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Friday 5th December 2014
09:00-09:30
Registration & coffee  

09:30- 09:45
Welcome & Introduction
George Pistofidis (Greece) - George Kallipolitis (Greece)

09:45 - 10:15 Keynote Lecture 1
Chairmen: George Pistofidis (Greece) - George Kallipolitis (Greece)

Where do we stand today with understanding endometriosis?
Charles Chapron (France)

10:15 - 11:30 Session 1: Anatomy and Physiology
Chairmen: Nikolaos Vlachos (Greece) - Ioannis Koutoukos (Greece)

Topographic anatomy and neuro-physiology
Roberto Clarizia (Italy)

How to recognize and dissect DIE nodules
Evangelos Dimitriou (Greece)

Operative strategies to access the RVS in the patient with obliterated Cul-de-Sac                   
Jim English (United Kingdom)

11:30 - 13:45 Live Surgery 1
Chairmen: Philippe Koninckx (Belgium) - Konstantinos Mavrelos (Greece)

13.45 - 14.15   Lunch Break

14:15 – 16:30 Session 2: Surgical techniques I 
Chairmen: Ioannis Chatzipappas (Greece) - Theodoros Theodoridis (Greece)

Is peritoneal skinning important during resection of ovarian endometrioma?
Andrea Fiaccavento (Italy)

How to dissect varying sized lesions from the recto-sigmoid and bowel closure technique
Philippe Koninckx (Belgium)

Operative strategies in patients with frozen pelvis
Ricardo Zaccoletti (Italy)
 
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:00 Session 3: Surgical techniques II
Chairmen: George Politis (Greece) - Konstantinos Syllas (Greece)

Is appendectomy in the endometriosis patient necessary?
Spiros Andrikopoulos (Greece)

Is single port laparoscopy useful for endometriosis surgery?
Fatih Sendag (Turkey)

How to teach operative techniques for DIE to laparoscopic surgeons
Stefano Landi (Italy)

18:00 Welcome Coctail


Saturday 6th December 2014
09:30 - 10:15  Debate 1
Chairmen: Spiros Andrikopoulos (Greece) - Konstantinos Mavrommatis (Greece)

Should surgery for DIE be a multidisciplinary approach or a "one man show"?

Jim English (United Kingdom) vs David Jayne (United Kingdom)

10.15 - 11.30  Session 4: Surgical techniques III
Chairmen: Grigorios Grimbizis (Greece) - Konstantinos Syrios (Greece)

Laparoscopy and ovarian endometrioma
Michel Canis (France)

How to dissect the pelvic ureter: Ureteric anastomosis operative techniques for bladder endometriosis
Mario Malzoni (Italy)

Dissection of extra pelvic endometriosis lesions
Joerg Keckstein (Austria)

11:30 - 13:45 Live Surgery 2
Chairmen: Farr R. Nezhat (USA) - George Pados (Greece)

13:45 - 14:15
Lunch Break

14:15 - 14:45 Keynote Lecture 2
Chairpersons: Vassiliki Chatzirafail (Greece) - George Hilaris (Greece)

Robotic treatment for DIE surgery

Farr R. Nezhat (USA)

14:45 - 16:15 Session 5: Endometriosis and Cancer
Chairmen: Emmanouil Diakomanolis (Greece) - Theodoros Panoskaltsis (Greece)

How to manage the suspicious ovarian mass
Francesco Fanfani (Italy)

How likely is it that endometriosis patients will develop ovarian cancer?
Farr R. Nezhat (USA)

Surgical progress of the radical hysterectomy.
Francesco Fanfani (Italy)

16:15 - 19:00 Session 5: Endometriosis, adenomyosis and fertility
Chairmen: Minas Mastrominas (Greece) - Nikolaos Bardis (Greece)

Fibroids and fertility
Andrea Tinelli (Italy)

Adenomyosis and endometriosis: different problems or related pathologies?
Gregorios Grimbizis (Greece)

Should endometriosis be treated surgically in endometriosis-associated infertility and when?
George Pados (Greece)

Is in-vitro fertilization a successful treatment in endometriosis-associated infertility?
Basil Tarlatzis (Greece)

Fertility treatment in patients with endometriosis and low AMH hormone
Petros Drakakis (Greece)

Medical or surgical treatment for the endometriosis patient with low AMH hormone.
Konstantinos Mavrommatis (Greece)

19:00-19:30 Keynote Lecture 3
Chairmen: George Vlachos (Greece) - Christos Maroudis (Greece)

From charlatans to quantum dots and nanobotics: The cycle of surgery
George Pistofidis (Greece)

