Break
General
Lecture
Organisation
Practical Exercise
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Saturday, April 11 2026
From 10:00
Format
Organisation
Opening of the Course Secretariat and Registration
From 11:00
Aspen
Format
Special
Start Advanced Course Colorectal Module
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH
11:15 – 12:30
Aspen
Lecture I
Lisa Massey, Nottingham GB; Colin Sietses, Barneveld NL
Format
Lecture
Colorectal Anatomy - what surgeons should know
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH
Radiology - what surgeons should know
Friedrich Herbst, Wien AT
Perioperative management I:
Bowel Prep / OAB, Nutrition & Prehabilitation
Heidi Misteli, Uster CH; Adele Sayers, Sheffield GB
12:30 – 13:45
Format
Break
Lunch break
From 13:45
Hall Davos
Format
General
Davos Course Opening
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH; Lana Fourie, Luzern CH
14:15 – 16:00
Sanada
Practical Exercises
according to individual schedule
Format
Practical Exercise
Suture techniques intracorporeal
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH; Friedrich Herbst, Wien AT; Andreas Shamiyeh, Linz AT
Davos Stitch technique
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH; Friedrich Herbst, Wien AT; Andreas Shamiyeh, Linz AT
Stapling devices
Walter Brunner, St. Gallen CH; Friedrich Herbst, Wien AT; Andreas Shamiyeh, Linz AT
16:00 – 16:30
Format
Break
Break
Coffee and sweets (trade exhibition)
16:30 – 17:00
Aspen
Format
Lecture
Instruction of models
17:00 – 18:30
Aspen
Split group theory I: Diverticulitis & Periop. management
Format
Lecture
Topic I: Recurrent diverticulitis
Kamal Aryal, Norwich GB; Dimitri Christoforidis, Lugano CH; Dinos Manes, Athensreece GR; Christine Maurus, Sion CH; Heidi Misteli, Uster CH; Andreas Scheiwiller, Luzern CH; Andreas Shamiyeh, Linz AT
Topic II – Perioperative management II (later in Hall Davos)
Perioperative Anticoagulation, Fluid Management intra/postoperative, Frailty & Care of elderly
Lisa Massey, Nottingham GB; Peter Tschann, Feldkirch AT
From 18:30
Hall Davos & Foyer
Format
Special