27th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
1st – 3rd December 2016, Munich
Programme
Thursday, 1st December 2016
9:00
Registration open (only for participants of the Pre Congress Courses)
Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 München
10:00 – 15:30:
Two parallel workshops at the Klinikum rechts der Isar
Pre Congress Course 1:
Video based step by step training session of minimal invasive
esophagectomy
Organiser: Dirk Wilhelm (Germany), Ralf Gertler (Germany)
Pre Congress Course 2:
Hands on handling of complications after esophageal resections
by means of Esosponge, Ovesco Clip, Stent Placement
Organiser: Stefan v. Delius (Germany), Monther Bajbouj
(Germany)
15:30
Registration open & Coffee break
Holiday Inn Munich City Centre, Hochstr. 3, 81669 Munich
16:00 – 18:00
Plenary session with opening ceremony
Chair: Peter Siersema (Netherlands), Magnus Nilsson (Sweden),
Christophe Mariette (France)
Welcome: Peter Siersema (The Netherlands), President ESDE
Kenneth Wang, (USA) President ISDE
Multidisciplinary therapy in esophageal cancer
Chair: Arnulf Hölscher (Germany), Peter Siersema (The
Netherlands)
Prehabilitation on esophageal cancer surgery
Richard v. Hillegersberg (The Netherlands)
Immune checkpoint inhibitors. Is this the future?
Janus Jankowski (United Kingdom)
How should complete responders be managed after RCTx
Jan v. Lanschot (The Netherlands)
Status as of 8th July 2016
Has surgery for esophageal squamous cell cancer been replaced
by definitive RCTx?
Christophe Mariette (France)
Overview of ongoing studies in multimodal treatment of
esophageal cancer
John Reynolds (Ireland)
Honorary membership for Prof. Giovanni Zaninotto
Laudatio: Toni Lerut (Belgium)
19:00
Welcome reception
Status as of 8th July 2016
Friday, 2nd December 2016
8:00 – 10:00
Parallel Session 1: GORD, Esophagitis and Hiatal Hernia
Chair: Lars Lundell (Sweden), KH Fuchs (Germany)
New diagnostic and treatment options for eosinophilic esophagitis
Peter Siersema (The Netherlands)
GORD – necessary diagnostics in 2016
Monther Bajbouj (Germany)
GORD – PPI forever?
Kenneth Wang (USA)
Patient selection for endoscopic antireflux procedures
Luigi Bonavina (Italy)
Prevention of recurrence of hiatal hernia
Jeremy Huddy (United Kingdom)
8:00 – 10:00
Parallel Session 2: Open questions in minimal invasive surgery
Chair: Michael Griffin (United Kingdom), Arnulf Hoelscher
(Germany)
Lymphnode dissection in the era of minimal invasive surgery
Richard v. Hillegersberg (The Netherlands)
Technical aspects of intrathoracic or cervical anastomoses
Magnus Nilsson (Sweden)
Left, right or prone MIO?
Philippe Nafteaux (France)
New developments in minimal invasive or robotic surgery for
esophageal cancer
Paul Schneider (Switzerland)
Patient selection for MIO
Wolfgang Schroeder (Germany)
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break, exhibition, poster session
Status as of 8th July 2016
10:30 – 12:30
Joint session with the European chapter of the IGCA
Adenocarcinoma of the EGJ Siewert II/Siewert III: open problems
(hot topics)
Chair: Franco Roviello (Italy), Achim Meyer (Germany), J.L.
Lanschot (The Netherlands), J.R. Siewert (Germany)
Preoperative staging of Siewert type: is it accurate?
Manuel Pera (Spain)
Lymph node involvement according to esophageal invasion and
choice of lymphadenectomy
Giovanni de Manzoni (Italy)
Siewert II: type of resection:total gastrectomy or subtotal
esophagectomy
Bill Allum (United Kingdom)
Siewert III:which treatment?
Henk Hartgrink (The Netherlands)
Signet ring cell histotype: how to treat?
Guillaume Piessen (France)
Neoadjuvant treatment:
Chemoradiotherapy?
Chemotherapy?
(pros) John Reynolds (Ireland)
(pros) Florian Lordick (Germany)
Stage IV without peritoneal carcinomatosis: is there space for
conversion surgery
Stefan Mönig (Germany)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch symposia, exhibition, poster session
13:30 – 15:00
Parallel session 1:
Oral presentations (Basic science and oncology)
Chair: Manuel Pera (Spain), Michael Quante (Germany)
Parallel session 2:
Oral presentations (Benign diseases of the esophagus)
Chair: Wolfgang Schroeder (Germany),
Jan Willem van den Berg (The Netherlands)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break, exhibition, poster session
Status as of 8th July 2016
15:30 – 17:00
Parallel session 1: Handling of complications
Chair: Marcus Feith (Germany), Magnus Nilsson (Sweden)
Management of anastomotic leak
Watchful waiting Stent Endo Sponge Reoperation
N. N.
Parallel session 2:
Molecular aspects of esophageal adenocarcinoma
Chair: Janus Jankowski (United Kingdom),
Michael Quante (Germany)
Animal models of esophageal carcinoma
Stefan Oeberg (Sweden)
Tissue engineered esophageal replacement
Tigran Poghosyan (France)
Molecular response prediction
Paul Schneider (Switzerland)
Cancer risk stratification in Barrett’s esophagus
Sheila Krishnadath (The Netherlands)
The role of bile salts in the development of esophageal
adenocarcinoma
Dhiren Nehra (United Kingdom)
17:00 – 18:00
ESDE General Assembly (Members of the ESDE only)
Chair: Peter Siersema (The Netherlands), Christophe Mariette
(France), Magnus Nilsson (Sweden)
19:00
Bavarian evening
Status as of 8th July 2016
Saturday, 3rd December 2016
8:00 – 10:00
Controversies in the treatment of esophageal diverticular and
achalasia: endoluminal versus extraluminal approach?
Chair: Giovanni Zaninotto (Italy), H. Stein (Germany)
Achalasia
POEM:
Balloon Dilation:
Laparoscopic myotomy
Guy Boexstaens (Belgium)
Hans Allescher (Germany)
KH Fuchs (Germany)
Hypopharynx Diverticular
Endoluminal approach
Open approach
Sandro Mattioli (Italy)
H Feussner (Germany)
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break, exhibition
10:30 – 12:30
Plenary session: Oral presentations of the best abstracts
Followed by Current debates in oesophagology
Chair: Magnus Nilsson (Sweden), Michael Griffin (United Kingdom)
Pills or fundoplication or endoluminal anti reflux procedures
Lars Lundell (Sweden), Karl Fuchs (Germany),
Bas Wijnhoven (The Netherlands)
Management of T2N0M0 esophageal cancer: neoadjuvant
therapy versus primary surgery
Joel Shapiro (The Netherlands), Sheraz Markar (United Kingdom)
12:30 – 13:00
Closing ceremony and award presentations
Chair: Jörg Theisen (Germany), Peter Siersema (The Netherlands)
Outlook and invitation to the 28th Annual Meeting 2017
Richard v. Hillegersberg (The Netherlands)
Status as of 8th July 2016