19:30 Light Buffet Dinner


Sunday  7th December 2014
09:00 - 09:30 Keynote lecture 5
Chairmen: Joerg Keckstein (Austria) - Leonidas Papadopoulos (Greece)

How feasible is nerve sparing in DIE? How to manage the neurogenic bladder and bowel
Marc Possover (Switzerland)

09:30 - 10:15   Debate 2
Radical or conservative surgery for rectal deep endometriosis in the young woman requesting fertility. Where do you draw the line?
Chairpersons: Jim English (United Kingdom) - Anastasia Ussia (Italy)

Radical: Joerg Keckstein (Austria)
Conservative: Philippe Koninckx (Belgium)

10:15 - 12:00 Session 7: Complications
Chairmen: Gerasimos Alivizatos (Greece) - Stefano Landi (Italy)

How to recognize and manage ureteric complications
Arnaud Wattiez (France)

Early recognition of bowel leak and rectovaginal fistula 
David Jayne (United Kingdom)

Ways to improve safety during surgery for DIE
Athanasios Protopapas (Greece)

Hemorrhagic complications and management
Anastasia Ussia (Italy)

12:00 - 15:00 Video session
Chairmen: Dimitrios Mathiopoulos (Greece) - Ioannis Dimitriadis (Greece) - Pantelis Trompoukis (Greece)

VD01- DIE surgical steps
A. Fiaccavento

VD02 - Surgical strategy in ureteral endometriosis
P. Trompoukis, M. Pouga, A. Wattiez

VD03 - Bladder endometriotic nodule
P. Trompoukis, J. Nassif, A. Wattiez

VD04 - Rectovaginal endometriosis
P. Trompoukis, A. Wattiez

VD05 - Laparoscopic adenomamyomectomy
G. Grimbizis, G. Kioussis, B. Tarlatzis

VD06 - Deep infiltrating endometriosis of R-V septum. Rectal involvement
G. Pistofidis, S. Andrikopoulos, P. Balinakos, N. Bardis, E. Dimitriou

VD07 - Late rectal wall perforation following laparoscopic surgery for Bowel endometriosis
S. Andrikopoulos, E. Dimitriou, G. Pistofidis

VD08 - Laparoscopic strategies of excision of DIE for a patient with obliterated  pouch of Douglas
E. Dimitriou, N. Bardis, S. Andrikopoulos, G. Pistofidis
 
VD09 - Laparoscopic ureteral anastomosis for a severe ureteric stenosis for DIE
E. Dimitriou, P. Balinakos, S. Martinis, G. Pistofidis

VD10 - Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the bladder mimicking  endometriosis
G. Pistofidis, O. Koukoura

VD11 - Deeply infiltrative peritoneal endometriosis: Laparoscopic excision of a deep uterosacral ligament nodule and total peritonectomy of the Pouch of Douglas and ovarian fossae
A. Protopapas, A. Liapi, S. Mesogitis, M. Bardas, A. Antsaklis

VD12 - Laparoscopic excision of an ENZIAN 4b/4c endometriotic nodule  causing hydronephrosis: A technique to spare the ureter and the bowel
A. Protopapas

VD13 - Juvenile cystic adenomyoma vs. blind uterine horn: Possibly not  important for its’ laparoscopic management but maybe a case to challenge Sampton’s theory?
A. Protopapas, S. Michala, I. Chatzipapas, M. Sotiropoulou, S. Tromboukis,  D. Loutradis

VD14 - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy in the presence of deep infitrative endometriosis
A. Protopapas, I. Chatzipapas, N. Kathopoulis

VD15 - Laparoscopic para-aortic lymph node debulking for recurrent  endometrial cancer  
N. Akrivos, T. Duncan, J. Nieto, N. Burbos

VD16 - Extra-peritoneal laparoscopic para-aortic and pelvic lymph node dissection for endometrial cancer
N. Akrivos, T. Duncan, J. Nieto, N. Burbos

VD17 - The 8 steps of excising Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
G. Goumalatsos, C.B.J. Smith, O.A. Chappatte

VD18 - Pelvic lymphadenectomy
V. Chatzirafail

VD19 - Obliterated pouch of Douglas DIE
Mitera Endoscopy Team

VD20 - Frozen pelvis-bowel injury-suturing
Mitera Endoscopy Team

VD21 - Nodule rectovaginal septum
Mitera Endoscopy Team

VD22 - Kissing ovaries
Mitera Endoscopy Team

VD23 - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH)  frozen pelvis
Mitera Endoscopy Team

15:00 Closing remarks