08:00 - 9.40
Auditorium

Colorectal Focus

Chairs: Cat Boereboom (Nottingham), Jim Khan (Portsmouth)

• Colonic volvulus. Nick Heywood (Blackburn)

• Pilonidal sinus. Steve Brown (Sheffield)
• Presacral lesions. Will Perry (USA)
• Acute lower GI bleeding.  Debby Keller (USA)

08:00-09:40
Hall 2A
Parallel Session

NBOCA Quality Improvement Workshop:
The Close It Quick Ileostomy Closure Quality Improvement collaborative & future priorities for reducing variation in oncological care

Chairs: Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge), Mike Braun (Manchester)

• What is the data on unwarranted variation in ileostomy closure after anterior resection?  Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Close It Quick QI collaborative and why it matters? Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Patient Perspective Robin Johnston (NBOCA PPI)

Panel discussion – Initial experience of hospitals participating in Close It Quick

• Setting the Vision for future QI collaboratives: Tackling variation in receipt of chemotherapy and severe toxicity for patients with Stage III colon cancer Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)
• Future directions for QI in medical oncology Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)

Panel Discussion

• Additional panellists:  Chris Cunningham (Oxford),Sheena MacSween (RCS England)
• Julie Cornish (Cardiff), Zobia Gundkalli (Norwich)

EndoVillage 

Ethicon IBD Workshop

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

• Clinical Efficacy of Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction in the Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Gastrointestinal Reactions in Colorectal Cancer Patients -  Li Zhang

Colorectal cancer - risk assessment & outcomes

• The Impact of CPET Risk Stratification on Surgical Decision-Making and Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery: A Retrospective Service Evaluation - Josephine Steel

Coffee break

Colorectal cancer - risk assessment & outcomes

• High VS Low Ligation of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery in Rectal Cancer Surgery:  An Updated Systematic Review And  Meta-Analysis of Oncologic and Anastomotic Outcomes - Momina Khabir
• Perspectives from UK oncologists and patients on non-operative management (NOM) of stage II/III locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and the impact of surgery on quality-of-life outcomes: Results of a UK-wide survey - Craig Barrington
• Perioperative morbidity and mortality after TNT in LARC - Yashwant Sakaray
• Five-year outcomes after pelvic exenteration for colorectal malignancy: a 2016–2019 single-centre cohort study -  Zar Ni (Orchid) San
• Relationship between post-operative C-Reactive Protein and survival outcomes in stage I-III colorectal cancer -  John Young

Surgical training, simulation and education

• Regular group teaching using focused auditory-visual surgical episodes coupled with interactive MCQs to support learning of technical and intra-operative decision-making skills - Lu Yao

BJS Prize Session

Chairs Julie Cornish (Cardiff), Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

• Clinical Impact of Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Digital Surgery in Colorectal Practice: Results from a Multicentre Evaluation
• Geographical variation in stage 4 colorectal cancer at diagnosis in England: a national population-based analysis
• Quantifying Surgical Extent in Pelvic Exenteration: Creation and Prognostic Value of a Novel Extent of Resection Score in Advanced Rectal Cancer
• The novel TOpClass classification system for non-fistulising perianal Crohn’s disease: a modified nominal group technique expert consensus
• Management of acute appendicitis in pregnancy: a multicentre observational study
• The CHARM Study: CHARacterizing the Microbiome of Crohns Disease Fistulae

10:10 - 11:10
Parallel Session
Hall 2A

EDI Session

Chairs:  Kirsten Boyle (Leicester), EDI Rajesh TK (Plymouth)

• Neurodivergence - Mary Doherty, Autistic Doctors International
• Caring responsibilities - Danielle Brodgen (Tunbridge Wells) & Duaa Gumaa (Dartford)
• Patient perspectives on communication & consent - Hali Joli (PLG), Sue Hill (PLG)

09.30

10.10-11.10
Parallel Session
Hall 2 B

ACPN Session

ACPN Networking Session

AI and Technology

Chairs: Cheryl Hides (ACPN Chair, Sheffield) and Liz Coni (ACPN Deputy Chair, Sussex) 

• The AI-Assisted Nurse: Practical Applications for Colorectal Care - James Kinross (London)

• AI in Practice: The opportunities, the weaknesses and the importance of AI Governance to demonstrate compliance - Peter Wright (Digital Law UK)

• Nurse perspective on AI

Short papers 1: Colorectal cancer - risk assessment & outcomes

Chairs: David Messenger (Bristol), Danielle Brogden (Kent)

• Ambulatory Colorectal Surgery: A Cohort Study of a Four-Year Experience in Latin America - Jessica Capre-pereira

