Aspen	Friedrich Herbst¹; Otmar Buyne² (¹Wien AT; ²Nijmegen NL)
	Pretest Otmar Buyne¹ (¹Nijmegen NL)
	Radiology - what surgeons should know Friedrich Herbst¹ (¹Wien AT)
	Colorectal Anatomy - what surgeons should know Walter Brunner¹ (¹Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen CH)
11:00 – 12:30	HPB Lecture I	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Dischma	Harry van Goor¹; Stefan Bouwense² (¹Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen NL; ²Maastricht NL)
	Surgical techniques in liver resection Christoph Reissfelder¹ (¹Mannheim DE)
	Surgical techniques in pancreatic resections Beat Müller¹ (¹Basel CH)
	Models and techniques in practical exercises Stefan Bouwense¹; Maxim Dewulf¹ (¹Maastricht NL)
13:30 – 15:45	Practical Exercises ACC - Colorectal	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Sanada
Room Sanada	Suture techniques intracorporeal Davos Stitch technique Stapling devices Walter Brunner¹; Friedrich Herbst²; Andreas Shamiyeh³ (¹Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen CH; ²Wien AT; ³Linz AT)
13:45 – 16:00	Practical Exercises ACHPB - HPB	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Schwarzhorn Research area HPB
Room Schwarzhorn Research area HPB	Robotic station Lap Liver station - lap & open Pancreas station - lap & open Liver ultrasound station ROTATION SYSTEM Harry van Goor¹; Jan Philipp Jonas²; Felix Nickel³; Maxim Dewulf⁴; Stefan Bouwense⁴ (¹Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen NL; ²Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich CH; ³University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg DE; ⁴Maastricht NL) ROTATION SYSTEM Lap Liver station - lap & open Pancreas station - lap & open Liver ultrasound station
From 14:00	Course opening Basic & Intermediate Course & Advanced Pediatric	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Hall Davos	Peter Vogelbach¹; Benjamin Weixler²; Walter Brunner³ (¹Chur CH; ²Winterthur CH; ³Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen CH)
14:00 – 16:00	Practical Exercises ACB - Bariatric	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Seehorn
Room Seehorn	Tissue dissection Vessel handling Management of bleeding Single stitch suture with intraperitoneal knotting Urs Pfefferkorn¹; Ralph Peterli²; Daniel Frey³; Charlotte Rabl⁴; Dieter Birk⁵; Jose Balibrea⁶; Mirko Otto⁷; Dimitri Pournaras⁸; Daniel Moritz Felsenreich⁹ (¹Solothurner Spitäler AG, Olten CH; ²Basel CH; ³CZO Chirurgiezentrum Zürcher Oberland, Klinik Impuls, Bahnhofstrasse 137, 8620 Wetzikon, Wetzikon CH; ⁴Universitätsklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie / Uniklinikum Salzburg, Salzburg AT; ⁵Bietigheim DE; ⁶Barcelona ES; ⁷Mannheim DE; ⁸Bristol GB; ⁹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna AT)
14:15 – 16:15	Joint lecture	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Hall Davos	Peter Vogelbach¹; Christiane Bruns² (¹Chur CH; ²Köln DE)
	Principles in open surgery Christian Hamel¹ (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE)
	Principles in laparoscopic surgery Dimitri Christoforidis¹ (¹Lugano CH)
	Anastomotic techniques Benjamin Weixler¹ (¹Winterthur CH)
	Electrosurgery; mechanism, tips & tricks Otmar Buyne¹ (¹Nijmegen NL)
	New European School of surgery with a worldwide resonance Pierre Alain Clavien¹ (¹Zürich CH)
14:30 – 16:00	Joint lecture - Pediatric with Basic / Intermediate Course	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Hall Davos	Peter Vogelbach¹; Christiane Bruns² (¹Chur CH; ²Köln DE)
	Principles in open surgery Christian Hamel¹ (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE)
	Principles in laparoscopic surgery Dimitri Christoforidis¹ (¹Lugano CH)
	Anastomotic techniques Benjamin Weixler¹ (¹Winterthur CH)
	Electrosurgery; mechanism, tips & tricks Otmar Buyne¹ (¹Nijmegen NL)
	New European School of surgery with a worldwide resonance Pierre Alain Clavien¹ (¹Zürich CH)
From 15:30	Coffee and sweets	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)

16:15 – 16:45	Break	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)

