Fifth International Joint Meeting on THORACIC SURGERY 2021

Programme

Tuesday, 16th November 2021

19:00 - 20:00
Secretariat opens

Wednesday, 17th November 2021

06:30
Secretariat opens
07:00 - 07:35
Best posters

Chairpersons:
Jozsef Furak - José Belda
PATHOLOGICAL HIGH MALIGNANT GRADE IS HIGHER RISK OF RECURRENCE pN0M0 INVASIVE LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA EVEN WITH SMALL INVASIVE SIZE
Masaoki Ito; Yoshihiro Miyata; Atsushi Kagimoto; Daisuke Ueda; Yasuhiro Tsutani; Morihito Okada.
Department of Surgical Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
WHAT TO DO WHEN THE PARATHYROID GLAND IS NOT FOUND DURING A TRANSCERVICAL EXPLORATION?
Georgina Planas; Juan Carlos Trujillo-Reyes; Mauro Guarino; Elisabeth Martínez-Téllez; Esther Cladellas; Jose Ignacio Pérez; Antonio Moral and José Belda.
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
The Effect of Preoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation on the Development of Postoperative Complications and Hospitalization Time in Patients Undergoing Lung Resection for Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study
Merve Ezgi Ünal; Tevfik İlker Akçam; Ayşe Gül Ergönül; Ali Özdil; Kutsal Turhan; Alpaslan Çakan; Ufuk Çağırıcı; Funda Elmas Uysal.
Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery; Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Medicine.
Pulmonary artery stump bleeding after a pneumonectomy. An effective surgical approach
Eloísa Ruiz López; Francisco Cerezo Madueño; Francisco Javier González Garcia; David Sebastian Poveda Chávez; Alba María Fernández González; Ángel Salvatierra Velázquez.
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.
PULMONARY SARCOMAS: DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PROFILE AND TREATMENT DESITIONS
Javier Kelly-Garcia *; Brenda B. Cano-Vargas*; Gisela Gasga-Contreras*; Hector Santiago-Payan*; Leonardo A. Barba-Valadez *; Jorge A. Lopez-Diaz*; Sergio A. Criales-Vera**;
* Onco Quality Care Mexico; ** CT Scanner del Sur Mexico
Pleural Lipoma: A case report
Jessy Nellipudi MBBS MS; David Lance MD; FRACS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre. College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University.
07:40 - 07:55
Opening ceremony
WORLD LUNG CANCER DAY
08:00 - 09:25
VIDEOFORUM 1
PARTICULARITIES OF THORACIC SURGERY IN CHILDREN

Chairpersons:
Herbert Decaluwé - Laureano Molins
08:00 - 08:10
VATS in children
Firas Abu Akar
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08:10 - 08:20
VATS lobectomy in babies
Henrik Hansen
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08:20 - 08:30
Benign trachea-oesophageal fistula
Konrad Hoetzenecker
08:30 - 08:40
New Pectus Up: extrathoracic technique for Pectus Excavatum treatment
Manuel López
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08:40 - 08:50
Congenital lung malformations: from baby into adulthood
Marco Schnater
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08:50 - 09:00
Vacuum Bell therapy
Frank-Martin Haecke
09:00 - 09:25
Discussion
09:30 - 11:00
SESSION 1
DEBATE: THE SEQUENCE OF TREATMENT FOR CLINICAL N2 NSCLC

Chairpersons:
Paula Ugalde - Florentino Hernando-Trancho
09:30 - 09:45
Upfront surgery followed by adjuvant treatment
Eric Lim
09:45 - 10:00
Induction therapy followed by resection
Tom D’Amico
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10:00 - 10:15
Critical appraisal
Frank Detterbeck
10:15 - 11:00
Discussion
11:00 - 11:25
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 2
WHAT THE THORACIC SURGEON NEEDS TO KNOW IN THE ERA OF IMMUNOTHERAPY

