Right Colon Cancer

Chairs Jim Tiernan (Leeds), Shakil Ahmed (Liverpool)

• Pathology - Jocelyn Aldridge (Leeds)
• Surgery - Aidan Armstrong (Belfast)
• Surgery - Patricia Tejedor (Madrid)
• Radiology - Donal Bradley (Bradford)

Pelvic Floor Session - The Neurogenic Bowel

Chairs: Kim Gorissen (Oxford), Carmen Hoh (Leicester)

• Congenital: Spina bifida, sacral agenesia, VACTERL - Irene Milliken
• Traumatic: Spinal cord and cauda injuries. - Arnold Goede (Oxford)
• Neurodegenerative: Parkinsons, the bowel and the microbiome -  Robin Fackrell (Bath)
• Medical treatments for neurogenic bowel and colonic failure -  Natalia Zarate (London)
• SNM for neurogenic bowel conditions: indications and outcomes. Mr Tom Dudding (Southampton)
• Discussion

08:00 - 09:00
Parallel Session
Meeting Room 1B

Short paper session 5: Digital Surgery & AI | Imaging & Radiology | Minimal Access Surgery | Surgical Training & Simulation
Chairs: Lisa Massey (Nottingham), Jon Evans (Nottingham)

• The role of virtual reality and three-dimensional printed surgical models in colorectal surgical practice - Hugh Brookes
• First-In-Human AI-Assisted AR-Guided Robotic Right Hemicolectomy With Real-Time Instrument De-Occlusion: A Technical Feasibility Report - Thalia Petropoulou
• Prognostic significance of post-neoadjuvant MRI-detected extramural venous invasion and tumour deposits in rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis -  Nikhil Lal

• Functional outcomes after robotic TME (RTME): Systematic review and meta-analysis of published literature -Thalia Petropoulou
• A Multicentre Comparative Trial of Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Transanal Approaches in Rectal Cancer Surgery: Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes -  Subham Roy
• The “Robotic Midline Trap”: Specimen extraction site negates the abdominal wall benefits of robotic colorectal surgery, a retrospective cohort study - Swetha Kishore
• Higher Standards, Delivered Locally: A Comparative Study of Outcomes following implementation of Robotic Colorectal Cancer Surgery at an established Laparoscopic Unit in a District General Hospital -  Saurabh Shukla

Short paper session 6: Sustainability in Surgery | Quality Improvement, Miscellaneous, Proctology and PROMs (Patient-reported outcome measures)| PREMs (Patient-Reported Experience Measures) & qualitative studies
Chairs:  Anthony McBrearty (Belfast), Panchali Sarmah (Sheffield)

• Sustainable Consent: QR-Enabled Digital Patient Information in Colorectal Surgery -  Kapil Agrawal

• Acute Diverticulitis Virtual Wards: A Two-Pathway Model - Sue Blackwell
• Development of a patient information aid for parastomal hernia treatment -  Sue Blackwell
• Assessment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Risk Evaluation and compliance With Guidelines in Surgical Patients: A Clinical Audit at the Prince Osman Digna Referral Hospital - Mohey Aldien Elnour
• Clinical Outcomes of Fistula Tract Laser Closure (FiLAC) in Patients with Fistula-in-ano (FIA): A Six-Year Experience from a Single UK Tertiary Centre  - Navid Mohamadzade
• Predicted trends in anal cancer incidence in the UK: remodelling using restricted cubic spline and supporting clinical data from a UK series (38 years) - Lucy Larby
• Availability of botulinum toxin injections for facilitating anal intercourse in Scotland - Nikola Henderson

• Patient-Reported Short-Term Functional Outcomes Following Robotic Rectal Resection for Malignancy: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study - Tasnuva Iqbal

Intuitive Basic Skills Course

09:00 - 10:00
Auditorium

Colonoscopy in 2026

Chairs: Katie Yeadon (Barnstaple) & Robin Johnston (PLG)

• How to get trained in Colonoscopy - Bala Piramanayagam (Nuneaton)
• A year in the press, in 10 minutes - Katie Yeadon (Barnstaple)
• Greener endoscopy; Penthrox v Entanox - George Davies (Inverness)
• Endoscopic closure techniques - clips, tacks, sutures? - Amyn Haji (London)
• Optimising management of post polypectomy syndrome - Ciaran Judge (Dublin)

09:00-09:30
Poster Session 5
Poster Cabin

Poster Session 5:  Emergency general surgery | Proctology
Chairs: Liam Devane (Ireland) and Ramya Kalaiselvan (Whiston)

