Thu 4 December 2014

• 9:00 - 11:00h Morning session Chair(s): Richard J. Heald (Basingstoke, UK) & Paris Tekkis (London, UK)

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• 9:00 - 9:30h Staple line reinforcement: hope or hype Anthony J. Senagore
  

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• 9:30 - 10:00h Laparoscopic natural site extraction colectomy: indications, morbidity and functional results André d'Hoore
  

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• 10:00 - 10:30h Transanal open and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: oncological and functional results Cristiano Huscher
  

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• 10:30 - 11:00h Local control and survival after extralevator abdominoperineal excision Torbjörn Holm
  

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• 11:00 - 12:00h at Lecture Hall Coffee Break Symposium - Olympus

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• 12:00 - 13:00h Afternoon session Chair(s): Herand Abcarian (Chicago, USA) & Lars Påhlman (Uppsala)

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• 12:00 - 12:30h Pelvic exenteration: technique and limits Paris Tekkis
  

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• 12:30 - 13:00h The impact of 'complete response' thinking on future practice in rectal cancer Richard J. Heald
  

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• 13:00 - 13:30h Scientific Summary of the Congress and Poster Award Ceremony Michel Adamina
  

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• 13:30 - 14:00h Closing words and Bavarian Farewell

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