Scientific Programme-At-A-Glance
*Programme is provisional and subject to change.

• Challenges In Adopting Eras In Colorectal Surgery
• The CME: A Real Advantages?
• Laparoscopic Modified Delayed Coloanal Anastomosis Technique (L-mdcaa) For Sphincter Preservation In Low Rectal Surgery: A Viable Alternative.
• AI and Imaging Technology In Colorectal MIS
• Right Colectomy: Intra Or Extra Abdominal Anastomosis
• Obesity & Colorectal Cancer

• Endoscopic Tep Release & Reinforce Technique (Rrt): A Unique Procedure For Sportsman’s Hernia And Athletic Pubalgia Repair-results Of 9 Years
• The Anatomy And Preventing Chronic Pain
• Tips & Tricks in Recurrent IH
• Minimally Invasive Open Techniques: An Update
• The Inguino-scrotal Nightmare
• What Can We Do Better In Complex IH

• Emergency in Minimal Invasive Surgery
• TAPP and Emergency Hernia
• Difficult Gallbladders in Acute Cholecystitis: Subtotal, Bail-Outs, and Beyond
• ⁠Laparoscopic Management of Perforated Peptic Ulcers
• Emergency Laparoscopy for Small Bowel Obstruction: Timing and Technique
• Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Necrosectomy
• Step Up Approach For Necrotizing Pancreatitis

• Achalasia Diagnosis And Surgical Treatment
• Laparoscopic Correction Of Hernia In Children-advantages Over Open Surgery
• Fundoplication Techniques In Children-nissen Fundoplication
• Robotic Surgery
• MIS in Giant Spleen for Sperocytosis

• Thoracoscopic Echinococcectomy Of The Lung Cysts: Sharing Our Experience
• Thoracoscopic Management Of Loculated Pleural Effusions And Empyema
• Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy - Achieving Excellence Through Advanced Technologies
• Robotic Lung Resections
• Managing Thoracic Surgical Complications

• Use of ICG in HPB surgery
• Laparoscopic Approach To Mirizzi Syndrome: Standard Of Care Or Adopt With Caution
• Domino Effect in Bile Duct Injury Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Manage Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries
• Endoscopic Indications for Post-HPB Surgery Complications

• Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery – Past, Present And Future
• Robotic Breast Surgery - Mounting The Learning Curve Of The Nipple-sparing Mastectomy
• Robotic Breast Surgery - Extending Indications With Axillary Surgery
• Endoscopic Breast Surgery - Beyond The Resection, From Sensory Preservation To Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Surgery
• Is The Future Of Breast Surgery Robotic, Endoscopic, Or Both?

• Role of IFSES in Propagating the Science of MIS : Or Is There a Role for IFSES for MIS Education?
• Endoscopic Surgery Education in An Outreach Program: Is It Feasible? Or EOFLET Program: Endoscopic Education as an Outreach Program
• 15 years after: ELSA OP in Myanmar
• ⁠⁠ELSA OP and MIS at High Altitude
• Outreach Program: Global Perspectives

• What is Sustainability and EESG
• The Global Perspective On Healthcare Sustainability
• A Practical Approach To Make Our OR Sustainable
• Innovations for a Sustainable Healthcare Future: SAGES Perspective
• Overcoming Barriers to Sustainability in Healthcare
• TBA

• ⁠My Surgical Workplace Treats All Female Colleagues & Patients Equally - Yes/No
• ⁠Most Female Surgeons & Surgical Trainees I Know Are Thriving Well And Equally-respected By Colleagues & Patients - Agree/Disagree
• Surgical Equipment And Facilities Are Designed For Both Gender & Ergonomically Neutral For Both Male & Female Surgeons - Agree/Disagree
• My Surgical Workplace Treats All Female Colleagues and Patients Equally - Yes/No

• Diagnosis And ⁠Decision Making In Anti Reflux Procedures
• Advances in GERD Therapies
• Management of Recurrent Hiatal Hernia
• Outcomes of Laparoscopic Fundoplication
• Paraduodenal Hernia
• Controversies In The Treatment Of Large Paraesophageal Hernias

• Laparoscopic Management of Hernia with Loss Abdominal Domain
• Minimally Invasive Surgery for Acute Groin Hernias
• TAPE: A Versatile Procedure for Lower Abdominal Wall Hernia
• The Perfect eTEP

• CME + CVL from a General Surgeons Point of View
• Complicated Crohn’s Disease
• Laparoscopic Surgery in Intestinal Obstruction

• Use of ICG in HBP Surgery
• Domino Effect in Bile Duct Injury Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• TBA

• Image Enhance Endoscopy
• Eosinophilc Esophagitis: an Asian Disease
• Keeping Quality in Endoscopy
• Application of EndoFLIP in GERD

• Prosthetics and Mesh (e.g. Complications of Mesh; Chronic Pain After Hernia Repair)

• Chaos Theory, Medicine and Surgery
• Surgeon as an Innovator

• Intraoperative Complications in MIS
• Oesophagectomy Complications
• Bariatric Complications
• When Things Goes Wrong In Hernia
• Dealing with Intraoperative Complications in MIS Colorectal
• MIS Colorectal Gone Wrong (Leak, Bleeding, Stenosis)

