The Coloproctology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine is excited to invite you to this meeting, where expert speakers will discuss the basic principles of abdominal wall repair and the prevention and early management of intestinal failure (IF).
The meeting will bring together surgeons, physicians, radiologists, and pharmacists who will present cases on managing patients with IF due to abdominal surgery and the difficulties of abdominal wall repair.
Programme
Session 1
8:30am Registration, tea and coffee
8:55am Welcome
Dr Jeremy Nightingale, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Mark's Hospital
9:00am Intestinal failure; definitions, prevalence, aetiology
Mr Andrew King, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Session 2: The abdominal emergency
Chairs: Miss Neena Randhawa Consultant Colorectal surgeon, Newcastle upon TyneHospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mr David Layfield, Consultant in Intestinal Failure Surgery, Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and General Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
9:20am Emergency surgery in the “difficult abdomen”
Mr Akash Mehta, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's Hospital
9:40am Indications for and management of the open abdomen
Mr Toby Hammond, Consultant General, Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex
10:00am Emergency management of abdominal wall hernias
Mr Sanjoy Basu, Consultant General Surgeon at East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust
10:20am Question and answer
10:35am Tea and coffee break
Session 3: Pitfalls of elective abdominal wall reconstruction
Chairs: Mr Akash Mehta Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's Hospital and Mr Toby Hammond, Consultant General, Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex
10:55am It’s all in the planning: the value of the abdominal wall MDT
Mr Oliver Warren, Clinical Director of Surgery and Consultant Colorectal and Hernia Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
11:15am Know your anatomy: what all surgeons should know about the abdominal wall
Mr David Layfield, Consultant in Intestinal Failure Surgery, Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and General Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
11:35am An abundance of choice: how to select the right mesh and where to put it
Mr Dave Messenger, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Bristol Royal Infirmary
11:55am Question and answer
12:10pm Lunch
Session 4: Acute intestinal failure: initial management of an enterocutaneous fistula and a high output stoma
Chairs: Miss Carolynne Vaizey, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital and Academic Institute, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Dr Jeremy Nightingale, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital and Academic Institute, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
1:00pm Initial management of a post-operative ECF
Mr Dermot Burke, Consultant Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
1:20pm Mistakes in the management of a HOS
Dr Siddhartha Oke, Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1:40pm Let them eat! Dietetic aspects of managing an ECF
Dr Alison Culkin, Consultant Dietitian Intestinal Rehabilitation, St Mark's Hospital
2:00pm Question and answer
2:15pm Tea and coffee break
Session 5: Definitive management of intestinal failure
Chairs: Akash Mehta Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark's Hospital and Andrew King Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2:35pm Know your anatomy: the role of radiology
Dr Arun Gupta, Consultant Gastrointestinal Radiologist, St Mark's Hospital
2:55pm Drug absorption in short bowel
Ms Uchu Meade, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, St Mark's Hospital
3:15pm Definitive surgical management of IF
Miss Carolynne Vaizey, Consultant Surgeon and Co-Clinical Director of St Mark's Hospital
3:35pm New developments in management of IF
Dr Simon Gabe, Consultant in Gastroenterology and Intestinal Rehabilitation, St Mark's Hospital
3:55pm Question and answer
Keynote lecture
4:15pm Mesenteric ischemia: the importance of early revascularisation
Professor Alexandre Nuzzo, Associate Professor, Intestinal Stroke Center, Department of Gastroenterology, IBD, Intestinal Failure, Beaujon Hospital, Paris University Hospitals, Paris, France
5:00pm Close
Dr Jeremy Nightingale, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Mark's Hospital
5:05pm Close of meeting