ACPGBI Endoscopy Village

Requires separate sign-up when registering

ESD Taster Session. Suitable for:

• Experienced therapeutic endoscopists, already competent at EMR
• Those interested in starting to develop a competency in ESD

Aims and objectives:

• Learn the basic technique of ESD, including the important complications and how to prevent them.

These sessions require pre-sign up and small fee is payable to confirm your place when registering for the conference.

There will be eight stations each with two cabinets rotating at 30 minute intervals. There will be one faculty per station.

Morning

Station 1: Colonoscopy insertion

Suitable for:

• Novice colonoscopists.
• Novice endoscopists wishing to have an introduction to endoscopy.

No prior knowledge of endoscopy is required.

Aims and objectives:

• The principles of scope handling, the functions of the left hand (wheels and buttons) during colonoscopy and the principles of torque steering.

Station 2: Haemostasis

Suitable for:

• All endoscopists

Aims and objectives:

• The principles of utilsing clips and also other adjuncts (solutions/sprays) for control of hameorrhage

Station 3/4/5: Polypectomy and EMR

Suitable for:

• Novice therapeutic colonoscopists
• Those about to start or in the early stages of polypectomy and colonic EMR
• Assistants expected to assist with polypectomy and EMR.

Aims and objectives:

• Familiarity with the basic techniques of colonoscopic polypectomy and the EMR of small lesions.
• Hands on experience of the same in a pig model.

Station 6: Endoscopic sub-mucosal dissection (ESD)

Suitable for:

• Experienced therapeutic endoscopists, already competent at EMR
• Those interested in starting to develop a competency in ESD.

Aims and objectives:

• Learn the basic technique of ESD, including the important complications and how to prevent them.

Station 7: Diathermy and APC

Suitable for:

• Any endoscopist wishing to know more about the theory of and the safe and appropriate usage of endoscopic diathermy.

Aims and objectives:

• To understand the principles behind using cutting and coagulation current
• Introducing the 'smart diathermy' machines.
• To demonstrate these principles, hands-on on tissue.

Station 8: New and exciting endoscopy technologies

Suitable for:

• Experienced therapeutic endoscopists, already competent at EMR

Access to technologies that act as adjuncts to endoscopic resection - traction devices, endoluminal stability.

Afternoon

2-hour ESD taster session across eight stations

Two delegates per station

Suitable for:

• Experienced therapeutic endoscopists, already competent at EMR
• Those interested in starting to develop a competency in ESD.

Aims and objectives:

• Learn the basic technique of ESD, including the important complications and how to prevent them.

Colorectal Focus

Chairs: Charles Maxwell-Armstrong (Nottingham), Nicola Eardley (Chester) and Mohamed Rabie (London)

• Rectal cancer - Debbie McNamara (Dublin)
• Colonoscopy and polyps - Michelle Thornton (Lanarkshire)
• Surgical management of Crohn’s disease - Richard Brady (Newcastle)
• Rectal prolapse - Wes Lai (Plymouth)
• Colonic haemorrhage - Joseph Nunoo Mensah (London)

National Bowel Cancer Audit - Quality Improvement Workshop

NBOCA’s Unique Selling Points

• Welcome - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• Breaking News on NATCAN and ICORC - Kate Walker (Royal College of Surgeons of England)
• NBOCA Patient and Carer Panel - Robert Arnott (Patient Liaison Group)
• NBOCA QI Programme Review - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• Focus on Acute Toxicity in CRC Chemotherapy - Jemma Boyle (Royal College of Surgeons of England)
• Discussion

Proposal for National QI Programme in Ileostomy Closure

• RCSE & NBOCA Ileostomy Closure QI Plan - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• Evidence-Based Practice in Ileostomy Closure - Neil Smart (Exeter)
• Discussion and Feedback

Showcase on Moondance Cancer Initiative in Wales

• Towards Zero Deaths - Jared Torkington (Cardiff)
• Discussion

Coffee break

Ethicon Sponsored Symposium: Reducing Complications in Colorectal Surgery

• How to reduce SSI - Professor Pla Marti

Six of the Best Free Papers

BJS prize session

Chair: Ailín Rogers (Dublin), Jason On (Aberdeen) and Taner Shakir (London),

7 minutes for each talk and 2 minutes Q&A

• ColoRectal Stenting Trial 2: Uncovered vs covered endoluminal stenting in the acute management of obstructing colorectal cancer in the palliative setting - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge) 11:30-11:39
• The development and validation of a patient reported outcome measure for health-related quality of life for locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC-QoL) - Deena Harji (Manchester) 11:40-11:49
• Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in high-risk patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Sukhpreet Gahunia (Liverpool) 11:50-11:59
• Measuring variation in the quality of systemic anti-cancer therapy delivery across hospitals: a national population-based evaluation - Jemma Boyle (London) 12:00-12:09
• The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcomes: a cohort study - Lionel Chen (Singapore) 12:10-12:19
• Para-aortic node dissection with CME as part of an extended resection strategy: potentially curative treatment? - Feras Aljarad
  (Dundee) 12:20-12:29

