Date: Wednesday 22 September
Course Directors: Anders Mellgren & Giulio Santoro 
Time: 12:00 - 17:00 at Hilton Sorrento Palace Hotel
Cost: €70 early (€45 reduced rate) and €85 late (€55 reduced rate). Includes a light lunch at 13:30 approx.
Pre-booking essential, places are limited!
An informative and practical workshop covering ultrasound for fecal incontinence, fistula, pelvic floor disorders and tumours. The workshop includes a 'hands on' lab featuring anal and rectal ultrasound, and ultrasound of the pelvic floor.
| Time | Sessions |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 |
Introduction: course objectives - Anders Mellgren (USA), Giulio Santoro (Italy) |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Normal ultrasound anatomy of the anal canal & rectum - Clive Bartram (UK) |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Normal ultrasound anatomy of the pelvic floor - Giulio Santoro (Italy) |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Ultrasound evaluation of fistula & abscess - Carlo Ratto (Italy) |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Ultrasound evaluation of fecal incontinence - Anders Mellgren (USA) |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Ultrasound in preoperative staging of rectal cancer - Amy Thorsen (USA) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Ultrasound of posterior compartment prolapse - Giulio Santoro (Italy) |
| 14:15 - 14.30 | Ultrasound of anterior compartment prolapse - Pavel Wieczorek (Poland) |
| 14.30 - 14:45 | How can ultrasound change the clinical decision-making in benign disease? - Klaus Matzel (Germany) |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | How can ultrasound change the clinical decision-making in malignant disease? - Bruno Roche (Switzerland) |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Patient cases & discussion with faculty - Anders Mellgren (USA), Giulio Santoro (Italy) |
| 15:30-17:00 |
Hands-On-Lab 30 minutes at each station:
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