Date/time: Tuesday 9 June 2026, 09:00-17:00
Venue: Queen Alexandra Hospital, B level Auditorium
Location: Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, United Kingdom
Fees: Member £252, Non-Member £280
In conjunction with the 10th Portsmouth Colorectal Congress and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI).
Scientific Programme
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:00- 09:20 | Welcome - Najaf Siddiqi, Francesco di Fabio, Ann-Marie Howell |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Diagnostics: MRI for colorectal surgeons - Gina Brown |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Diagnostics: Immunofluorescence in perfusion assessment and LN mapping - Luigi Boni |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Genetics: HNPCC: Current management - Isacco Montroni |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Cancer MDT: Three interesting cases - Speaker TBD |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Preoperative: Prehabilitation and MIS surgery - Malcom West |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Preoperative: Obesity and colorectal cancer - Mahir Ozmen |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Surgical optimisation: Low pressure pneumoperitoneum - Filippos Sagias |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Surgical optimisation: Surgical theatre leadership - Lars Seeberg |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-13:40 | Benign: Haemorrhoids: up to date - Pasquale Giordano |
| 13:30-14:00 |
Benign: Perianal fistula: up to date - Speaker TBD |
| 14:00-14:20 | Benign: Pilonidal sinus: up to date - Asha Senapati |
| 14:20-14:40 | Benign: Rectal Prolapse: up to date - Marco Caricato |
| 14:40-15:00 | Benign: IBD MDT: three interesting cases - John Richardson |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20-15:40 | Advanced cancer: Peritoneal carcinomatosis: what to do - Speaker TBD |
| 15:40-16:00 | Postoperative: LARS management - Soren Laurberg |
| 16:00-16:20 | Postoperative: Stoma: patient perspective (PROMs) - Patient |
| 16:20-16:40 | Postoperative: Dealing with complications - Walter Brunner |
| 16:40-17:00 |
Closing remarks - Prof Jim Khan |