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Day-to-Day Practice in Colorectal Surgery 

1-2 September 2023

In conjunction with the Congress of the South African Society of Endoscopic Surgeons (SASES)

Programme

Friday 1 September 2023

TimeSession/Topic/Speaker

08:30-08:50

Coffee

08:50 - 09:00

Welcome

  • Welcome and Introduction to Masterclass - Emile Coetzee (South Africa)
  • Presentation of the topics of the day - Klaus Matzel (Germany)

Morning Session 1

Chairs: Carolynn Vaizey (ESCP) and Eugenio Panieri (SASES)

09:00 - 09:10

Introduction - Eugenio Panieri (South Africa)

09:10 - 09:30

Defining and managing near-complete response after neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer - Dieter Hahnloser (Switzerland)

09:30 - 09:50

Obstructing colon cancer management - Charles Sabbagh (France)

09:50 - 10:10 

Stapled or handsewn ileocolic anastomosis? - Ebrahim Dalwai (South Africa)

10:10 - 10:30

General discussion - Hot topics - Quick answers

10:30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

Morning Session 2

Chairs: Dieter Hahnloser (ESCP) and Ravi Oodit (SASES)

11:00 - 11:10 

Introduction - Ravi Oodit (South Africa)

11:10 - 11:30

The T2 mid rectum cancer - Marcos Gomez (Spain)

11:30 - 11:50 

Is laparoscopy safe for rectal cancer? - Tim Forgan (South Africa)

11:50 - 12:10

TAMIS, TaTME and other trans-anal technics - Roël Hompes (The Netherlands)

12:10 - 13:00

Video presentations and discussion

  • Manage a bleeding in the pelvis
  • Tips and tricks to operate in a narrow pelvis…
  • A simple method to avoid an incorrect end colostomy formation by using the wrong bowel limb

Saturday 2 September 2023

TimeSession/Topic/Speaker

Morning Session 1

Chairs: Marcos Gomez (ESCP) and Bernie Maree (SASES)

09:00 - 09:20

What’s up in appendicitis? - Charles Sabbagh (France)

09:20 - 09:40

Fecal incontinence: what to know about in 2023? - Klaus Matzel (Germany)

09:40 - 10:00

The laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy today - Janindra Warusavitarne (UK)

10:00 - 10:20

How to manage low anterior rectal syndrome - Carolynn Vaizey (UK)

10:20 - 10:30

Questions and Answers

10:30 - 11.00

Coffee Break

Morning Session 2

Chairs: Klaus Matzel (ESCP) and Jaco Botes (SASES)

11:00 - 12:00

Consultant Corner

Experts: Bernie Maree (South Africa), Emile Coetzee (South Africa), Carolynn Vaizey (UK), Charles Sabbagh (France), Marcos Gomez (Spain), Dieter Hanhloser (Switzerland)

Three cases led by Emile Coetzee (South Africa):

  • Failed low colorectal anastomosis - Roël Hompes (The Netherlands)
  • A tumour of the appendix - Bernie Maree (South Africa)
  • Internal rectal prolapse and fecal incontinence - Janindra Warusavitarne (UK)

12:00 - 12:15

Take home message and sum up of the day

Dieter Hahnloser (Switzerland) and Emile Coetzee (South Africa)

12:15 – 12:20

Closure of the Masterclass

Emile Coetzee (South Africa)

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