Programme
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XVIII International Congress of Colorectal Surgery
5-7 October 2023
Conference centre "Admiral"
Varna, Bulgaria
Programme
| Thursday, October 5th | |
| 12:00 - 18:30 | Registration |
| 19:00 |
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| 19:30 | Opening cerermony of the Congress and Opening reception |
| Friday, October 6th |
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| 08:30 - 10:40 |
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| 08:30 – 10:30 |
Session I Robot-Assisted Surgery in Colorectal Surgery Moderators: T. Temelkov, K. Draganov, R. Dimov, T. Kalinov |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Opening Lection from the Honorary Chairmen of the Congress - Prof. Temelko Temelkov, MD, PhD, DSc |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Robot Assisted Colorectal Surgery - Reality in OR Differs from You Tube K. Draganov, V. Marinov, A.Petreska, A. Stilyanova, N. Katev, E. Stoyanova, B. Asenova Acibadem City Clinic University Hospital "Tokuda" Sofia, Clinic of Liver, Biliary, Pancreatic and General Surgery |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision after 450 cases M. Tabakov, A. Filipov UMBAL "St. Ivan Rilski" EAD, Sofia |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Conversions in minimally invasive colorectal resections. Risk assessment and analysis of perioperative results V. Marinov1,2, B. Asenova2, N. Katev2, L. El-Tal2, E. Daskalova2, D. Rusenov2, I. Vassilev2, A. Petreska2, K. Draganov2 1Medical University Varna 2HBP and General Surgery Clinic, Acibadem City Clinic University Hospital “Tokuda” Sofia |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Robotic colorectal surgery initial results after 183 cases G. Kostov, R. Dimov Medical University - Plovdiv, Department of Special Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital “Kaspela” |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Advantages and limiting factors in laparoscopic colorectal surgery A. Arabadzhiev, M. Momchilova, V. Petrova, Tsv. Popov, A. Mehmed, Sv. Maslyankov, M. Sokolov Clinic of surgery "Prof. Alexander Stanishev", UMHAT Aleksandrovska EAD, Department of Surgery, Sofia University |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Robotic coloproctology-initial experience A. Karashmalukov, Y. Georgiev Clinic of Surgery, MBAL Heart and Brain - Burgas |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Biokom - Company Lecture OneLife. How to deal with Biofilms? Effective enzyme solutions for detection, dissolution and prevention C. Adriaens |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Session II Foreign lectors and company lectures |
| 11:00 – 11:20 |
Robotic hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastaseschallenges and future |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Anal Fistulas: Sphincter-preserving Techniques and Innovations O. Schwandner, MD, FASCRS, FEBS (Coloproctology) Department of Proctology, Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brueder Regensburg, Germany |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Surgical treatment as respect for developmentally disabled patients treatment M. Rapisarda, D. Maugeri, A. Terrasi, L. Gallo, I. Di Carlo, A. Toro Department of Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, General Surgery, Cannizzaro Hospital |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | 3D endoanal and endorectal ultrasonography G. Santoro, Italy |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Sofmedica - Company Presentation Robot-assisted colorectal surgery K. Mavrantonis |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Intermedica - Company Presentation Robot-Assisted Surgery System CMR Versius M. Slack, Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder of CMR Surgical |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Session III Oncologic Surgery in metastatic liver disease Moderators: N. Vladov, I. Takorov, V. Marinov, I. Plachkov |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Robot-assisted proctocolectomy with abdominoperineal resection of rectum (Miles` operation) N. Kolev, A. Zlatarov, T. Kalinov, Kr. Ivanov First clinic of surgery, University hospital "Saint Marina" Varna Department of general and operative surgery, MU-Varna |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Evaluation and management of patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases M. Slavchev, B. Atanasov, N. Belev Medical University-Plovdiv, UMHAT "Eurohospital" |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Short-term postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal cancer: a retrospective analysis E. Nikolaev1, M. Valcheva1, V. Terzi2, D. Kostov1, J. Kalcheva1 1Clinic of surgery at MBAL, Varna at the MMA 2Department of Urology at MBAL, Varna at the MMA |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Laparoscopic liver surgery for colorectal liver metastases I. Ivanov1, R. Kostadinov1, V. Mihaylov1, Ts. Trichkov1, V. Sirakov1, S. Marvakov1, E. Eyupov1, S. Dobrev2, E. Gruda2, N. Vladov1 1Clinic of hepato-pancreatic surgery and Transplantology, Military Medical Academy - Sofia 2Department of anaeshtesiology, reanimation and intensive care, Military Medical Academy - Sofia |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Liver-first approach for synchronous colorectal liver metastasis: a single-center experience I. Takorov1, Ts. Lukanova1, S. Simeonovski1, D. Valcheva1, S. Tsenov1, E. Todorova1, M. Abrasheva2 1First Clinic of Abdominal Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Optimizing future residual liver before major hepatectomy - efficacy and safety of different procedures N. Belev1,2, M. Slavchev1, B. Atanasov1,2 1UMBAL-Eurohospital1, 2Department of Propedeutics of Surgical Diseases, MU-Plovdiv |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Port positioning in laparoscopic liver resections D. Kostov, Y. Kalcheva, E. Nikolaev, Clinic of Surgery, Military medical academy-Varna |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Endoscopic transmural resection of premalignant and malignant colorectal lesions - closing the gap between endoscopy and surgery P. Karagyozov1, Y. Petkova1 1Clinic of