SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Thursday, December 8, 2005

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08:30 - 09:00 Opening Session

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WELCOMING REMARKS

M.M. Krausz, Chairman, Israel Surgical Association

Y. Ziv, Chairman, Israel Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery,

Conference Chairman

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09:00 - 10:30 Session I INVITED LECTURES

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Chairpersons: M.M. Krausz, Israel

R. Weil, Israel

09:00 GUIDELINES AND QUALITY CONTROL IN COLORECTAL SURGERY

B. Shpitz, Sapir Medical Center, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Sava, Israel

09:25 Familial adenomatous polyposis

R.K.S. Phillips, St. Mark's Hospital and Imperial College, School of Medicine, London, UK

09:50 The role of histopathology in the management of malignant colorectal polyps

H.S. Cooper, Dept. of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia,

PA, USA

10:15 Discussion

10:30 Coffee Break and Visit the Exhibition

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11:00 - 12:00 Session II FREE PAPERS

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Chairpersons: D. Neufeld, Israel

A. Rosen, Israel

11:00 DOES THE EXTENT OF PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE TO NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION FOR ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER INFLUENCE LOCAL RECURRENCE AND SURVIVAL?

H. Tulchinsky, E. Shmueli, A. Figer, R. Geva, G. Goldman, M. Inbar,

J.M. Klausner, M. Rabau

Dept. of Surgery B and Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center,

Tel Aviv, Israel

11:10 Is Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery a Valid Treatment

for T2 Rectal tumors?

N. Issa¹, M.M. Krausz², S.D. Duek¹

Colorectal Unit¹, Dept. of General Surgery A², Rambam Medical Center and

Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

11:20 ONE-STAGE LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL RESECTION AFTER PLACEMENT OF SELF-EXPANDING METALLIC STENTS FOR COLORECTAL OBSTRUCTION – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

A. Mahajna^1,3, P. Wintringer ¹, R. Beyssac², C. Barbaris², T. Patrice²,

J.-L. Dulucq¹

Dept. of Abdominal Surgery¹ and Dept. of Gastroenterology², Maison de

Santé Protestante, Bagatelle Hospital, Talence-Bordeaux, France,

Dept. of General Surgery A³, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

11:30 Real time-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) improves sensitivity of lymphatic staging in colon cancer patients
R. Grinbaum¹, A.O. Gure⁴, M. Roycetacher¹, I. Eisenberg², G. Ritter⁴,

L.J. Old⁴, H.R. Freund¹, T. Peretz³, S. Mitrani-Rosenbaum², A. Nissan¹

Dept. of Surgery¹, Molecular Biology², Oncology³, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research⁴, New York, NY, USA.  

11:40 CROSSLINKED CHITOSAN IMPLANTS AS POTENTIAL DEGRADABLE DEVICES FOR BRACHYTHERAPY: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ANALYSIS

B. Orkin¹, A.K. Azab², A. Nissan³, M. Klein¹, M. Srebnik², A. Rubinstein²

¹ Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, ² The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy,

³ Dept. of Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

11:50 Wrap-up

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12:00 - 13:00 Session III FREE PAPERS

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Chairpersons: D. Duek, Israel

H. Tulchinsky, Israel

12:00 Accuracy of endorectal ultrasound in the preoperative staging of rectal adenomas, T1- and T2-carcinomas

B. Person, D. Maron, R. Arya, J. Efron, D.R. Sands, A. Vernava III,

E.G. Weiss, S. Wexner, J.J. Nogueras

Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

12:10 Bevacizumab (Avastin) based Neoadjuvant therapy for liver metastases of colorectal origin: an Israeli multicenter collaborative study of the Israeli Gastrointestinal Oncology Group (IGOG)

D. Aderka^1,5, E. Shmueli^2,5, A. Figer^2,5, A. Beny^3,6, B. Klein^4,5 R. Catane^1,5

for the IGOG with the collaboration of the hepato - biliary Surgery teams of Chaim Sheba Medical Center (A. Valeanu^1,5, M. Sarely ^1,5) the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (M. Ben-Haim^2,5, R. Nakache ^2,5) and Rambam Medical Center (R. Hadad), Divisions of Oncology of Chaim Sheba Medical Center¹, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center ², Rambam Medical Center³, Meir Medical Center⁴, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University⁵ and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa⁶, Israel

12:20 LAPAROSCOPIC COLECTOMY FOR COLONIC POLYPS

A. Reshef, O. Zmora, D. Neufeld, D. Rosin, B. Benjamin, E. Klein, A. Ayalon,

B. Shpitz

Depts. of Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Sava, Israel

12:30 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY NON POLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER (HNPCC)

Z. Levi¹, R. Hazazi¹, P. Rozen^1,2, Y. Niv^1,2

Gastroenterology¹ Dept., Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva; Clalit Health Services (CHS), Tel Aviv & ²Tel Aviv University Medical School, Israel

12:40 Ligasure ^TM hemorrhoidectomy - long -term follow-up using a new scoring method

J. Sayfan, Y. Khromov, A. Becker, L. Koltun

Dept. of Surgery A, Haemek Medical Center, Afula, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

12:50 Wrap-up

13:00 LUNCH BREAK

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14:00 - 15:30 Session IV INVITED LECTURES

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Chairpersons: S. Walfisch, Israel

O. Zmora, Israel

14:00 Radiotherapy and chemo-radiotherapy for rectal cancer. State of the art 2005

R. Pfeffer, Radiation Oncology Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center,

Tel Hashomer, Israel

14:25 modern surgery of rectal cancer

R.K.S. Phillips, St. Mark's Hospital and Imperial College, School of Medicine, London, UK

14:50 The Dextran Sulfate Sodium model of mouse COLITIS - an EXCELLENT MODEL for the study of colitis associated neoplasia and its chemoprevention

H.S. Cooper, Dept. of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia,

PA, USA

15:15 Discussion

15:30 Coffee Break and Visit the Exhibition

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16:00 - 16:40 Session V PANEL Discussion

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Chairperson: M. Rabau, Israel

Panel Members:

H.S. Cooper, USA

Z. Dreznik, Israel

R. Pfeffer, Israel

R.K.S. Phillips, UK

J. Sayfan, Israel

Y. Ziv, Israel

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16:40 - 17:00 Session VI INVITED LECTURE

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16:40 The Medico-legal Implications of Clinical Guidelines in

Colo-proctology

O. Kaplan, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

17:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS

S. Walfisch, Israel

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