<p> ESTS SCHOOL OF THORACIC SURGERY – SKILL TRACK 14 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 IRCAD INSTITUTE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE</p><p>MAXIMALLY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS</p><p>EACCME Accreditation has been applied for.</p><p>DAY 1</p><p>08.00 - 08.30 Welcome refreshments</p><p>08.30 – 08.45 Welcome - F Le Pimpec-Barthes (Paris), G Massard (Strasbourg)</p><p>ESTS Educational Platform and EBTS Gilbert Massard, Strasbourg</p><p>08.45 – 10.00 Vascular Problems and Techniques</p><p>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</p><p>09.55 – 10.00 Discussion</p><p>10:00 – 10.30 Coffee</p><p>10:30 – 11.15 T3 NSCLC – Chest Wall</p><p>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</p><p>11.15 – 12.15 How to Deal with Complications: some particular techniques</p><p>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</p><p>12:15 – 13.30 Lunch</p><p>13:30 – 17:00 Lab Activities</p><p>Introduction: how to behave in the lab</p><p> Basic VATS procedures  VATS lobectomy  Chest wall reconstruction DAY 2</p><p>08:30 Welcome refreshments</p><p>09.00 – 10.15 Trouble Shooting in All-Day Surgery (1)</p><p>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</p><p>10.15 – 10.45 Coffee</p><p>10.45 – 12.00 Trouble Shooting in All-Day Surgery (2)</p><p>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</p><p>12.00 – 13.00 Lunch</p><p>13.00 – 15.30 Lab Activities</p><p> Basic VATS  VATS lobectomy  Vascular sutures and prosthetic replacement  Tracheal resection</p><p>15.30 End of course</p><p>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</p>