Course 2024

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Thursday, April 11 2024

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09:30 – 10:00

Industrie Briefing
Hall Davos
From 10:00

Registration and administrative office opens
From 10:45

Course opening - Colorectal / Bariatric / HPB
Aspen
P. Vogelbach1, W. Brunner2 (1Chur CH; 2St. Gallen CH)
11:00 – 12:30

Bariatric Surgery Lecture I
Flüela
R. Peterli1, U. Pfefferkorn2 (1Basel CH; 2Olten CH)

Introduction of Faculty and Participants

U. Pfefferkorn1 (1Olten CH)

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

D. Frey1 (1Wetzikon CH)

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

R. Peterli1 (1Basel CH)

Medical therapies for obesity: pre – and postoperative

D. Birk1 (1Bietigheim DE)
14:00 – 16:00

Practical Exercises ACB - Bariatric
Seehorn

Tissue dissection
Vessel handling
Management of bleeding

Single stitch suture with intraperitoneal knotting

U. Pfefferkorn1, R. Peterli2, D. Frey3, C. Rabl4, D. Birk5, J. Balibrea6, M. Otto7, D. Pournaras8, D. M. Felsenreich9 (1Olten CH; 2Basel CH; 3Wetzikon CH; 4Salzburg AT; 5Bietigheim DE; 6Barcelona ES; 7Mannheim DE; 8Bristol GB; 9Vienna AT)
From 15:30

Coffee and sweets
16:15 – 16:45

Break
16:30 – 18:45

Bariatric Surgery Lecture II
Flüela
M. Otto1, J. Balibrea2 (1Mannheim DE; 2Barcelona ES)

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

C. Rabl1 (1Salzburg AT)

Video: RYGB Step-by-Step

J. Balibrea1 (1Barcelona ES)

Video: OAGB Step-by-Step

C. Rabl1 (1Salzburg AT)

Video: Gastric sleeve resection Step-by- Step

R. Peterli1 (1Basel CH)

Discussion technical details all procedures

Interactive Session: Metabolic Surgery vs. Medication

M. Otto1 (1Mannheim DE)
18:45 – 19:45

Welcoming Reception
Foyer
Basic
Course
Intermediate
Course
Advanced
Colorectal
Advanced
Bariatric Surgery
Advanced
HPB
Advanced
Upper GI
Advanced
Hernia
Advanced
Pediatric
Special
Break