• Outcomes and timing of stoma reversal following emergency laparotomy - Dr Fajar Rana
• Identifying peak CRP threshold to predict treatment failure in early left-sided diverticulitis - Dr Karunya Venkada Subramaniyan
• Outcomes of leaving the macroscopically normal appendix in situ during diagnostic laparoscopy - Mr Abhishek Viswanath

• First-in-human feasibility and safety evaluation of TIPS Microspheres for the treatment of cryptoglandular perianal fistula - Mr William English
• Comparative Efficacy of Transanal Opening of Intersphincteric Space (TROPIS) versus Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT) for Transsphincteric Anal Fistulas: A Prospective Cohort Study - Mr. Dong Liao
• Laser Ablation of Pilonidal Sinus Disease - Dr Níamh Smyth

Colorectal Peer Review Course

Faculty: Steve Brown (Yorkshire), Mohamed Elshawy (USA), Debby Keller (USA), Adele Sayers (Yorkshire), Samson Tou, Dale Vimalachandran (Liverpool)

• Introduction 
• (Desk reject paper) - All Faculty
• Paper 2 (Revise and reconsider paper -  All Faculty
• Statistics made easy for surgeons 
• (Revise and accept paper) – All Faculty
• What editors expect in a review 

10:30 - 10:45
Auditorium

Presidential Address: Athur Harikrishnan (President, ACPGBI)

10:45 -11:15
Auditorium

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Laura Hancock (Manchester)

• Morbidity in IBD Surgery - what are we doing about it? - Paulo Kotze (Brazil)

11:15-11:45
Poster Session 6
Poster Cabin

Poster Session 6: Inflammatory bowel disease, pouch surgery & stomas, Imaging and radiological interventions
Chairs: Adele Sayers (Sheffield) and Damian Mckay (Belfast

• Evaluating the Association Between MRI Fistula Volume and Patient-Reported Quality of Life in Perianal Fistulising Crohn’s Disease: A Prospective Single-Centre Study - Easan Anand
• Demographics and surgical outcomes of adolescents undergoing ileal resection for Crohn’s disease in a tertiary centre - Rosalyn Hawkins
• Colectomies for Ulcerative Colitis (UC) - use of the National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) to inform practice in England - Alyssa Ramlakhan
• Colectomies for Crohn’s Disease: Use of the National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) to Inform Practice in England - Alyssa Ramlakhan
• Pilot Study of a Novel Targeted Probiotic to Improve Ileal Pouch Health - Mark Thompson-Fawcett
• MRI Prognostic Features in Neoadjuvant Therapy Trials of Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review of Reporting Gaps Across Two Decades - Nikhil Lal

100% chance of complications

Chairs Susan Moug (Glasgow), Carly Bisset (Glasgow) & Nicola Dames (PLG)

• What is a high-risk patient in elective surgery - moving away from mortality. Anne-Marie Tiah (Glasgow)
• Offsetting complications - who do you think you are? - Carly Bisset (Glasgow)
• Second Victim Syndrome in surgeons: the impact of complications - Jenna Morgan (Sheffield)
• It happens to everyone - James Bryan (Doncaster)

Dukes' Club Session - Skills beyond the scalpel: Innovation, Managing imposter syndrome and influence

Chair: Ioanna Drami, Dukes' Club President (London), Taner Shakir (London)

• Innovation in practice - Jordan Fletcher (Doncaster)
• Managing imposter syndrome. Will Perry (USA)
• Building influence and leadership. Rachael Coates (Tyneside/Robohive)

Medical Students & Proctology

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Chairs: Maisey Baker (Leeds) & Guy Worley (London)

• Introduction to the Dukes' Club  - Charlotte El-Sayed

• Introduction to the ACPGBI and the Student Committee – Maisey Baker (Leeds) and Dwiti Ponda (Nottingham)
• Building a Competitive Surgical Portfolio (Core Training and ST3 General Surgery) – Andrew Yiu (London)

• Q & A
• CANOPY QI project Introduction - Chiara Dell’Oro (London)
• Operation videos and explanation of colorectal nomenclature – Guy Worley (London)
• Practical Bowel Anastomosis workshop

Short paper session 7 : Chemotherapy and radiotherapy | Colorectal cancer - screening, diagnosis & endoscopy | Colorectal cancer – tumour biology, biomarkers & genetics & Surveillance, survivorship & late effects of treatment
Chairs: Aaron Quyn (Yorkshire), Kirsten Boyle (Leicester )

• Major Variation in Neoadjuvant Therapy Recommendations Across Colorectal Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams in UK and Ireland: Need for Robust Evidence to Standardise Treatment and Optimise Rectal Cancer Outcomes -  Michal Woyton

• Early outcomes of the PLATO ACT5 randomised trial - Personalizing Anal Cancer Radiotherapy dose - David Sebag-Montefiore

