Plenary Session
8:30-10:00 Symposium - New concepts in colorectal surgery
Chairs: Mike Parker (UK)
Olle Ljungqvist (Sweden)


Introduction - Mike Parker
Laparoscopy - hand assisted
Willem Bemelman (The Netherlands)
Laparoscopy - colon resection

Anthony Senagore (USA)
Laparoscopy - low anterior resection

Eric Rullier (France)
Intra-operative haemodynamic optimization
Sophie Noblett (UK)
8:30-10:00 Free paper presentations
Chairs: Josef Korcek (Slovakia)
José Roig(Spain)

 
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break/Exhibition/Posters
  Plenary Session
10:30 -11:30 Symposium - Enhanced Recovery Symposium
Chair: Alan Horgan (UK)

Introduction - Alan Horgan
Anaesthetic considerations
Howard Wakeling (UK)
Surgical considerations

John MacFie (UK)
Nutrition and metabolic considerations

Olle Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Overview
Alan Horgan (UK)

Supported by Deltex Medical Ltd
  Parallel Session
10:30-11:30 Free paper presentations
Chairs: Alexandre Duarte (Portugal)
Paul Finan (UK)
  Plenary Session
11:30-12:00 Keynote lecture - Laparoscopy in colon
and rectal surgery

Speaker: Anthony Senagore (USA)
Chair: Henrique Bicha Castelo (Portugal)
12:00-12:30 Keynote lecture - Expert tips on how to
run clinical trials

Speaker: Cornelius van de Welde (The Netherlands)
Chair: Torbjörn Holm (Sweden)
  Parallel Session
11:30-12:30 Oral poster presentations
Chairs: Fredrik Hjern (Sweden)
Mirko Omejc (Slovenia)

 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
  Parallel Session
13:30-15:00 Symposium
Constipation and evacuation disorders

Chairs: Ioannis Karaitianos (Greece)
Mario Pescatori (Italy)

Evaluation of severe constipation
Johann Pfeifer (Austria)
Treatment of obstructed defecation (STARR)
Anders Mellgren (Sweden)
SNS for constipation
Tom Dudding (UK) & Cor Baeten
(The Netherlands)
Surgery for severe constipation
Freddy Penninckx (Belgium)
Conservative management of
severe constipation
Richard Nelson (UK)

Supported by Medtronic
  Parallel Session
13:30-15:00 Free paper presentations
Chairs: Francesco Selvaggi (Italy)
Per Nilsson (Sweden)

 
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break/Exhibition/Posters
  Plenary Session
15:30-16:00 Keynote lecture - Screening for colorectal
cancer

Speaker: Lester Rosen (USA)
Chair: Eduardo García-Granero (Spain)
16:00-16:30 Keynote lecture - Bowel preparation - is it necessary?
Speaker: Peer Wille-Jørgensen (Denmark)
Chair: James Hill (UK)
  Parallel Session
15:30-16:30 Oral poster presentations
Chairs: Tom Oresland (Sweden)
Juan Martí Ragué (Spain)

 
16:30-17:30 Symposium
A European treatment algorithm for anal fissure
Chair: Mario Pescatori (Italy)

The Evolution of non-surgical therapy
Ruud Schouten (The Netherlands)
The development of a licensed GTN
Per-Olof Nyström (Sweden)
The development of a European treatment algorithm
Jon Lund (UK)
ESCP Affiliates