• Diagnostic Validation of the Colon Leakage Score in Elective Left-Sided Colorectal Cancer Surgery in a Latin America country - Jessica Capre-pereira
• External validation of COLOFIT, a risk-prediction model for optimising the use of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) using sex, age and blood tests in symptomatic patients: a national cohort of 137,544 FITs in England - Alastair Morton
• Accounting for physical fitness in risk adjustment of postoperative mortality in patients with colorectal cancer: A national cohort study - Adil Rashid
• Association between age and major surgery for patients with stage 2 or 3 colorectal cancer: a national study in England - Adil Rashid
• Development of a high complexity bony pelvic exenteration and sacrectomy service –  a single centre prospective study of short term outcomes - Prateek Arora
• A systematic review of oncological outcomes following salvage abdominoperineal excision for residual and recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma treated with primary chemoradiotherapy - Ella Teasdale
• Patterns and Predictors of Early Recurrence and Recurrence Free Survival in Colorectal Cancer - Disha Yadav

Welcome Address

Athur Harikrishnan (President, ACPGBI)

11:30 - 12:00
Auditorium

BJS Lecture

Chair: Debbie McNamara (Dublin)

• Foxtrot through the Decades - Dion Morton. (Birmingham)

13:00 - 14:00
Auditorium
 

Abdominal Wall Parastomal Hernia Management in 2026— Prevention, Repairs and Developments

Chairs: Adele Sayers (Sheffield), Jonathan Evans (Nottingham)

• Parastomal hernias - an expected complication? Anna Sayers (Glasgow)
• Life with a stoma: do we need to be so negative? Suzanne Dore (Patient)
• Patient, pink and proud: What makes a good stoma? Lisa Massey (Nottingham)
• Can parastomal hernias be prevented? Elisa Makarainen (Finland)

• BHS registry - Grace Kettyle (Belfast)

13:30-14:00
Poster Cabin
Poster Session 3

Colorectal cancer - screening, diagnosis & endoscopy

• Colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients with a negative faecal immunochemical test: a pathway comparison case-control study -Damian Broadhurst
• Evaluation of Lower GI Cancer Referral Pathways Across NHS Trusts in England: Referral Volumes, Waiting Times and Diagnostic Yield - Kerry Foley
• Impact of Lowering the qFIT Threshold on Colorectal Cancer and High-Risk Polyp Detection in an Asymptomatic Screening Population - Dorothy B Johnston
• Culturally Tailored Interventions to Improve Bowel Cancer Screening Uptake Among Ethnic Minority Populations in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review - Farzana Rahman
• Post colonoscopy colorectal cancer in New Zealand from 2010 to 2022: Incidence, tumour characteristics, and plausible aetiology -  William Xu

Surveillance, survivorship & late effects of treatment 

• Long term urological functional outcomes following total pelvic exenteration for advanced pelvic malignancy -Parthvi Vanalia

13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Session
Hall 2A

Crossing Lines: Severe Endometriosis and the Colorectal Surgeon

Chairs: Ian Jenkins (London), Taner Shakir (London)

• Severe endometriosis: Lessons from BSGE accredited centres. Arvind Vashisht (BSGE Immediate Past-President)

• From scan to strategy: MDT planning in deep endometriosis. David Burling ( London), Shaun McGowan (Belfast)

• Decision making: shave, disc or resection: How do we choose? Tim Rockall (Guilford), Andrew Kent (Guilford0

• Why we need collaboration Ian Jenkins (London)

  Panel discussion with Fevzi Shakir (BSGE Council) & Carla Cressey OBE (Patient) & Rebecca Mallick (BSGE President)

Short papers 2: Pelvic floor & functional bowel disorders

Chairs: Thomas Dudding (Southampton), Kim Gorissen (Oxford)

• Faecal incontinence and hypermobility: theory or association?  - James Barry
• D.E.B.T. (Digital Electromyography Biofeedback Therapy) for Dyssynergic Defecation: A Single-Center Pilot Experience - Pravin Gore
• Navina Smart transanal irrigation versus standard bowel care for neurogenic bowel dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: an international randomised controlled trial - Giuseppe Preziosi
• Navina Smart transanal irrigation versus standard bowel care for neurogenic bowel dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: an international randomised controlled trial - Giuseppe Preziosi

13.00 –16:00
Parallel Session
Hall 2B

Irish Association of Coloproctology meeting (IACP)
Debate: Colorectal surgery should be separated from general surgery on call

Debate: Colorectal surgery should be separated from general surgery on call 

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Chairs: Peter Murchan, (Tipperary) Kourosh Khosraviani (Belfast)

For: Noel Lynch (Cork)

Against: Eleanor Faul (Drogheda)

Challenging Cases in Colorectal Surgery: Consultant-led case discussion 

Chairs: Michael Kelly (Dublin) Bobby Meshkat (Galway) Sean Martin (Dublin)

• Colorectal Cancer case:  Niamh Foley (Waterford)
• Colorectal Cancer case: Christina Fleming (Limerick)
• Endometriosis case: Cillian Clancy (Dublin)
• Pilonidal disease – Laser treatment:  David Kearney (Dublin)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease case: Aidan Armstrong (Belfast)