12:30-13:00
Exchange Auditorium

BJS Lecture

Chair: Gill Tierney (Derby)

• From Louis the XIVth to Thomas Pesquet, an innovation path in coloproctology - Frédéric Ris (Switzerland)

THD Sponsored Symposium

• Rationale for and the process of developing national guidelines for the management of AIN - Professor Andrew G Renehan, Professor of Cancer Studies and Surgery, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Chairs: Kiran Altaf, Christian Macutkiewicz and Panchali Sarmah (Derby)

• No let up! Overcoming adversities and pushing for equality - Sarah-Jane Parry (World No. 5 in Squash for Great Britain)
• Medicine’s worst kept secret: the culture of sexism and misogyny - Chelcie Jewitt and Becky Cox (on behalf of Surviving in Scrubs campaign)
• Barriers to Academic progression for people with protected characteristics - Sree Mallapa (Liverpool University Hospitals, EDI Committee member for ACPGBI)
• Q&A

Ethical Dilemmas and EDI issues

Panel discussion with:

• Karen Chui (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, BOTA Vice President, RCS PRISM Vice Chair)
• Sarah Squire (Chair, Patient Liaison Group ACPGBI, Patient Representative TPFS)
• Michael El Boghdady (Equality & Diversity Officer and London-South East Thames Representative at the Association of Surgeons in Training)

Abdominal Wall

Chairs: Toby Hammond (Chelmsford), Niroshini Rajaretnam (Torbay) and Dominic Slade (Salford)

• It wasn’t safe to close: how to manage the open abdomen and get it closed - David Layfield (Southampton)
• How to make the perfect stoma - Niroshini Rajaretnam (Torbay)
• The best incisional hernia repair I ever did: a step-by-step guide to the Rives Stoppa repair for the non-specialist - Duncan Scrimgeour (Aberdeen)
• You think you know how to open and close the abdomen? Let's get back to basics - Srinivas Chintapatla (York)

Followed by 30 mins of panel discussion with relevant cases

Video Prize Session

Chairs: Jordan Fletcher (Harrow), Irshad Shaikh (Norwich)

Up to 10 minutes for each video and 2 minutes Q&A

• Laparoscopic liver metastasectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer - Mufaddal Kazi (India)
• Feasibility of laparoscopic sigmoidectomy with suture rectopexy for child-bearing age female with external rectal prolapse: a video vignette - Puvee Punmeechao (Thailand)
• Laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernia with combination of keyhole and modified sugar-baker technique (Sandwich technique) - Muhammad Ihtesham (Manchester)
• The left, right, and centre of laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy - Anang Pangeni (Kent)
• Laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for malignant melanoma of rectum: a video vignette - Avnish Saklani (India)
• A robotic extended right hemicolectomy with CME for a proximal transverse colon cancer - Prem Thambi (Portsmouth)
• Variations in robotic anastomotic techniques for rectal cancer - Deena Harji (Manchester)

Tea break

CMR Sponsored Symposium

Introduced by Mike Yang, CMR Surgical

• Establishing a national robotics program in NHS Wales - James Horwood, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chairs: Osman Chaudhary (Norwich), Jon Evans (Nottingham), Tom Pinkney (Birmingham)

• The robot in IBD: a game-changer? - Katie Adams (London)
• What to do with an unexpected finding of new perianal Crohn’s at an EUA for perianal abscess - Neena Randhawa (Newcastle)
• Medical management of Crohn's for the surgeon - Ailsa Hart (London)
• Pouch accreditation premise, process and progress - Farhat Din (Edinburgh)

ACPN: Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: where are we now?

Chairs: Gabrielle Thorpe (Norwich), Jay Bradbury (Oxford)

• Edward Salt Lecture: an overview of the context of LARS - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• Understanding and of impact of LARS from a patient perspective - Robin Johnston
• What can the specialist nurse add to LARS management? - Jennie Burch (London)
• Defining the optimal pathway for the management of LARS - Julie Cornish (Cardiff)
• Role of physiotherapy in LARS - Kate Walsh (The Wirral)

Trainee Fellowship Village

17:30-18:00
Exchange Auditorium

The future of education and training in robotic assisted surgery

Chair: Ashish Shrestha (Ashford)

Speaker: Professor Rowan Parks, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Hunterian Lecture

Chair: Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton)

• Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus: a translational journey to the next frontier - Alexander Heriot (Australia)