Mayo Clinic Days in Lithuania 2024

09.00–09.15

Opening speeches – Mayor of Klaipeda city Arvydas Vaitkus; Director of Klaipeda University Hospital Audrius Šimaitis; President of the Lithuanian Society of Coloproctologists prof. Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius

Basic session

Moderators: Eric Dozois, Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius.

09.15–09.30

William Perry (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Diet, the microbiome and colorectal cancer

09.30–09.45

Rich Fortunato (Pittsburgh, USA). I know the TNM stage, but not what to do

09.45–10.00

Kristen Rumer (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Screening and treatment of anal dysplasia-incorporating the new international guidelines into a surgical practice

10.00–10.15

Akram Pourshams (Tehran, Iran). Artificial intelligence in screening and management of colorectal cancer

Crohn’s disease and colorectal endometriosis

Moderators: Richard Fortunato, Pranas Šniuolis.

10.15–10.30

Kristen Rumer (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Surgical management of perianal Crohn’s disease – what’s new?

10.30–10.45

William Perry (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Kono-S: technique and outcomes

10.45–11.00

Eric Dozois (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). A novel approach to anal fistula in patients with Crohn’s disease using a mesenchymal stem cell coated fistula plug

11.00–11.15

Herman Kessler (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). Surgical approaches to intestinal endometriosis

11.15–11.30

Coffee break

Technical issues

Moderators: William Perry, Audrius Dulskas.

11.30–11.45

Herman Kessler (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). Transverse colon cancer: are there differences depending on location and extent of surgery?

11.45–12.00

Sherief Shawki (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Right and left intra-corporeal anastomosis: laparoscopic vs. robotic

12.00–12.15

Joaquim Costa Pereira (Braga, Portugal). Topdown approach in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy

12.15–12.30

Joaquim Costa Pereira (Braga, Portugal). Noses surgery of left colon

Major issues

Moderators: Kristen Rumer, Tomas Poskus.

12.30–12.45

Scott Steele (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). Management of anastomotic leakage

12.45–13.00

Eric Dozois (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Presacral tumors: how to choose the right surgical technique

13.00–13.15

Eric Dozois (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Anatomical compartment-based approach to achieving R0 resection in locally recurrent rectal cancer

13.15–13.30

Scott Steele (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). Colorectal trauma

13.30–14.30

Lunch break

Miscellaneous

Moderators: Scott Steele, Donatas Venskutonis.

14.30–14.45

Rich Fortunato (Pittsburgh, USA). Real-time artificial intelligence used in single-port robotic colorectal surgery

14.45–15.00

Kvasnevskyi Ievgen, Kashtalian Mikhail, Kvasnevskyi Oleksandr (Odessa, Ukraine). Combat colorectal injuries in Ukraine

15.00–15.15

Herman Kessler (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). Diverticular strictures are low Risk for occult carcinoma: demographics and outcomes of the 150 consecutive resections

15.15–15.30

Sherief Shawki (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA). Ta-TME approach beyond rectal cancer

15.30–17.00

ISUCRS proctology session. Moderator Joseph Nunoo-Mensah.

15.30–15.45

Parvez Sheikh (Mumbai, India). High intersphincteric fistula

15.45–17.00

Video based proctology (hemorrhoids, fistula, fissure)

Hemorrhoids

Parvez Sheikh (Mumbai, India). Excisional hemorrhoidectomy with methylene blue injection

Joaquim Costa Pereira (Braga, Portugal). PIPE technique: manual pexy of hemorrhoids

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (Cleveland Clinic and Kings College, London, UK). Stapled hemorrhoidopexy (Longo)

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (Cleveland Clinic and Kings College, London, UK). THD

Joaquim Costa Pereira (Braga, Portugal). Laser hemorrhoidoplasty

Scott Steele (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA). House flap anoplasty

Fistula in ano

Parvez Sheikh (Mumbai, India). Fistulotomy with immediate anal sphincter repair for posterior high transsphincteric fistula

Parvez Sheikh (Mumbai, India). Fistulotomy with immediate anal sphincter repair for anterior transsphincteric fistula in female

Joaquim Costa Pereira (Braga, Portugal). LIFT

Richard Fortunato (Pittsburgh, USA). BioLIFT

Ana fissure

Parvez Sheikh (Mumbai, India). Lateral sphincterotomy