• Experience Of A High Volume Oesophageal Cancer Centre In China (1,300 Oesophagectomy Cases A Year) (How To Achieve Excellence In Ramie?)
• Current Status And Extent Of Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy In Japan
• Thoracic Duct Excision In Oesophagectomy: Take It Or Leave It?
• Update on KLASS Trials
• Prevention And Management Of Oesophagectomy Complications In The Era Of MIS
• Is There Role For Mis In Conversion Surgery In Gastric Cancer Patients With Peritoneal Metastases

• Magnetic Anastomosis: One Type Fits All
• TBA
• Advanced Technologies in MIS Including Flexible Robotics
• Digital Surgery in Surgical Training
• AI and Automation In Surgery - Where Are We? - Showing The Progresses In The Field Of Environment Recognition And Mostly, In Automated Suturing
• Use Of Technology and Mixed Reality To Improve Outcomes In MIS HPB Surgery

• The Values of Soft Cadaveric Model in MIS Training
• Implementing Simulation-Based Education Into Medical Curriculum
• Training and General Surgery

• Presidential Lecture
• IFSES Invited Lecture
• Responsible Adoption Of New Technology In Clinical Practice
• IFSES Lifetime Celebration

• Complications in Cholecystectomy
• Manage Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries
• Inguinal Hernia
• Ventral Hernia
• Endoscopic Rescue Of Surgical Complications

• Laparoscopic Anatomical vs Non-anatomical Liver Resections
• R1 Vascular Resection For HCC - is It Oncologically Adequate?
• Laparoscopic Complex Liver Resections
• Laparoscopic Treatment Of Liver Echinococcosis: Advantages, Methods And Long-term Results
• Consensus statement from 3rd International Consensus Meeting of Laparoscopic Liver Surgery.

• Introduction
• Those Bloody Complications
• Shit Happens
• Aquaducts In and Out
• Down But Not Out! Surgical Psychology

• Flexible Robotics for Advanced Endoscopic Surgery
• Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection for Gastric GIST
• Therapeutic EUS
• Endoscopic Gastroenterotomy: Is It Replacing Surgical Bypass and Endoscopic Stenting?
• Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Treatment for Pancreatobilliary Malfunction

• The Policies For Safe Management On Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Cutting Cost And Keeping Quality In MIS And Endoscopy. How I Do It
• Healthcare Economics (e.g. International Comparisons Of Health Systems; Private And Public Payment For Surgical Services; Health System Challenges)
• Ergonomics
• Setting Up Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery Centres Round the World

• Decisions Over Incisions: D3, D2, And D-other Hemicolectomy
• Decisions Over Incisions: Right Colectomy - Intra Or Extracorporeal Anastomosis
• Decisions Over Incisions: Choosing The Best Approach For TME
• Decisions Over Incisions: 1,100 Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures - What Have We Learnt
• Decisions Over Incisions: Deciding Which Surgical Robot To Use

• Early Vs Delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy For Acute Cholecystitis (Ac)
• Lap Liver Resection With Vascular Reconstruction
• Lap Right Hepatectomy For Large Tumor
• Lap Completion Pancreatectomy After Whipples
• Lap Pancreatoduodenectomy

• Achalasia: Hellers' Myotomy or POEM ?

• Fundoplication and Unhappy Patient Following Surgery
• Revisional Surgery from Sleeve to RYGB

• Silent Cysts, Loud Problems: A Clinical Approach to Parathyroid Cysts
• Complication And Postoperative Weight Gain in Bariatric - Metabolic Surgery and Its Management
• Revision After Sleeve Gastrectomy

• How to Make Robot Surgery Survive and Sustainable
• Setting Up Multispecialty Robotic Training

• Prehabilitation in Obese Patient with Ventral Hernia
• Algorythm of Treatment in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia

• Communication Skill Know How In The 21 Century

• Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection
• Natural Orifice Colorectal Surgery
• Conquering The Difficult TME
• Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection
• East (Hinotori) Meets West (Da Vinci)
• Applications Of The SP Robot In Colorectal Surgery

• Role Of Endobariatrics From Bariatric Surgeon's Perspective
• Sleeve Plus Procedures: Techniques and Outcomes.
• OAGB
• Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery
• How To Treat GERD After Bariatric Surgery When Conservative Treatment Fails
• Bariatric Surgery In Adolescents

• Laparoscopic Or Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy
• MIS Techniques In The Surgical Management Of Type I, II And III Choledochal Cyst
• Laparoscopic Splenectomy: A Vanishing Indication
• Periampulary Cancer: What Has Made A Bigger Impact ? Biology Or MIS
• Utility Of Robotic Assistance For Left-sided Pancreatectomies

• Is IPOM+ Still The Most Done Technique and Why?
• Pros and Cons of Extra-peritoneal Techniques
• Beyond Robotic Repair
• Loss of Domain and Planning for Repair
• What’s Beyond eTEP and TAR?

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5

• Robotic TME (video)

• RAMIE - Tips And Tricks For Intra-thoracic Anastamosis
• Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
• Robotic Surgery For Giant Paraesophageal Hernia
• Robotic Vs Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: Results From The International Robotic And Laparoscopic Liver Resection Study Group
• Robotic Or Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy

• Robotic Trans-oral Thyroidectomy
• Robotic Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach for Thyroidectomy -
• Robotic Trans-peritoneal Adrenalectomy

• Robotic & Devices
• Robotic TAPP with Hugo
• Robotic eTEP for Ventral Hernia and Diastasis of Recti
• Robotics in Abdominal Surgery; A Critical Appraisal