Chairpersons:
Alan Sihoe - Luis Cirera
11:30 - 11:40
Relative value of PD-L1 and tumour mutation burden (TMB) in the indication of immunotherapy
Enriqueta Felip
11:40 - 11:50
Immunotherapy for stage IV NSCLC (oligo and polymetastasic)
Noemí Reguart
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11:50 - 12:00
Indications of immunotherapy for unresectable stage III (Pacific update)
Margarita Majem
12:00 - 12:10
Induction and adjuvant immunotherapy in resectable NSCLC
Fabrice Barlesi
12:10 - 12:20
Role of the thoracic surgeon in the era of immunotherapy
Alan Sihoe
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12:20 - 12:30
Update NADIM project
Mariano Provencio
12:30 - 13:00
Discussion
13:00 - 13:55
Lunch
13:00 - 13:55
Sponsored lunch sessions
Lunch session 1:
 Auditorium
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Lunch session 2:
Conference room 1
 Sponsored lunch session
Lunch session 3: Interactive: Learn to Stage Lung Cancer with the TNM 8th Edition
Conference room 2
Marcelo Sánchez
14:00 - 14:55
SESSION 3
THYMIC MALIGNANCIES. THE GREAT FORGOTTEN TUMOURS

Chairpersons:
Yoshihiro Miyata - Juan Carlos Trujillo
14:00 - 14:10
Thymic malignancies, the importance to define them correctly
William D. Travis
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14:10 - 14:20
How to define a complete resection in thymic malignancies. Does it depend on the presence of MG?
Frank Detterbeck
14:20 - 14:30
The growing role of radiation therapy for thymic malignancies
Jady Rojas
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14:30 - 14:40
Chemo & Immunotherapy. New insights in thymic malignancies
Ivana Sullivan
14:40 - 14:55
Discussion
15:00 - 15:40
VIDEOFORUM 2
INNOVATIONS IN SURGICAL APPROACHES OF THE THYMUS AND LUNG

Chairpersons:
Yoshihiro Miyata - Juan Carlos Trujillo
15:00 - 15:07
Transcervical-subxiphoid-VATS maximal thymectomy
Marcin Zielinski
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15:07 - 15:14
Bi-VATS maximal thymectomy
Joshua R. Sonett
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15:14 - 15:21
Subxiphoid thymectomy
David Sánchez
15:21 - 15:28
Subxiphoid lobectomy and systematic nodal dissection in NSCLC
Diego González Rivas
15:28 - 15:40
Discussion
15:40 - 15:55
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:10
SESSION 4
INFLAMMATORY AND INFECTIOUS CHEST DISEASES

Chairpersons:
Kalliopi Athanassiadi - Mireia Serra
16:00 - 16:10
Chronic pleural empyema: what to do when the lung does not reexpand
Souheil Boubia
16:10 - 16:20
Indications and surgical techniques for aspergilloma
Mohammed Ridai
16:20 - 16:30
Management of haemopthysis complicating lung tuberculosis
Tamas Molnar
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16:30 - 16:40
VATS approach for hydatid disease of the lung
Firas Abu Akar
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16:40 - 16:50
Video-mediastinoscopic management of descending mediastinitis
Vitalii Sokolov
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16:50 - 17:10
Discussion
17:15 - 18:45
SESSION 5
TRENDING TOPICS IN THORACIC ANAESTHESIA

Chairpersons:
Mert Şentürk - Carlos Ferrando
17:15 - 17:25
Preoperative assessment and optimisation in thoracic surgery
Marc Licker
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17:25 - 17:35
Prehabilitation in thoracic surgery
Ricard Navarro
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17:35 - 17:45
Protective ventilation during one lung ventilation
Mert Şentürk
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17:45 - 17:55
Analgesia in thoracic anaesthesia beyond epidural
Juan José Fibla
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17:55 - 18:05
Postoperative pain management in thoracic surgery
Ana Parera
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18:05 - 18:15
Prevention of pulmonary postoperative complications
Carlos Ferrando
18:15 - 18:25
Postoperative care in the ERAS context: Risk assessment ICU/HDU/Ward?
Tim Batchelor
18:25 - 18:45
Discussion
19:00
Secretariat closes

Thursday, 18th November 2021

06:30
Secretariat opens
 
Parallel breakfast sessions (x 2)
07:00 - 07:55
BREAKFAST SESSION 1
THE DIAPHRAGM
Auditorium

Chairpersons:
Kalliopi Athanassiadi - Rafael Aguiló
07:00 - 07:15
Diaphragmatic trauma
Jozsef Furak
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07:15 - 07:30
Transdiaphragmatic injuries
Kalliopi Athanassiadi
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07:30 - 07:40
Diaphragmatic pacing
Pedro López de Castro
07:40 - 07:55
Discussion
07:00 - 07:55
BREAKFAST SESSION 2
OLIGOMETASTATIC NSCLC
Conference room 1

