Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 08:00 - 10:30
Organiser: Kostas Papagiannopoulos (Leeds)
Moderators: Kostas Papagiannopoulos (Leeds), René petersen (Copenhagen)
| Part 1 : sponsored by Atrium | ||
| 08:00 | PLEURAL AIR LEAKS - HOW TO ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION! | Gonzalo Varela, Salamanca |
| Part 2 : sponsored by Covidien | ||
| 08:30 | BEST PRATICE IN CREATING A VATS PROGRAM -US EXPERIENCE | Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston |
| 08:50 | SETTING UP A VATS PROGRAM. THE ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENE | Jean-Marc Baste, Rouen |
| 09:10 | FAST TRACK IN MAJOR LUNG RESECTION. TECHNIQUE AND IMPACT IN THE CLINIC | Henrik Hansen, Copenhagen |
| Part 3 : sponsored by Ethicon | ||
| "THE EVOLUTION OF THORACIC SURGERY FROM OPEN THORACOTOMY TO VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY. SHARED EXPERIENCES". | ||
| 09:30 | THE USE OF ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY - HARMONICTM - IN THORACIC SURGERY | Pascal Thomas, Marseille |
| 09:35 | THE USE OF LINEAR CUTTERS (NTLC) IN OPEN SURGERY | Enrico Ruffini, Turino |
| 09:40 | THE USE OF ECHELONTM PLATFORM IN VATS | Jan Siebenga, Heerlen |
| 09:45 | DISCUSSION, Q&A | |
| Part 4 : sponsored by Medela | ||
| 10:00 | AIR LEAK MONITORING: WHY, HOW AND WHAT NOW? | Alan D L Sihoe, Hong Kong |
| 10:15 | NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MONITORING AND MANAGING THE PLEURAL SPACE | Alessandro Brunelli, Ancona |