Program
| April 10, 2025 | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration | |
| CASE LABORATORY 1 – Acıbadem University | ||
| 09:30-14:00 | Hands-On Training Session in Robotic Surgery | |
| 09:30-09:50 | Introduction of robotic platform and current status for robotic surgery practice in general surgery | Victor Tomulescu |
| 09:50-10:00 | Q/A | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Robotic technique: Upper GI surgery | Erman Aytaç |
| 10:15-10:25 | Q/A | |
| 10:25-10:40 | Robotic technique: Lower GI surgery | Victor Tomulescu |
| 10:40-10:50 | Q/A | |
| 10:50-11:05 | Robotic technique: Hepatopancreaticobiliary | Ekin Demir |
| 11:05-11:15 | Q/A | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Robotic technique: Abdominal Hernia | Erman Aytaç |
| 12:00-12:15 | Q/A | |
| 12:15-14:00 | Hands-on dry lab *Limited participant |
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| CASE LABORATORY 2 – Acıbadem University | ||
| 09:30-14:00 | Hands-On Training Session in Laparoscopic Surgery | |
| 09:30-09:50 | Basics of laparoscopic surgery and current status for laparoscopic surgery practice in general surgery | Gianluca Pellino |
| 09:50-10:00 | Q/A | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Laparoscopic technique: Upper GI surgery | Mehmet Celal Kızılkaya |
| 10:15-10:25 | Q/A | |
| 10:25-10:40 | Laparoscopic technique: Lower GI surgery | Erman Aytaç |
| 10:40-10:50 | Q/A | |
| 10:50-11:05 | Robotic technique: Hepatopancreaticobiliary | Georg Weber |
| 11:05-11:15 | Q/A | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Laparoscopic technique: Abdominal Hernia | Can Saraçoğlu |
| 12:00-12:15 | Q/A | |
| 12:15-14:00 | Hands on dry lab *Limited participant |
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| CASE CLASSROOM – Acıbadem University | ||
| 09:30-11:15 | Workshop-Evidence-Based Medicine: From searching for the evidence to writing a paper! |
Rita Gudaityte, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Benedikt Kaufmann, Daniel Hartmann, Nuha Yassin |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:45-13:00 | Workshop-Evidence-Based Medicine: From searching for the evidence to writing a paper! |
Rita Gudaityte, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Benedikt Kaufmann, Daniel Hartmann, Nuha Yassin |
| MAIN AUDITORIUM | ||
| 13:00-14:15 | Lunch |
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| 14:15-16:00 | Pancreas-Cystic Tumors | Chairperson: Mustafa Kerem, Thilo Hackert |
| 14:15-14:30 | Evolution of the Approach to Cystic Tumors: From the Sendai Guidelines to the Present | Roberto Salvia |
| 14:30-14:35 | Case presentation: Side-branch intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm | Zeynep Dal |
| 14:35-15:00 | To operate or not | Shailesh Shrikhande & Isabella Frigerio |
| 15:00-15:05 | Case presentation: Mucinous cystic neoplasm | Nur Ramoğlu |
| 15:05-15:30 | To operate or not | Jörg Kleeff & Giuseppe Malleo |
| 15:30-15:35 | Case presentation: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm | Dana Sochorova |
| 15:35-16:00 | To operate or not | Robert Grützmann & Giovanni Marchegianni |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30-17:45 | Update-Oncological Surgery | Chairperson: Merab Kiladze, Yusif Aliyarov |
| 16:30-16:45 | Anatomical carcinogenesis theory for hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers | Volkan Adsay |
| 16:45-17:00 | Esophageal cancer UPDATE | Mark van Berge Henegouwen |
| 17:00-17:15 | Colon cancer UPDATE | Gianluca Pellino |
| 17:15-17:30 | The future of trauma surgery: Lessons from the war in Ukraine and the potential for their application in peacetime to save lives worldwide | Oksana Popova |
| 17:30-17:45 | Turkish hepato-pancreato-biliary-school a novel educational platform | Mustafa Kerem |
| 19:00 | Welcome Reception Place: Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia Walking Route |
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| April 11, 2025 | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | Registration | |
| 09:20-11:30 | Pancreatic Cancer | Chairperson: Güralp Ceyhan, Helmut Friess, Jörg Kleeff |
| 09:20-09:35 | Welcome adresses | Isabella Frigerio, Helmut Friess, Mert Erkan |
| 09:35-10:00 | State of the art-technical tricks in pancreatic surgery | Helmut Friess |
| 10:00-10:15 | Neoadjuvant therapy-Acibadem sandwich protocol: Multidisciplinary management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer | Güralp Ceyhan |
| 10:15-10:30 | Endoscopic ultrasound/endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography diagnosis & pretreatment | Gürhan Şişman |
| 10:30-10:45 | Neoadjuvant therapy-chemotherapy UPDATE | Hana Algül |
| 10:45-11:00 | Neoadjuvant therapy-radiotherapy UPDATE | Stephanie Combs |
| 11:00-11:15 | Neoadjuvant therapy-pathology | Sibel Erdamar |
| 11:15-11:30 | When surgery is not an option-impact of local ablative therapies evidence and outlook | Koray Güven |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00-13:35 | Pancreatic Surgery & Education | Chairperson: Kevin Conlon, Yaman Tekant, Christos Dervenis |
| 12:00-12:15 | Pushing the borders in pancreatic surgery | Christoph Michalski |
| 12:15-12:30 | Tailored surgery for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors | Mert Erkan |
| 12:30-13:00 | State of the art-from triangle operation to a mentorship pyramid of surgery, education and research | Markus Büchler |