16:15 – 17:00	Colorectal Lecture II	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Aspen	Cécile de Chaisemartin¹; Christine Maurus² (¹Marseille FR; ²Sion CH)
	Anastomotic techniques Benjamin Weixler¹ (¹Winterthur CH)
	Literature research Heidi Misteli¹ (¹Uster CH)
16:30 – 18:45	Bariatric Surgery Lecture II	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Flüela	Mirko Otto¹; Jose Balibrea² (¹Mannheim DE; ²Barcelona ES)
	What´s needed before bariatric / metabolic surgery & preoperative assessment Charlotte Rabl¹ (¹Universitätsklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie / Uniklinikum Salzburg, Salzburg AT)
	Video: RYGB Step-by-Step Jose Balibrea¹ (¹Barcelona ES)
	Video: OAGB Step-by-Step Charlotte Rabl¹ (¹Universitätsklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie / Uniklinikum Salzburg, Salzburg AT)
	Video: Gastric sleeve resection Step-by- Step Ralph Peterli¹ (¹Basel CH)
	Discussion technical details all procedures
	Interactive Session: Metabolic Surgery vs. Medication Mirko Otto¹ (¹Mannheim DE)
16:30 – 18:45	HPB Lecture II	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Dischma	Christoph Reissfelder¹; Felix Nickel² (¹Mannheim DE; ²University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg DE)
	Surgical equipment in HPB surgery Maxim Dewulf¹ (¹Maastricht NL)
	Robotic pancreatic surgery Felix Nickel¹ (¹University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg DE)
	Management of pancreatic trauma – interactive lecture Stefan Breitenstein¹ (¹Winterthur CH)
	Chronic pancreatitis Stefan Bouwense¹ (¹Maastricht NL)
16:45 – 18:45	Practical Exercises ACPS - Pediatric with Basic Course	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Davos 1/3
	Knots Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Knotting at depth, instrumental Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Continuous suture technique Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Posterior wall mattress interrupted and continuous suture technique Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Interrupted anastomosis E-E Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
16:45 – 18:45	Open Surgery	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Davos 1/3
	Knots Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Knotting at depth, instrumental Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Continuous suture technique Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Posterior wall mattress interrupted and continuous suture technique Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
	Interrupted anastomosis E-E Christian Hamel¹; Christian Nebiker² (¹Kreiskrankenhaus Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Lörrach DE; ²Aarau CH)
16:45 – 18:45	Laparoscopic Surgery	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Sanada, Seehorn, Schwarzhorn
	Cholangiography Peter Vogelbach¹; Rebecca Kraus¹ (¹Chur CH)
	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy / Liver Biopsy Peter Vogelbach¹; Rebecca Kraus¹ (¹Chur CH)
17:00 – 18:45	Split group theory I Diverticulitis / MBO	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Aspen
	Recurrent diverticulitis Andreas Shamiyeh¹; Dimitri Christoforidis²; Andreas Scheiwiller³; Lisa Massey⁴; Kamal Aryal⁵; Heidi Misteli⁶ (¹Linz AT; ²Lugano CH; ³Luzern CH; ⁴Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham GB; ⁵James Paget University Hospital and University of East Anglia, Norwich GB; ⁶Uster CH)
	Malignant bowel obstruction Colin Sietses¹; Christian Krieglstein²; Cécile de Chaisemartin³; Peter Tschann⁴; Guillome Meurette⁵; Adele Sayers⁶ (¹Barneveld NL; ²St. Elisabeth Krankenhaus GmbH, Köln DE; ³Marseille FR; ⁴LKH Feldkirch, Feldkirch AT; ⁵Genf CH; ⁶Sheffield GB)
18:45 – 19:45	Welcoming Reception	Google Calendar ICS (iCal & Outlook) Outlook (live.com) Outlook (office.com)
Room Foyer

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Saturday, April 6 2024

Industrie Briefing

Registration and administrative office opens

Course opening - Colorectal / Bariatric / HPB

Bariatric Surgery Lecture I

Introduction of Faculty and Participants

Historic bariatric operations and today’s problems of patients who underwent them

Mechanisms behind bariatric surgery: Does restriction and malabsorption belong to the past?

Medical therapies for obesity: pre – and postoperative

Colorectal Lecture I

Pretest

Radiology - what surgeons should know

Colorectal Anatomy - what surgeons should know

HPB Lecture I

Surgical techniques in liver resection

Surgical techniques in pancreatic resections

Models and techniques in practical exercises

Practical Exercises ACC - Colorectal

Suture techniques intracorporeal Davos Stitch techniqueStapling devices

Practical Exercises ACHPB - HPB

Robotic stationLap Liver station - lap & openPancreas station - lap & openLiver ultrasound stationROTATION SYSTEM

Course opening Basic & Intermediate Course & Advanced Pediatric

Practical Exercises ACB - Bariatric

Tissue dissectionVessel handlingManagement of bleedingSingle stitch suture with intraperitoneal knotting

Joint lecture

Principles in open surgery

Principles in laparoscopic surgery

Anastomotic techniques

Electrosurgery; mechanism, tips & tricks

New European School of surgery with a worldwide resonance

Joint lecture - Pediatric

with Basic / Intermediate Course

Principles in open surgery

Principles in laparoscopic surgery

Anastomotic techniques

Electrosurgery; mechanism, tips & tricks

New European School of surgery with a worldwide resonance

Coffee and sweets

Break

Colorectal Lecture II

Anastomotic techniques

Literature research

Bariatric Surgery Lecture II

What´s needed before bariatric / metabolic surgery & preoperative assessment

Video: RYGB Step-by-Step

Video: OAGB Step-by-Step

Video: Gastric sleeve resection Step-by- Step

Discussion technical details all procedures

Interactive Session: Metabolic Surgery vs. Medication

HPB Lecture II

Surgical equipment in HPB surgery

Robotic pancreatic surgery

Management of pancreatic trauma – interactive lecture

Chronic pancreatitis

Practical Exercises ACPS - Pediatric

with Basic Course

Knots

Knotting at depth, instrumental

Continuous suture technique

Posterior wall mattress interrupted and continuous suture technique

Interrupted anastomosis E-E

Open Surgery

Knots

Knotting at depth, instrumental

Continuous suture technique

Posterior wall mattress interrupted and continuous suture technique

Interrupted anastomosis E-E

Laparoscopic Surgery

Cholangiography

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy / Liver Biopsy

Split group theory I

Diverticulitis / MBO

Recurrent diverticulitis

Malignant bowel obstruction

Welcoming Reception

Suture techniques intracorporeal Davos Stitch technique
Stapling devices

Robotic station
Lap Liver station - lap & open
Pancreas station - lap & open
Liver ultrasound station

ROTATION SYSTEM

Tissue dissection
Vessel handling
Management of bleeding
Single stitch suture with intraperitoneal knotting