Colorectal THRIVE 2025

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Lecturer

The EAES Presidental lecture

Designing  surgical training for optimal performance

The ESCP Presidential Lecture

Surgical leadership: soft factors, hard facts, new techniques – best outcomes

The ACPGBI Presidential Lecture

Volume-outcome relationship in oncologic colorectal surgery: making clinical sense of the scientific evidence

Pearls of practice – Cancer of the Rectum

Staging, re-staging, and decision-making in rectal cancer: the early, the nasty, and the ugly

Managing  early rectal cancer: local resection, radiation, and salvage procedures

Tailored  operative strategy and ileostomy policy in locally advanced rectal cancer

State of the art rectal cancer surgery: open, laparoscopic, transanal, or robotic –  let the data speak

Organ  preservation strategy and handling near complete responses

Robotic  pelvic exenteration and beyond TME resections: the new frontier

Pearls  of practice – Crohn and Colitis

The  COSTA study: can an appendectomy save the colon in ulcerative colitis  patients with active disease

Decision-making  on stricturoplasty vs resection and step by step techniques from plain to  complex stricturoplasties

Management  of refractory Crohn colitis and dysplasia – segmental vs extended resection  and reconstructive options

Mastering  IBD in general practice – perioperative strategies and technical pearls

The  Times They Are a-Changin

Curative  treatment strategies for peritoneal cancer: neoadjuvant PIPAC, CRS, and HIPEC

The  surgeon’s personality – does it matter?

Handling  oligometastatic colorectal cancer – from curative pathways to palliative  surgery

Human  factors in surgery: surgical team proficiency and optimal decision making

Ambulatory  colectomy: is it a day dream? Reporting the first 150 patients

Molecular  pathology explained - refining prognosis and tailoring oncologic treatment

Risk factors and management of diverticular disease - when shall we operate and to what aim? Of recurrence, quality of life, and surgical approaches

Pearls of practice – Cancer of the colon

Tailored  multimodal treatment for colon cancer: evidence put at work

Right  colectomy for cancer – my preferred techniques and approaches for solving  intraoperative complications

Implementation  of liquid biopsy, advanced staging, and big data in clinical practice

Getting  things right – how to successfully implement complete mesocolic excision in  your institution

Managing  obstructive colorectal cancer – of stent, neoadjuvant approaches, and stoma  prior to resection

Artificial  intelligence for detection of anatomical structures and surgical planes in  colorectal surgery

Management  of complex polyps

Perspective  lecture

From  Knowing to Doing: the implementation gap – leadership at work

Training  in robotic colorectal surgery - where do we stand, what did we achieve, where  are we going

How to  overcome frustration and develop resilience along a surgical career

Virtual  reality and surgical simulation in colorectal surgery: the future is here

Bail  out strategies: management of complications

Maximizing  the impact of ICG angiography on leak rates – results from the AVOID trial  and more

Gastrointestinal  bleeding: staple line, diverticulitis, angiodysplasia, and more – how to get  out of trouble

When  joining the ends make no sense – salvage strategies and long-term results of  the Turnbull-Cutait pull-through coloanal anastomosis

The  truth about anastomotic leak: prediction, treatment, and stoma-free survival  following rectal cancer resection: the TENTACLE data

Anticipating  complications and active management of frailty – prehabilitation

Prevention  and management of intestinal failure

Troubleshooting  in the operating room – from open to laparoscopic and robotic: all that could  get wrong and how to save your patient and yourself

Pearls  of practice – functional outcomes

LARS  revisited – from recognition to treatment strategies and long-term outcomes

Lessons  learned from two decades of pelvic floor surgery

Sexual  dysfunction and support pathways after multimodal anorectal cancer treatment

Diagnosis and treatment of intestinal malrotations

Title

Lecturer

Masterclass in Proctology and Pelvic Floor Diseases

Addressing the unspoken: sexual desire and function in coloproctology and pelvic floor patients

Step by step proctology techniques from a Master of his Art

The Crohn perineum – state of the art management of abscess and complex fistula

Stem cells explained and more coming from the bench to the bedside – what do we  have today and what to expect tomorrow

Obstetric injury: early and late presentation and repair techniques

Care protocol in proctology – hypnosis, local anesthesia, preemptive analgesia

State of the art neuromodulation: of fecal incontinence, slow-transit constipation,  LARS, and more - technique and cost-effectiveness

Guillaume Meurette, Geneva - CH

Pilonidal sinus: from incision to definitive treatment

Christian Gingert, Zürich - CH

Pelvic floor reconstruction techniques

Guillaume Meurette, Geneva - CH

What is IBS and what is it not – diagnosis and treatment of irritable bowel syndrom

Daniel Pohl, Zürich - CH (TBC)

Hidradenitis suppurativa – a practical, mutlimodal management guide

Christian Gingert, Zürich - CH

Rectocele, cystocele, and elytrocele: diagnosis, clinical significance, and surgical  implications

Bruno Roche, Geneva – CH

Masterclass in Colorectal Surgery    

Management strategies for intestinal neuroendocrine  tumors

How I do it: hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis and  lateral lymph node dissection

Happy to close – incidence of and step by  step management strategies to minimize incisional and parastomal hernia

Understanding biology and improving  surgical specimen are key to best  oncologic outcomes

First It did not reach and now it turns  ischemic! How to maximize mobilization and perfusion: from the perfect  flexure approach to mesentery lengthening and other tricks

Cancer staging – why it matters, how to  interpret imaging, and how to implement a quality reporting framework at home

Management of colonic volvulus, small  bowel obstruction, bezoars, and Ogilvie

The septic abdomen – radiologic  drainage, lavage, primary resection and protected anastomosis vs Hartmann procedure  and its minimally invasive reversal

Esther Consten, Groningen – NL

A colorectal trauma guide: foreign  bodies, blunt, stab and shot injuries

Laura Beyer-Berjot, Marseille – F

Intraoperative decision-making for  Crohn’s disease

Laura Hancock, Manchester - UK

Pro and cons of Ileorectal and  ileopouchanal anastomosis in IBD and polyposis syndromes

Justin Davies, Cambridge – UK

Management of presacral and retrorectal  tumors

William Perry, Rochester - USA