• Serial Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in Confirmed Colorectal Cancer – A Clinical Study Evaluating Single vs Multiple Sample Methodology - James Bailey
• The diagnostic accuracy of faecal immunohistochemical testing within the increasing incidence of early onset colorectal cancer - Julian Camilleri-Brennan
• Evaluating COLOFIT as a Tool for Cancer Screening in a Major UK Sector - Mahmoud El-khatib

• Circulating tumour DNA for predicting clinical complete response in rectal cancer: a systematic review - Siddharth Shukla
• Defining the metastatic niche for colorectal cancer dissemination - Mahsa Mohammadi
• Expression of phosphorylated Smad2 in colorectal cancer and its relationship with clinicopathological features and survival - John Ugorji
• Age related differences in colorectal cancer biology - a real world cohort study - Disha Yadav

• “Watch and Wait” follow-up for rectal cancer in a single institution: a real-world NHS experience -  Daisy Moore

Short paper session 8: Colorectal cancer - surgery & endoscopic interventions
Chairs: Bala Piramanayagam (Sutton Coldfield), Francesco Di Fabio (Basingstoke)

• Endoscopic Electroporation Versus Standard Non-Curative Management in Colorectal Cancer: A Comparative Cohort Study - Ademola Adeyeye
• Indocyanine Green Guided Lymphatic Mapping Improves Lymph Node Harvest in Colon Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis -  Abdulrahman Ghoneim
• The impact of anastomotic technique on postoperative ileus in colorectal cancer surgery: A single-centre analysis - Muhammad Hadi Khan
• Advantages of Skeletonizing the Left Colic Artery in Low Anterior Resection Cases Related to Vascularity with ICG: A Systematic Review - Almaz Rehman Koolikad
• Comparative Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Robotic Colorectal Cancer Surgery in the NHS: Real-World Evidence from Sequential Adoption of Versius and da Vinci Xi -  Vanash Patel
• Combining Pelvic Exenteration with Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated Intra-Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC): A new paradigm in Pelvic Surgery? - Waqqas Patel
• Impact of High-Complexity Pelvic Exenteration on Postoperative Morbidity: A Network Meta-Analysis -  Naoyuki Toyota
• Global Use and Outcomes of Endoscopic Stenting in Acute Malignant Left-Sided Colonic Obstruction: A Secondary Analysis of  APOLLO, An International, Prospective Cohort Study - William Xu

12:00 - 12:30
Poster Session 7
Poster Cabin 

Poster Session 7: Minimal access surgery – laparoscopic, robotic & transanal approaches | Miscellaneous
Chairs: Dermot Burke (Leeds) and Nitya Chandratreya (Bristol)

• Beyond Extractions: Incisional Hernia following Minimally Invasive Right Hemicolectomy -  Faid Khopekar
• Evolving practice in minimally invasive right hemicolectomy: short-term outcomes after adoption of robotic intracorporeal anastomosis – a propensity-weighted analysis - Nayana Prakash

• Diverticulitis@Home pathways are safe but are they really cost effective? - Mona Elnour
• Development of a cross-disciplinary surgical complexity scoring system using a Delphi consensus - Kate McCarthy
• Outcomes after local excision for anal superficially invasive squamous-cell carcinoma (SISCCA): implications for surveillance - Andrew Renehan
• Salvage surgery for relapsed anal squamous cell carcinoma: with focus on resection margin positivity -  Andrew Renehan

12:15 – 13:00
Auditorium

ACPGBI Annual General Meeting  

Lunch

Intuitive Surgical symposium

• Platform to Programme: Digitally Enabled da Vinci Surgery, dV5, and the Future Surgical Workforce

13:20 – 13:40
Hall 2B.

Hybrid Robotics in Colorectal: Bridging Precision and Practicality

• Katherine Baker(Oxford)
• Ehab Bishay (Birmingham)

ACPGBI Bill Heald Keynote Lecture

Chair: Clare McNaught (Harrogate)

• Mastering the Art and Science of Surgery - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)

Medtronic AWR workshop

Dukes' Club Fellowship Village
Colorectal Fellowships Demystified

Thinking about a colorectal fellowship but not sure where to start?

Join us for an interactive Dukes' Club session bringing together current and former fellows from leading UK and European fellowship programmes to discuss fellowship planning, applications, training opportunities, and preparing for consultant practice

Special Features
✅ What We Look for in a Fellowship Application – with Phil Tozer

✅ Fellowship Village Elevator Pitches – meet fellowship leads from nationally recognised colorectal units and hear directly about available opportunities

✅ Networking Session – connect with fellowship leads, current and previous fellows in an informal setting

📖 Don't forget to scan the QR code for the Dukes' Club Fellowship Booklet – your guide to colorectal fellowship opportunities across the UK!

