Programme

Scientific and hands-on program Laparoscopy Module October 6-8, 2008
Module Coordinators: Jorge Correia-Pinto; Estêvão Lima
9:00 Welcoming remarks
Equipment, instruments and techniques – Munther J Haddad
Physiologic and anaesthetic principles of laparoscopy – José M Pêgo
Physiologic and other specificities of laparoscopy in children – Conceição Salgado
10:30 Coffee-break
Endoscopy in Gynecology – João Bernardes
Classification and techniques of laparoscopic hysterectomy: Practical approach – António Alves
Laparoscopic approach of annexial tumors – António Alves
Laparoscopic techniques for digestive laparoscopy (bariatric and colonic surgery) – Lima Terroso
Laparoscopy for digestive surgery: Challenges – Novo de Matos
Laparoscopy and endoscopy in Urology – Mathew Gettman
12:30 Lunch
Endotrainer practice in the Lab
16:00 Coffee-break
Endotrainer practice in the Lab
18:00 End of the session

October 7th, 2008
09:00 Starting activities
Hands-on procedure in pigs
10:30 Coffee-break
Hands-on procedure in pigs
13:00 Lunch
Hands-on procedure in pigs
16:00 Coffee-break
Hands-on procedure in pigs
18:00 End of the session

October 8th, 2008
09:00 Starting activities
Hands-on procedure in pigs
10:30 Coffee-break
Hands-on procedure in pigs
13:00 Lunch
Hands-on procedure in pigs
16:00 Coffee-break
Hands-on procedure in pigs
18:00 End of the session
20:00 Course dinner (Faculty and participants)


Scientific and hands-on program Therapeutic Endoscopy Module October 9, 2008
Module Coordinators: Guilherme Macedo; Carla Rolanda
9:00 Welcoming remarks
Advanced endoscopic procedures (indications, CI and proper techniques):
Non-variceal hemostasis and varices management – Pedro Amaro
Mucosectomy│ESD – Mário Diniz-Ribeiro
Stent placement│Foreign bodies extraction – Armando Ribeiro
Balloon and PEG placement – Leopoldo Matos
10:30 Coffee-break
Hands-on training session on porcine model
Station A – Mucosectomy │ ESD
Hemostasis
Station B - Foreign bodies extraction │ Stent placement
Balloon │ PEG placement
13:00 Lunch
Diagnostic GI endoscopy: one step beyond – Paul Swain
Interventional GI endoscopy: state-of-the-art – José Soares
15: 30 Coffee-break
Hands-on training session on porcine model
Station B - Foreign bodies extraction │ Stent placement
Balloon │ PEG placement
Station A – Mucosectomy │ ESD
Hemostasis
18:00 End of the session


Scientific and hands-on program N.O.T.E.S. Module October 10, 2008
Module Coordinators: Jorge Correia-Pinto; Estêvão Lima; Carla Rolanda

9:00 Welcoming remarks
The rationale for NOTES – Jorge Correia-Pinto
Transgastric access – Carla Rolanda
Transcolonic access – José Luís Carvalho
Transvesical access – Estêvão Lima
NOTES: Third generation surgery? – Jorge Correia-Pinto
Discussion
10:30 Coffee-break
NOTES, "LESS", robotics and other technologies – Mathew Gettman
NOTES cholecystectomy: preliminary clinical experience – Antonello Forgione
NOTES: where we are now and where we are going? – Paul Swain
Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Hands-on procedures in pigs
Transgastric: peritoneoscopy; tubal ligation; cholecystectomy
Transvaginal: cholecystectomy
16:00 Coffee-break
Hands-on procedures in pigs
Transgastric: peritoneoscopy; tubal ligation; cholecystectomy
Transvaginal cholecystectomy
18:00 End of the session

Working Groups N.O.T.E.S. Module October 10, 2008
Tutors Team: Antonello Forgione; Carla Rolanda; Estêvão Lima; Jorge Correia-Pinto; José Luís Carvalho; Mathew Gettman; Paul Swain
Supervisor Anesthesiologist: José Miguel Pêgo
Assisting Veterinary: Francisco Ribeiro; Sónia Fernandes
Assisting Nurses: Angelina Gama, Ana Balão, Elvira Igreja; Ivone Moreira; Lurdes Favas, Manuela Matos, Matilde Oliveira;
Group 1
Participants: Ana Casquilho; Ângelo Ferreira
Group 2
Participants: António Sérgio; Edgar Rosa
Group 3
Participants: Eduardo Xavier; Eunice Capela
Group 4
Participants: Germano Villas Boas; Hugo Sousa
Group 5
Participants: Luís Bernardo; Mário Nora
Group 6
Participants: Ricardo Rio Tinto; Susana Maia
Group 7
Participants: Edgar Rosa; Tiago Henriques-Coelho