Chairpersons:
Paul Van Schil - Nuria Viñolas
07:00 - 07:15
Defining oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Paul Van Schil
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07:15 - 07:30
Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Oligometastasis
Arturo Navarro
07:30 - 07:40
Surgical approach in patients with oligometastatic cN2 NSCLC
Paul Van Schil
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07:40 - 07:55
Discussion
08:00 - 09:25
VIDEOFORUM 3
INVASIVE STAGING OF THE MEDIASTINUM: TIPS AND TRICKS

Chairpersons:
Paul de Leyn - Elisabeth Martínez
08:00 - 08:08
EBUS
José Sanz Santos
08:08 - 08:20
Cervical video-mediastinoscopy & extended cervical mediastinoscopy
Sergi Call
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08:20 - 08:28
Mediastino-thoracoscopy & Pericardioscopy
Juan Carlos Trujillo
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08:28 - 08:38
Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA)
Martin Hürtgen
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08:38 - 08:48
Transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA)
Marcin Zielinski
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08:48 - 09:05
Concluding lecture: Do the ESTS guidelines need to be updated?
Paul de Leyn
09:00 - 09:25
Discussion
09:30 - 11:00
SESSION 6
DEBATE: STAS OR NOT STAS

Chairpersons:
Philippe Joubert - José Ramírez
09:30 - 09:45
STAS is a form of tumour dissemination
William Travis
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09:45 - 10:00
STAS is an artifact
Erik Thunnissen
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10:00 - 10:15
Critical appraisal
Andrew Nicholson
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10:15 - 10:30
The relevance of STAS for the thoracic surgeon
Paul Van Schil
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10:30 - 11:00
Discussion
11:00 - 11:25
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:25
SESSION 7
RELATIVE VALUE OF RATS AND VATS LUNG RESECTIONS

Chairpersons:
Tom D’Amico - Roser Saumench
11:30 - 11:38
RATS lobectomy
Franca Melfi
11:38 - 11:46
VATS lobectomy
Herbert Decaluwé
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11:46 - 11:54
RATS segmentectomy
Alper Toker
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11:54 - 12:02
VATS segmentectomy
Sergio Bolufer
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12:02 - 12:10
Robotic subxiphoid operations: pros and cons
Diego González Rivas
12:10 - 12:25
Discussion
12:30 - 13:00
EXTRAORDINARY LECTURE 1

Chairpersons:
Ramón Rami-Porta - Laureano Molins - José Belda Sanchis
The relevance of humanities in medical studies
Michael Unger
13:00 - 13:55
Lunch
13:00 - 13:55
Sponsored lunch sessions
Lunch session 4
Auditorium
Sponsored lunch session
Lunch session 5:
Conference room 2
Sponsored lunch session
Lunch session 6: Lung Cancer Screening in Europe
Conference room 1
Harry de Koning
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Lunch session 7: Trainning programme for international collaborators in the IASLC staging project
Conference room 3
Paula Ugalde
14:00 - 15:30
VIDEOFORUM 4
INTRAOPERATIVE NODAL ASSESSMENT

Chairpersons:
Gail Darling - Santiago Figueroa
14:00 - 14:10
Systematic nodal dissection for right-sided tumours by minimally invasive open surgery (MIOS)
Kyohei Masai
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14:10 - 14:20
Systematic nodal dissection for left-sided tumours by minimally invasive open surgery (MIOS)
Kyohei Masai
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14:20 - 14:30
Lobe-specific systematic nodal dissection
Kenji Suzuki
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14:30 - 14:40
Right Systematic nodal dissection by VATS
Santiago Figueroa
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14:40 - 14:50
Left systematic nodal dissection by VATS
Henrik J. Hansen
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14:50 - 15:00
Wrap-up lecture: ways to improve intraoperative nodal assessment
Raymond Osarogiagbon
15:00 - 15:10
Beyond intraoperative staging: How to improve pathologic examination of the resected specimen
Philippe Joubert
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15:10 - 15:30
Discussion
15:30 - 15:55
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
SESSION 8
PROGRESS TOWARDS THE 9TH EDITION TNM OF THORACIC MALIGNANCIES