| 13:00-13:15 | Professional Identity Formation in Surgical Education | Pascal Berberat |
| 13:15-13:35 | Panel-from triangle operation to a mentorship pyramid of surgery, education and research | Markus Büchler & SCHOOL HD (Helmut Friess, Shailesh Shrikhande, Thilo Hackert, Jörg Kleeff, Christoph Michalski, Güralp Ceyhan, Mert Erkan) |
| 13:35-14:05 | Satellite Symposium – MEDTRONIC Chairperson: Mustafa Kerem Mastering Precision and Maneuverability in Complex Tissues: Advanced Strategies for Optimal Outcomes Cihangir Akyol |
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| 14:05-15:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:00-16:45 | Liver & Biliary Cancer | Chairperson: Koray Güven, Ahmet Coker, Deniz Balcı |
| 15:00-15:15 | Peripheral cholangiocellular carcinoma | Kevin Conlon |
| 15:15-15:30 | Central cholangiocellular carcinoma | Thilo Hackert |
| 15:30-15:45 | Colorectal liver metastases | Ender Dulundu |
| 15:45-16:00 | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Ekin Demir |
| 16:00-16:15 | Ablation/transarterial radioembolization | Ali Harman |
| 16:15-16:30 | Gallbladder cancer | Ahmet Coker |
| 16:30-16:45 | Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy after 12 years – critical evaluation | Hauke Lang |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:00-18:30 | Update in General Surgery | Chairperson: Ivane Abiatari, Dejan Radenkovic |
| 17:00-17:15 | Advances in bariatric surgery – UPDATE | Mehmet Ali Yerdel |
| 17:15-17:30 | Robotic hernia surgery – UPDATE | Erman Aytaç |
| 17:30-17:45 | Thyroid cancer surgery – UPDATE | Mete Düren |
| 17:45-18:00 | Breast cancer surgery – UPDATE | Halil Kara |
| 18:00-18:15 | Management of peritoneal cancer – UPDATE | Erman Aytaç |
| 18:15-18:30 | Minimal invasive adrenal surgery – UPDATE | Aristotelis Kechagias |
| 20:00 | Faculty Dinner | |
| April 12, 2025 | ||
| 09:00-10:45 | Technological Advances | Chairperson: Erman Aytaç, Christoph Michalski, Kevin Conlon |
| 09:00-09:15 | How do I teach minimal invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery? | Moh Abu Hilal |
| 09:15-09:30 | How do I teach robotic gastrointestinal surgery? | Andre Mihaljevic |
| 09:30-09:45 | Implementation of robotic gastrointestinal surgery | Laurents Stassen |
| 09:45-10:00 | Implementation of minimal invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery | Ekin Demir |
| 10:00-10:15 | Quantifiable assessment of learning using novel technologies | M. Emin Aksoy |
| 10:15-10:30 | Medical artificial intelligence-the pearl on the crown inside AI | Bin Liu |
| 10:30-10:45 | AI and endosonography | Zhen Ding |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15-12:45 | Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery – Panel – Multidisciplinary Tailoring of Neoadjuvant Treatment for Gastric Cancer | Chairperson: Hana Algül, Mark van Berge Henegouwen, Theodoros Liakakos |
| 11:15-11:30 | Role of radiotherapy in upper gastrointestinal system | Enis Özyar |
| 11:30-11:45 | Not to radiate – Chemotherapy alone is enough | Özlem Er |
| 11:45-12:00 | Surgery | Erman Aytaç |
| 12:00-12:15 | Is hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy still an option in gastric cancer? | Richard van Hillegersberg |
| 12:15-12:30 | Endoscopic management of early gastric cancer | Erkin Öztaş |
| 12:30-12:45 | Perioperative management of signet ring cell gastric carcinoma | Rümeysa Atabey |
| 12:45-13:15 | Satellite Symposium – BAXTER Chairperson: Ahmet Çoker The importance of topical hemostatic agents and sealants in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Güralp Ceyhan |
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| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery – Panel – Multidisciplinary Sequencing of Total Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer | Chairperson: Laurents Stassen, Yusif Aliyarov, İlknur Erenler Bayraktar |
| 14:00-14:15 | Role of chemotherapy | Sara De Dosso |
| 14:15-14:30 | Role of radiotherapy in lower gastrointestinal system | Enis Özyar |
| 14:30-14:45 | Role of surgery | Cihangir Akyol |
| 14:45-15:00 | THE GOOD: Optimising the watch and wait strategy following neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer | İlknur Erenler Bayraktar |
| 15:00-15:15 | THE BAD: Multivisceral resection for rectal cancer | Nuha Yassin |
| 15:15-15:30 | THE UGLY: Management of metastatic rectal cancer patients undergoing non-operative management | Leyla Özer |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Liver Transplantation and LTX in Oncology | Chairperson: Svetozar Antovic, Hauke Lang |
| 16:00-16:15 | Cadaveric liver transplantation-Living donor liver transplantation: Beyond the current criteria-Where do we stop? | Yaman Tokat |
| 16:15-16:30 | Living related liver transplantation: Advantages and risks over cadaveric liver transplantation | Utku Yılmaz |
| 16:30-16:45 | Novel approaches in liver transplantation: 3D liver imaging and reconstruction; resection and partial liver transplantation with delayed total hepatectomy | Deniz Balcı |
| 16:45-17:15 | Hepatocellular carcinoma: Living donor liver transplantation vs. sequential liver resection | Hamdi Karakayalı vs Hauke Lang |
| 17:15-17:45 | Colorectal liver metastases: Resection or liver transplantation? | Guido Torzilli vs Eric Vibert |
| 17:45-17:55 | Presidential adress | Mert Erkan |
| 17:55-18:00 | Outlook EDS 2026 | Svetozar Antovic |