UEMS

 

Third International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery was granted 18 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).


Important deadlines

Abstracts submision 15th September 2015
Early registration fee 30th September 2015
Hotel reservations 15th September 2015

Presentation
General Information
Objectives and Background
Speakers And Chairpersons
Organizing Committe
Programme
Sponsored lunch sessions
Post Joint Meeting Masterclass
Scientific Information
Poster and video
Registration
Accommodation
Sponsoring Guidelines
Sponsors
City Information
Social Programme





Congress recognised of professional interest by the Government of Catalonia (Department of Health and Studies)




World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology



Sponsored lunch sessions

Sponsored lunch sessions, 18th November

13:00-13:55 Lunch session 1: Lessons learned from the largest European VATS lobectomy program
Auditorium
Sponsored by: COVIDIEN
H. J. Hansen

Lunch session 2: Innovation in thoracic surgery: from the idea to the patient
Conference room 1
Sponsored by: VENTURA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
C. Bardají
 

Sponsored lunch sessions, 19th November

13:00-13:55 Lunch session 4: Hot topics in the treatment of lung cancer and metastases
Auditorium
Sponsored by: ETHICON
Chairperson: N. Moreno

Programme

  • Panelists introduction and presentation of disease state
    N. Moreno
  • Low dose CT screening for lung cancer: Our experience with the Pamplona Early Detection Program (P-IELCAP)
    M. Mesa-Guzman
  • Results of the largest prospective multicenter study on pulmonary metastases
    J. Hernández
  • Technological advances facilitating single port lung resections
    E. Lim
  • Discussion and Q&A

Lunch session 5: Air leaks Management: From the clinical to the economic outcome
Conference room 1
Sponsored by: BARD

Programme

  • PALS: Prevalence, predisposing factors and associated costs
    G. Varela
  • Management of air leakage by VATS Surgery
    H. J. Hansen
  • The Pals management through the Italian Database on Vats lobectomy
    F. Zaraca, A. Droghetti
 

Sponsored lunch sessions, 20th November

13:00-13:55 AIACT Congress SESIÓN 6ª LUNCH-VATS
Conference room 1
Chairperson: J. Loscertales (España) – JJ. Rivas (España)
Sponsored by: ETHICON
  • Resección pulmonar por VATS en España
    R. Embún
  • 10 razones para elegir cirugía por puerto único
    D. González-Rivas
  • Procedimientos torácicos mínimamente invasivos más allá de la lobectomía: broncoplastias y angioplastias
    L. Losso
  • Discusión