Chairpersons:
Hisao Asamura - Ramón Rami-Porta
16:00 - 16:10
Lung cancer
Paul Van Schil
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16:10 - 16:20
Mesothelioma
Valerie Rusch
16:20 - 16:30
Thymic malignancies
Enrico Ruffini
16:30 - 16:40
Oesophageal cancer
Gail Darling
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16:40 - 16:50
Complexity of prognostic groups: Methodology for the 9th edition
Frank Detterbeck
16:50 - 17:00
Building up a dedicated team to contribute to the IASLC Staging Project,Quebec, Canada
Paula Ugalde
17:00 - 17:10
Building up a dedicated team to contribute to the IASLC Staging Project,Shenyang, Republic of China
Chenlei Zhang
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17:10 - 17:30
Discussion
17:35 - 18:45
SESSION 9
THE CONCEPT OF COMPLETE RESECTION IN LUNG CANCER SURGERY REVISITED

Chairpersons:
Frank Detterbeck - Florentino Hernando-Trancho
17:35 - 17:45
Background: The IASLC definitions
Ramón Rami-Porta
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17:45 - 17:55
Validation of the IASLC definitions in a single-institution surgical series
Matteo Gagliasso
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17:55 - 18:05
Validation of the IASLC definitions in the IASLC database
John Edwards
18:05 - 18:15
Validation of the IASLC definitions in a multicentre series
Raymond Osarogiagbon
18:15 - 18:45
Discussion
19:00
Secretariat closes

Friday, 19th November 2021

06:30
Secretariat opens
 
Parallel breakfast sessions (x 2)
07:00 - 07:55
BREAKFAST SESSION 3
NSCLC: TREATMENT IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS

Chairpersons:
John Edwards - Alejandra Libreros
07:00 - 07:10
Lobar vs sublobar resection for clinical stage I NSCLC in patients with interstitial lung disease
Yasuhiro Tsutani
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07:10 - 07:20
Pulmonary resection in patients after pneumonectomy
John Edwards
07:20 - 07:30
SBRT as alternative
Meritxell Mollá
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07:30 - 07:55
Discussion
07:00 - 07:55
BREAKFAST SESSION 4
MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA

Chairpersons:
Michael Dusmet - Esther Cladellas
07:00 - 07:10
EURACAN/IASLC proposals for updating the histologic classification of pleural mesothelioma
Andrew G. Nicholson
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07:10 - 07:20
Surgical staging
Elisabeth Martínez
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07:20 - 07:30
Key issues in surgical management
David Waller
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07:30 - 07:55
Discussion
08:00 - 09:25
VIDEOFORUM 5
BEST SUBMITTED VIDEOS

Chairpersons:
Masaoki Ito - Giuseppe Cardillo - José Belda Sanchis
08:00 - 08:07
How to do it: open sleeve lobectomy associated to a pulmonary artery reconstruction
Mauro Guarino; Georgina Planas Canavos; Juan Carlos Trujillo Reyes; Elisabeth Martínez Téllez; Esther Cladellas Gutiérrez; Eugenia Alejandra Libreros Niño; Jose Belda Sanchis. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
08:07 - 08:10
Discussion by appointed discussant
Kenji Suzuki
08:10 - 08:17
VATS S3 segmentectomy for underterminate lesion
Lucía Milla Collado, María Rodríguez Pérez, Mercedes Álvarez Fernández, María Piñero Merino. Clínica Universitaria de Navarra. Thoracic Surgery Department. Anaesthesia Department
08:17 - 08:20
Discussion by appointed discussant
Haruhiko Kondo
08:20 - 08:27
Technique of laser and y-shape prothesis in a patient with malignant airway obstruction
Quiroga, Nestor; Grando, Leandro; Guerrero, Carlos; Sanchez, David; Paglialunga, Pablo; Boada, Marc; Guzman, Rudith; Guirao, Angela; Molins, Laureano. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Clinic Respiratori, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España
08:27 - 08:30
Discussion by appointed discussant
Tom D’Amico
08:30 - 08:37
Treatment of Pectus Excavatum with 3D custom-made implant
Pr. Jalal Assouad, Dr. Denis Debrosse (Paris); Pr. Jean-Pierre Chavoin (Toulouse)
08:37 - 08:40
Discussion by appointed discussant
José Adrián Menéndez
08:40 - 08:47
Thoracic Damage Control: how to teach and why?
Tamas Molnar. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medical School of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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08:47 - 08:50
Discussion by appointed discussant
José Belda Sanchis
08:50 - 09:00
General discussion
09:00 - 09:25
EXTRAORDINAY LECTURE 2