Gastroenterology, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Session IV Preoperative planning and postoperative care in patients after colorectal surgery Moderators: D. Stoykov, D. Bulanov, A. Yonkov, Pl. Chernopolski |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | MSI-H as a predictive factor for treatment of colon cancer. Review of the literature I. Semerdzhiev1, N. Miteva2, K. Dancheva2,B. Nametkov1, D. Lazarov1, M. Tabakov1, E. Hodzhadzhikov1, M. Andonov1, A. Filipov1 1Department of Surgery, University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski” Sofia, Bulgaria 2Department of Medical Oncology, MHAT "Serdika", Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | The application of ERAS protocols in emergency colorectal surgery V. Dimitrov, P. Tonchev, S. Iliev, P. Vladova Department of coloproctology and purulent-septic surgery, UMHAT "Dr. Georgi Stranski", Pleven |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | The Role of Drains in Colorectal Surgery – Is It Time to Change the Paradigm? G. Jelev, Y. Asenov, N. Penkov, T. Sedloev, I. Dimitrov, I. Vasilev,T. Yanev, S. Usheva, M. Arabadzhiev, B. Kunev, D. Peychinov, I. Georgieva Department of Surgery, UMHAT “Tsaritsa Ioanna” – ISUL |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Does the rehabilitation interventions improve the quality of life and physical activity of colorectal cancer survivors? A. Petkov1, A. Batashki1, Y. Kashilska2, S. Dendup3 1Medical University - Plovdiv, Department of "Special Surgery", Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2Diagnostic center V Plovdiv - St. Archbishop Luka, Plovdiv 3Medical University – Plovdiv, medical student |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Treatment approach in malignant left-bowel obstruction using self-expandable metallic stent N. Boyanov1,2, K. Shtereva2, K. Madzharova2, L. Kirkov2, D. Angelov2, D. Dimitrova2, N. Shopov3, S. Sergeev4 1Medical Simulation Training Center, MU-Plovdiv 2Department of Gastroenterology, UMHAT "Palmed", Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3Department of Surgery, UMHAT "Palmed", Plovdiv 4Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, UMHAT "Sofiamed", Sofia |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Risk factors for development of LARS in anterior rectal resection for rectal carcinoma and quality of life in patients with developed LARS A. Mehmed, A. Arabadzhiev, Ts. Popov, St. Toshev, Sv. Maslyankov, M. Sokolov Surgery Department, Medical university of Sofia, Clinic of Surgery, UMBAL "Alexandrovska" - Sofia |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Standardized or personalized lymph node dissection volume in right colon carcinoma D. Lazarov, B. Nametkov, I. Semerdzhiev, M. Tabakov, A. Filipov, D. Andonov, E. Hodzhadzhikov Department of general and endoscopic surgery, UMHAT "St. Ivan Rilski", Sofia |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Medtronic - Company Presentation Tri-Staple Technology in Coloproctology D. Kostov Clinic of Surgery, BMA-Varna |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Discussion |
| 20:00 | Gala-dinner |
| Saturday, October 7th |
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| 08:30 - 10:30 | Session V Emergency surgery and benign diseases of the GI tract Moderators: B. Korukov, A. Yuliyanov, T. Pozharliev, V. Bozhkov |
| 08:30 – 08:45 |
Synchronous colon carcinomas lead to emergency surgery. Clinical case and literature review |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | The place of the transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the treatment of rectovaginal and rectovesical fistulas - technique, indications and complications Tsv. Angelova, E. Kotseva, K. Andre, I. Zhivkov, G. Garbev Clinic of Endoscopic and General Surgery, First University City Hospital of Sofia “St. Joan Krastitel” |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Acute appendicitis without appendicitis E. Daskalova, S. Lavchev, D. Rusenov, K. Draganov, G. Chengalova, P. Drandov, M. Barzev Clinic for hepatobiliary, pancreatic and general surgery Acibadem City Clinik Tokuda Hospital |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Surgical methods to minimize the incidence of paracolostomy hernias Тsv. Popov, V. Pavlov, A. Arabadzhiev, M. Momchilova, A. Mehmed, M. Sokolov, St. Maslyankov Surgery Clinic, UMBAL "Alexandrovska" EAD |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Surgical tactics in local management of lesions in the treatment of polymicrobial necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum S.Iliev, P. Vladova, D. Nguen, I. Ristovski, A. Gabarski, Hr. Hitkova* DSP-MU-Pleven, CPPSS-UMHAT”d-r Georgi Stranski” – Pleven *Department of Microbiology, Virology and Medical Genetics |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Session VI Inflammatory diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract Inflammatory diseases of the GIT Moderators: B. Hadjiev, R. Gaydarski, D. Damyanov, Sht. Shterev |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Complete treatment of complicated forms of colon diverticulosis – our experience N. Kovachev1; B. Atanasov1,2; N. Belev1,2 1UMHAT “Eurohospita” Plovdiv, Bulgaria; 2Department of Propaedeutics of Surgical Diseases; Section General Surgery;Faculty of Medicine, MU-Plovdiv |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Diverticulosis disease (DD) of the digestive tract - classification, types of complications and treatment I. Dekova, D. Stoykov, I. Marinov Department of Surgical Diseases, Medical university – Pleven |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Treatment of perianal fistulas with fibrin glue and plug - our experience E. Kotseva, I. Zhivkov, Tsv. Angelova, G. Garbev Endoscopic and general surgery clinic, University First University City Hospital of Sofia “St. Joan Krastitel” |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Complicated colonic diverticulosis diagnostic-therapeutic strategy P. Chernopolsky, V. Bozhkov, D. Chaushev, R. Madjov University Hospital "St. Marina" Medical University - Varna |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to acute diverticulitis Y. Zinovieva, V. Georgiev, G. Kirisheva, Y. Yolovsky, M. Radionov UMHAT "St. Anna", Sofia, Department of surgery |
| 12:00 | Closing of the Congress |











