Calendar

Module 1: ONCOLOGIC COLORECTAL SURGERY

23-24-25 January 2025 – Chairmen: P. Bianchi, G. Spinoglio

  • Surgical anatomy, surgical strategies, tips and tricks in laparoscopic resection of right colon, transverse colon, splenic flexure, and left colon cancers
  • Laparoscopic TME and PME: Evidence-based practice
  • Use of indocyanine green fluorescence in laparoscopic and robotic surgery
  • Ta-TME : tips and tricks
  • Laparoscopic and robotic colectomies: Video Session
  • Laparoscopic and robotic TME: Video Session

Module 2: ONCOLOGIC LIVER SURGERY

27-28-01 February/March 2025 – Chairman: G. Ercolani

  • MIS techniques in colorectal liver metastases
  • Combined laparoscopic surgery for metastatic colorectal cancer
  • Robotic liver resection of colorectal metastasis
  • Laparoscopic and robotic surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Radiofrequency and microwave ablation as alternatives or hepatocellular carcinoma
  • 3D laparoscopy in hepato-biliary surgery
  • Laparoscopic and robotic colorectal liver metastasis resection: Video Session
  • MIS approaches in hepatocellular carcinoma resection: Video Session

Module 3: ONCOLOGIC UPPER GI SURGERY

27-28-29 March 2025 – Chairmen: J.S. Azagra, F. Marchesi

  • MIS approaches for total and partial gastrectomy: indications and evidence-based practice
  • Laparoscopic and MIS strategies in esophageal cancer
  • MIS in gastroesophageal junction diseases
  • Robotic surgery in esophageal malignancies: the state of the art
  • Laparoscopic and robotic gastric surgery: Video Session
  • Robotic esophageal surgery: Video Session

Module 4: ONCOLOGIC PANCREATIC SURGERY

10-11-12 April 2025 – Chairman: G. Ercolani

  • MIS techniques for pancreatic oncologic diseases
  • Robotic pancreatic and spleen resections for oncologic diseases
  • Laparoscopic and robotic pancreatic surgery - Video Session
  • How to get proficiency in MIS pancreatic surgery ?

Module 5: EMERGENCY SURGERY

22-23-24 May 2025 – Chairman: F. Catena

  • Laparoscopic strategies in emergency colorectal surgery
  • Robotic surgery and colorectal emergencies
  • How to manage emergencies for liver oncologic diseases with a MIS approach
  • MIS approaches in upper gastrointestinal surgical emergencies
  • Emergency surgery by MIS techniques: Video Session

Hands-on Module: MIS TRAINING in DRY and WET Lab

6 June 2025 and 9-10 October 2025

Clinical Stage: 2 weeks in a MIS Unit (optional)

2 weeks in a surgical unit of minimally invasive surgery