Chairpersons:
Laureano Molins - Giuseppe Cardillo
09:00 - 09:15
Segmentectomy: Resection of choice for small lung cancers: JCOG0802/WJOG4607 study results
Hisao Asamura
09:15 - 09:25
General discussion
09:30 - 11:00
SESSION 10
DEBATE: UNIPORTAL AND MULTIPORTAL VATS LUNG RESECTIONS

Chairpersons:
Eric Lim - Raul Embún
09:30 - 09:45
The value of uniportal VATS
Henrik J. Hansen
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09:45 - 10:00
The value of multiportal VATS
Diego González Rivas
10:00 - 10:15
Critical appraisal
David Waller
10:15 - 11:00
Discussion
11:00 - 11:25
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 11
RELEVANT ASPECTS OF VATS RESECTION OF THORACIC TUMORS

Chairpersons:
Herbert Decaluwé - Alberto Rodríguez
11:30 - 11:40
Results of the VIOLET trial
Eric Lim
11:40 - 11:50
Radicality of lymphadenectomy: VATS vs thoracotomy. Results from the Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group
Carme Obiols
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11:50 - 12:00
Nodal upstaging in early stage NSCLC
Marc Boada
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12:00 - 12:10
90-day mortality: VATS vs thoracotomy
Raúl Embún
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12:10 - 12:20
Training in uniportal VATS
Alan Sihoe
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12:20 - 12:30
VATS thymectomy: current status
Yoshihiro Miyata
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12:30 - 11:40
Roll for SPN localisation
Andres Obeso
12:40 - 13:00
Discussion
13:00 - 13:55
Lunch
13:05 - 13:55
Sponsored lunch sessions
Lunch session 8:
 Auditorium
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Lunch session 9:
Conference Room 1
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Lunch session 10: The PulMicc Trial
Conference Room 2
Tom Treasure
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14:00 - 15:30
VIDEOFORUM 6
HOW THE MASTERS DO IT

Chairpersons:
Chenlei Zhang - Nina Reig
14:00 - 14:08
Sleeve lobectomy by VATS
Hong-Xu Liu
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14:08 - 14:16
Anterior approach for superior sulcus tumours
Elie Fadel
14:16 - 14:24
Posterior approach for superior sulcus tumours
Valerie Rusch
14:24 - 14:32
Management of tracheo-oesophageal fistulas
Steven Cassivi
14:32 - 14:40
Tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis
Konrad Hoetzenecker
14:40 - 14:48
Pleurectomy-decortication
David Waller
14:48 - 15:06
Pleuro-pneumonectomy
Valerie Rusch
15:06 - 15:14
Robotic procedures other than lobectomy & thymectomy
Franca Melfi
15:14 - 15:30
Discussion
15:30 - 15:55
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:20
SESSION 12
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS IN THORACIC SURGERY

Chairpersons:
Joshua R. Sonett - Rudith Guzmán
16:00 - 16:08
Lymphadenectomy during resection of pulmonary metastases from sarcoma
Elisabeth Martínez
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16:08 - 16:16
Lymphadenectomy during resection of pulmonary metastases from colo-rectal cancer
Jorge Hernández
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16:16 - 16:24
Results from the Spanish Group of Pleural Lavage
José Luis Recuero
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16:24 - 16:32
Surgery for small cell lung cancer: indications and results
Michael Dusmet
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16:32 - 16:40
Breathomics in lung cancer: Dogs & e-nose
Angela Guirao
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16:40 - 16:48
3D costume-made implants for pectus excavatum
Laureano Molins
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16:48 - 16:56
Minimal invasive oesophagectomy
Joshua R. Sonett
16:56 - 17:20
Discussion
17:25 - 18:30
SESSION 13
MYOPLASTIES IN THORACIC SURGERY

Chairpersons:
Jozsef Furak - Laureano Molins
17:25 - 17:35
Indications of myoplasties
Steven Cassivi
17:35 - 17:45
The pectoralis major & serratus anterior flap
Steven Cassivi
17:45 - 17:55
The latissimus dorsi & rectus flap
László Agocs
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17:55 - 18:05
Free flaps
Manuel Fernández
18:05 - 18:15
The additional advantage of the omentum
Cristian Paleru
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18:15 - 18:30
Discussion
18:35 - 18:45
Closing remarks

Laureano Molins, Ramón Rami-Porta, José Belda Sanchis, Sergi Call, Juan Carlos Trujillo, Juan José Fibla and Coordinators of Scientific Areas of SEPAR and President of SECT
19:00
Secretariat closes