Abdominal wall reconstruction: An Irish perspective

Chairs: Orla McCormack (Dublin) Tim McAdam (Belfast)

• ‘Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery in Ireland: A Case for Subspecialisation’. Junaid Naqeeb (Waterford)
• ‘Establishing Ireland’s First National Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction MDT’. Josh De Marchi (Mullingar)

IACP AGM

14:00 - 14:30
Auditorium
 

Dukes' Club Lecture

Chair: Ioanna Drami -  (Dukes' Club President)

• Advanced rectal cancer: George Chang (USA)

14:30- 15:00
 

Coffee Break

Bowel Research UK Lecture

Chair: Asha Senapati (representing Bowel Research UK) 

• Diverticular disease - state of the art - Dale Vimalachandran -  (Chester)

1530-1600
Poster Cabin
Poster Session 4

Colorectal cancer - surgery & endoscopic interventions

• Management and outcomes of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Phuong Minh Tang
• Perineal complications following 14 years of ELAPE in a large volume UK hospital. Biologic mesh VS. myocutaneous flap and the impact of practice change since COVID - Lu Yao

Colorectal cancer – tumour biology, biomarkers & genetics

• Understanding mucinous colorectal cancer biology using a living biobank - Xiangxu Kong
• The tumour immune microenvironment as a predictor of response to neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer: A systematic review - Sreya Wadud

15:30 - 17:00
Auditorium

Organ Preservation in Early Rectal Cancer -
will recent trials change the practice of your MDT?

Chair: Chris Cunningham (Oxford), Dibyendu Bandyopadhyay (York)

• STAR TREC - Who is the ideal candidate for radiotherapy as primary treatment and when should we be cautious - Simon Bach (Birmingham)

• OPERA - What does contact brachytherapy add to external beam and is it for everyone? 

• TESAR - What is the value of local excision upfront? - Jurriaan Tuynman (Amsterdam)

• MDT clinical cases - Gina Brown (London), Catherine Hanna (Belfast), Maurice Loughrey (Belfast) 

Early Years Consultant Network mentorship introduction

Chair:  Sree Mallappa (Dudley)

• From fellowship to consultant practice: translating training into service delivery: Oroog Ali (Gateshead)
• Start well, stay well - wellbeing in the early years: Calum Arthur (Edinburgh)
• Setting up consultant practice and thriving in the early years – Perspectives from within and outside the UK - Panel Discussion
• Ian Jenkins (London)
• Debby Keller (USA)
• Nuha Yassin (Birmingham)
• Jim Khan (Portsmouth)
• Gabrielle van Ramshorst (Belgium)

This session will be followed by drinks/canapes

Short papers 3: Emergency general surgery

Chairs: Heman Joshi (Cambridge), Dermot Burke (Leeds)

• No Benefit and Possible Harm: Tranexamic Acid in Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding – A Systematic Review of Randomized Evidence
• Integrated Outcomes Following Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: A Multicentre UK Diverticulitis Series
• The forgotten denominator: survival and care pathways in patients considered but declined emergency laparotomy
• Introduction of a novel motivational movement rehabilitation service to reduce length of stay in emergency laparotomy patients
• Missed Ischaemia in Adult Bowel Obstruction: CT Fails to Safely Exclude Ischaemia - A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis
• Laparoscopy-First Emergency Surgery: Achieving 90% Completion Across 468 Consecutive Cases at a District General Hospital
• Beyond Mortality: NELA Versus Clinical Frailty Scale for Predicting Functional Recovery After Emergency Laparotomy in the ELLSA Cohort

15:45 - 18:00
Parallel Session
Meeting Room 2A

Short papers 4: Inflammatory bowel disease, pouch surgery & stomas

Chairs: Justin Davies (Cambridge), Jamshed Shabbir (Bristol)

• Surgical management and outcomes of NSAID enteropathy
• The development of a core outcome measurement set for pouch anal and vaginal fistulae (PAVFCOMS)
• Ileocaecal resection versus anti-TNF - a study of clinician and patient preferences for ileocaecal Crohn's disease

• Contrast or not? Assessing the impact of gadolinium contrast on the reliability and predictive value of MRI in complex perianal fistulising Crohn’s disease.

• What are the Top 10 Global Research Priorities for Perianal Crohn’s disease? The Global Perianal Crohn’s disease Priority Setting Partnership

• Socioeconomic and ethnicity associated disparities in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

• A randomized controlled trial assessing the safety and efficacy of The Insides® System in patients with type 2 intestinal failure due to double enterostomy or enterocutaneous fistula

• Risk Factors for Failure in Adolescents: Postoperative Recurrence After Ileocaecal Resection for Crohn’s Disease

• Biological recovery after ileocaecal resection in adolescents with Crohn’s disease

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