Program




 

Day 1 | Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery

TimeProgramme item
07:30-08:30 Free paper sessions
08:45-09:00 Welcome address

Session I | Current Landscape and Technical Strategy in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery

TimeProgramme item
09:00 Evolution and current landscape of robotic liver surgery
09:20 Patient selection for minimally invasive surgery: Which approach to choose?
09:40 Difficult segments and difficult resections in laparoscopic liver surgery
10:00 Difficult segments and difficult resections in robotic liver surgery
10:30 Coffee break

Session II | The Future of Robotic Surgery

TimeProgramme item
11:00 Outcome assessment in the era of disruptive techniques and technologies
11:20 Breaking barriers in robotic HPB surgery: What's to come?
11:40 3D Models and intraoperative imaging: The end of surgical surprises?
12:00 AI in the operating room: Ally or threat to the HPB surgeon?
12:20 Robotic telesurgery: Futuristic dream or near reality?
13:00 Training and simulation in robotic HPB surgery
13:20 Lunch break
14:20 From the knife to the robot

Session III | Tips, Tricks, and Difficult Scenarios in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery

TimeProgramme item
15:00 Robotic biliary reconstruction: Pros and cons
15:20 Managing complications in robotic HPB surgery
15:40 Difficult situations in laparoscopic liver surgery
16:00 Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy: A true revolution?
16:20 Break

Session IV | Expert Case Masterclasses

TimeProgramme item
16:40 My most difficult pancreas case
17:10 My most challenging liver case
17:40 My most challenging open liver case
18:10 End of day 1

Day 2 | Minimally Invasive Liver Transplantation and Advanced HPB Oncology

TimeProgramme item
07:30-08:30 Free paper sessions
08:00-09:00 Live transmission from Curry Cabral Hospital featuring robotic left or right hemihepatectomy, left-sided Klatskin resection, or robotic deceased-donor liver transplantation, feasibility permitting.

Session V | Living Donor Liver Transplantation

TimeProgramme item
09:00 Living donor liver transplantation - The donor operation (Open)
09:15 Living donor liver transplantation - The donor operation (Laparoscopic)
09:30 Living donor liver transplantation - The donor operation (Robotic)
09:45 Discussion
10:00 MIS living donor liver transplantation: Current evidence in the recipient
10:20 Difficulties and caveats in robotic LDLT
10:40 Living donor liver transplantation: The future is open or robotic?
11:00 Coffee break

Session VI | Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation and Innovation

TimeProgramme item
11:30 Deceased donor liver transplantation: The future is open or robotic?
12:00 Tips and tricks in RDDLT
12:20 Current advances in liver transplantation including the RAPID Technique
12:40 Old techniques revisited with machine perfusion
13:00 Lunch / Satellite Symposium: Machine perfusion - Current status

Session VII | Multicentre Perspectives in Advanced HPB Oncology

TimeProgramme item
14:00 Free video papers
15:00 Open or minimally invasive surgery for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
16:00 Current status of surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
17:00 End of programme