ESTS SCHOOL OF THORACIC SURGERY – SKILL TRACK 14 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 IRCAD INSTITUTE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

MAXIMALLY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS

EACCME Accreditation has been applied for.

DAY 1

08.00 - 08.30 Welcome refreshments

08.30 – 08.45 Welcome - F Le Pimpec-Barthes (Paris), G Massard (Strasbourg)

ESTS Educational Platform and EBTS Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg

08.45 – 10.00 Vascular Problems and Techniques

08.45 – 08.55 How to secure vascular stumps - Basics about how to ligate, suture-ligate, clam suture, stapling: Gunda Leschber, Berlin 08.55 – 09.15 Superior vena cava surgical anatomy: repair and replacement Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Strasbourg 09.15 – 09.30 Subclavian arteries: surgical anatomy: repair and replacement Anne Olland, Strasbourg 09.30 – 09.45 Pulmonary arteries: from anatomy to damage control! Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg 09.45 – 09.55 Pulmonary arteries: reconstruction Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg

09.55 – 10.00 Discussion

10:00 – 10.30 Coffee

10:30 – 11.15 T3 NSCLC – Chest Wall

10.30 – 10.45 Pancoast tumours: treatment strategy Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven 10.45 – 11.00 Pancoast tumours: posterior approach Igor Poliakov, Krasnodar 11.00 – 11.15 Pancoast tumours: anterior approach Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven

11.15 – 12.15 How to Deal with Complications: some particular techniques

11.15 – 11.30 The bronchial stump has blown up: what should I do? Anne Olland, Strasbourg 11.30 – 11.45 When and how to perform a thoracoplasty Igor Poliakov, Krasnodar 11.45 – 12.00 How to clean empyema: is VAC the way out? Thomas Schmid, Innsbruck 12.00 – 12.15 Discussion

12:15 – 13.30 Lunch

13:30 – 17:00 Lab Activities

Introduction: how to behave in the lab

 Basic VATS procedures  VATS lobectomy  Chest wall reconstruction DAY 2

08:30 Welcome refreshments

09.00 – 10.15 Trouble Shooting in All-Day Surgery (1)

09.00 – 09.15 Trouble shooting with one lung ventilation Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg 09.15 – 09.45 Segmentectomy: tips and tricks - Open Thomas Schmid, Innsbruck - VATS Eric Lim, London 09.45 – 10.15 Lobectomy with incomplete fissure - Open Eric Lim, London - VATS Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Marseille

10.15 – 10.45 Coffee

10.45 – 12.00 Trouble Shooting in All-Day Surgery (2)

10.45 – 11.30 Lymph node dissection: tips and tricks - Standard open dissection Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Paris - How to perform it by VATS Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Marseille - VAMLA: an alternative? Gunda Leschber, Berlin 11.30 – 11.45 Chest tube management with digital devices: what can we get out of the box? Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Strasbourg 11.45 – 12.00 Chylothorax: an algorithm subjected to discussion Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Paris

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 15.30 Lab Activities

 Basic VATS  VATS lobectomy  Vascular sutures and prosthetic replacement  Tracheal resection

15.30 End of course

Faculty: Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Marseille, France Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Strasbourg, France Gunda Leschber, Berlin, Germany Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthese, Paris, France Eric Lim, London, UK Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg, France Anne Olland, Strasbourg, France Igor Poliakov, Krasnodor, Russian Federation Thomas Schmid, Innsbruck, Austria Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium