15th EDS 2023 TBILISI
Scientific Programme

Accordion Content
13.00-17.00 Pre-course workshop: Evidence-Based Medicine Chairs: Daniel Hartmann, Giovanni Marchegiani, Benedikt Kaufmann,  Povilas Ignatavicius
Welcome and Introduction to EBM and levels of evidence.
Formulating a clinically relevant question: PICO/FINER 
PICO/FINER Practice in groups 
Setup and Planning of clinical studies
Why and how should we critically appraise the evidence?
Journal club – Appraisal of RCT/SR – small working groups
How to give a presentation
How to search for the best evidence: engines, databases, search strategy
How to write a scientific abstract
Writing a scientific abstract – in small working groups
17:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
8:30 Registration Open
9:15 – 9:30 Welcome
9:30 – 10:20 UPPER GI & BARIATRICS Chairs: Merab Kiladze (Tbilisi), Kakhaber Kashibadze (Batumi), Theodoros Liakakos (Athens), 
9:30 – 9:45 TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, Ivane Kiladze (Tbilisi)
9:45 – 10:00 GASTRIC CANCER TREATMENT STRATEGY IN M1 DISEASE,  Beat Gloor (Bern)
10:00 – 10:15 BARIATRIC SURGERY:  WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY FOR WHICH PATIENT David Abuladze (Tbilisi)
10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50 – 12:15 LIVER & BILIARY TREE Chairs: Kwang-Woong Lee (Seoul), Koba Shanava (Tbilisi), Nodar Lomidze (Tbilisi)
10:50 – 11:05 MANAGEMENT OF CHOLECYSTO-CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS,  Levan Koiava (Tbilisi)
11:05 – 11:20 MANAGEMENT OF POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY BILE DUCT INJURIES,  José Davide (Porto)
11:20 – 11:35 PERCUTANEOUS IMAGE-GUIDED FORMATION OF BILIO-ENTERO-NEOANASTOMOSIS,  Malkhaz Mizandari (Tbilisi)
11:35 – 11:50 MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL BILIARY CYSTS, Kevin Conlon (Dublin)
11:50 – 12:05 ROBOTIC LIVER RESECTIONS: (TRANSITION) FROM MINOR RESECTIONS TO ROBOTIC ALPPS, Christoph W Michalski (Heidelberg)
12:15 – 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 – 15:10 PANCREAS Chairs: Helmut Friess (Munich), Thierry Berney (Tbilisi), Güralp Onur Ceyhan (Istanbul)
13:45 – 14:00 ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: THE ROLE OF SURGERY, Isabella Frigerio (Verona)
14:00 – 14:15 PANCREATIC SURGERY: HOW TO PERFORM A SAFE PANCREATIC ANASTOMOSIS, Merab Kiladze (Tbilisi)
14:15 – 14:30 PANCREATIC SURGERY: IS LIVER METASTASIS STILL A CONTRAINDICATION?  Dejan Radenkovic (Belgrade)
14:30 – 14:45 PANCREATIC CANCER: WHO NEEDS NEOADJUVANT THERAPY? Jörg Kleeff (Halle)
14:45 – 15:00 AMPULLARY TUMORS: CURRENT SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, Shailesh V Shrikhande (Mumbai)
15:10 – 15:40 COFFEE BREAK
15:40 – 16:45 ONCOLOGY Chairs: Christoph Michalski (Heidelberg), Ivane Kiladze (Tbilisi), Elene Zhuravliova (Tbilisi)
15:40 – 15:55 MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS, Mert Erkan (Istanbul)
15:55 – 16:10 CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS IN GI TUMORS, Nia Sharikadze (Tbilisi)
16:10 – 16:25 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES DE NOVO MALIGNANCY AFTER LDLT, Kakhaber Kashibadze (Batumi)
16:25 – 16:40 CYSTIC PANCREATIC TUMORS: WHO NEEDS SURGERY & WHO DOES NOT? Giuseppe Malleo (Verona)
16:45 – 17:30 LEADERS IN SURGERY Chairs: Kevin Conlon (Dublin), Jörg Kleeff (Halle), Prashant Bhangui (Delhi)
16:45 – 17:05 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF HCC, Kwang-Woong Lee (Seoul)
17:05 – 17:25 CONTEMPORARY SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER, Helmut Friess (Munich)
9:30 – 10:20 COLON & RECTUM Chairs: Mert Erkan (Istanbul), Christos Dervenis (Athens), Dejan Radenkovic (Belgrade)
9:30 – 9:45 SURGERY FOR COMPLEX BENIGN COLORECTAL DISEASE, Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton)
9:45 – 10:00 RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF THE PELVIC FLOOR, Guillaume Meurette (Geneva)
10:00 – 10:15 THE ROLE OF HIPEC & PIPAC IN PERITONEAL CARCINOSIS FROM COLORECTAL PRIMARIES Michel Adamina (Winterthur)
10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50 – 12:15 TRANSPLANTATION Chairs: Shailesh Shrikhande (Mumbai), Gia Tomadze (Tbilisi), Ivane Abiatari (Tbilisi), 
10:50 – 11:05 LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND OUTCOMES,  Koba Shanava (Tbilisi)
11:05 – 11:20 IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH HCC TRANSPLANTED USING EXPANDED SELECTION CRITERIA, Prashant Bhangui (Delhi)
11:20 – 11:35 MANAGEMENT OF POSTTRANSPLANTATION INFECTIONS,  Pyoeng Gyun Choe (Seoul)
11:35 – 11:50 PANCREAS AND ISLET CELLS TRANSPLANTATION,  Thierry Berney (Tbilisi)
11:50 – 12:05 REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND BIO-ARTIFICIAL ORGANS,  Ekaterine Berishvili (Geneva/Tbilisi)
12:15 – 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 – 15:00 GENERAL SURGERY Chairs: Giorgi Giorgobiani (Tbilisi), Giedrius Barauskas (Kaunas), Guillaume Meurette (Geneva)
13:45 – 14:00 LIFE-SAVING VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN HPB SURGERY, Güralp Onur Ceyhan (Istanbul)
14:00 – 14:15 EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND FOR ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: REVIEW OF FAST U PROTOCOL AND ITS POSSIBILITIES FOR CIVILIAN AND MILITARY MEDICINE, Oksana Popova (Dnipro)
14:15 – 14:30 POSTERIOR RETROPERITONEOSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY, Aristotelis Kechagias (Athens)
14:30 – 14:45 MANAGEMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIAS, Antanas Gulbinas (Kaunas)
14:45 – 15:00 INVITATION for 16th EDS POSTGRADUATE COURSE, José Davide (Porto)   CLOSING REMARKS
19:00 GALA DINNER