Mon 1 December 2014

• 9:45 - 10:00h Opening and welcome Jochen Lange
  

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• 10:00 - 12:00h Morning session Chair(s): Chris Cunningham (Oxford, UK) & David Jayne (Leeds, UK)

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• 10:00 - 10:30h Surgical roadmap and prognostic value of high-resolution MRI staging for rectal cancer Gina Brown
  

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• 10:30 - 11:00h Investigations and natural history of diverticular disease: when not to treat Ronan O'Connell
  

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• 11:00 - 11:30h Tailored surgical management of acute diverticulitis Desmond C. Winter
  

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• 11:30 - 12:00h Emergency laparoscopic colorectal resections Willem Bemelman
  

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• 12:15 - 13:10h at Lecture Hall Lunch Symposium - MSD

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• 13:30 - 15:30h Afternoon session (part 1 of 2) Chair(s): Søren Laurberg (Aarhus, DK) & P. Ronan O'Connell (Dublin, IE)

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• 13:30 - 14:00h Laparoscopic lavage: moving beyond resection Jaap Bonjer
  

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• 14:00 - 14:30h Preferred approach for Hartmann’s reversal Chris Cunningham
  

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• 14:30 - 15:00h NOTES in colorectal surgery Antonio Lacy
  

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• 15:00 - 15:30h Prediction and detection of anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery David Jayne
  

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• 15:30 - 16:15h Coffee break

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• 16:15 - 17:45h Afternoon session (part 2 of 2) Chair(s): Michel Adamina (Winterthur, CH) & Antonio Lacy (Barcelona, ES)

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• 16:15 - 16:45h Quality of life and anorectal function after resection for diverticular disease Søren Laurberg
  

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• 16:45 - 17:15h Reconstruction of continence: beyond anal sphincter repair Bruno Roche
  

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• 17:15 - 17:45h IBD in 2014: perspectives and wisdom for the general surgeon Neil Mortensen
  

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