Research  & Audit

Chairs:  Dale Vimalachandran (Chester), Julie Cornish (Cardiff) & Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

• SMART hub? – Dale Vimalachandran (Chester)

Breaking trial results:

• AFAR - Matthew Lee (Birmingham)
• CIPHER - Jane Blazeby (Bristol)
• ACT 4 - Richard Adams (Cardiff)
• CLARITY - Fatima Mansour (Wolverhampton)

New Studies:

• PITSTOP 2 - Steve Brown (Sheffield)
• REVERSE - Julie Cornish (Cardiff)
• EmROCC-UK -  Daniel Baker (Birmingham)
• POLCA-DOT trial – Doug Speake & Farhat Din

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Timing of Surgery - Too Early, too late or just about right

Chairs Katie Adams (London) and Abi Patel (Coventry)

• Valerio Celentano (London)
• Orestis Argyriou (London)
• Paulo Kotze (Brazil)
• Katherine Baker (Oxford)
• Oliver Brain (Oxford)
• Paula Harrison (Manchester)
• Caroline Bramwell (PLG)

International Session

• India - ACRSI - 14:30-16:00 Chairs: Sharad Karandikar (Birmingham), Ramya Kalaiselvan ( St Helens)
• Decreasing recurrence rates in sphincter sparing surgery - Kushal Mital (India)
• Which patient? Which procedure? A rational approach to pilonidal sinus - Pradeep Sharma (India)
• Chivate's Procedure – Tran-anal Hemorrhoid Suturopexy  - Santhi Vardhani (India)
• Advanced laparoscopy in complex colorectal surgery - Subbiah Rajapandian  (India)
• Young onset colorectal cancer- demographics and outcomes from a tertiary care hospital - Rohin Mittal (India)
• Managing high intersphincteric fistula in Ano - Atef Bakza (India)
• Laser In High Intersphincteric Tracts In Fistula In Ano - Jaya Maheshwari (India)
• Fluorescence guided surgery in Colorectal surgery - Anil Heroor (India)

14:30 - 15:00
Poster Session 8
Poster Cabin 

Poster Session 8: Pathology | Pelvic floor & functional bowel disorders
Chairs: Carolyn Culliance (Ireland) and Katie Yeadon (Devon)

• Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: A referral centre’s experience of the value of combined surgical and pathologic specialty assessment - Panikos Stelios Michaelides
• Sacral nerve stimulator (SNS) for faecal incontinence – 8 years of outcome data from the National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) -  William Riley
• PROMs (Patient-reported outcome measures) & PREMs (Patient-Reported Experience Measures)  & qualitative studies
• “I don’t like parastomal hernias” A qualitative study exploring clinician experience of treating patients with a parastomal hernia - Sue Blackwell
• LARS ICAT Validation: Insights from Cognitive Interviews - Emily Farrow
• Measuring sex and intimacy after benign pelvic and perineal colorectal surgery: Content validation of a Sexual Function Patient Reported Outcome Measure (Sex-PROM) -  Shivani Joshi
• Navigating Choice and Uncertainty: Patient Decision Making in Early Rectal Cancer -  Abhilasha Patel

ACPN Annual General Meeting

ACPN plenary and short papers 

Chairs: Emma Jenkins (Devon), Pauline Sibley (Devon)

• Role of the Professional Nurse advocate - Rebecca Heal (Devon), Liz Coni,  (Chichester)
• The evolving role of the Physician Associate within general surgery - Rachael Jones (Bradford)

• The role and pathway of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Surgery  -  Cheryl Hides (Sheffield)

• The role of the Stoma Nurse in Colorectal Surgery - Rebecca Wootton (Sheffield)

ACPN Short Papers

• Prehabilitation to rehabilitation and optimisation of Pelvic Exenteration Surgery (The PROPS project) - Laura Borthwick (Southampton)

• Perception of the quality of nursing care in colorectal surgery under the ERAS protocol - Hugo Alejandro Burgos (Colombia)

• Colorectal Nurse Specialist (CNS) led colorectal cancer triage assessment - Ikwuoma Elewke (Macclesfield)

Networking Session

Coffee

16:00 - 16:30
Auditorium

John Goligher Lecture

Chairs: Athur Harikrishnan (Sheffield), Jim Khan (Portsmouth)

• Embodied Intelligence in Robotic Surgery-  Simon Ng (Hong Kong)  

16:30 - 18:00
Auditorium

Robotics: from adoption to excellence: RAS training, proctorship and the new wave

Chairs: Charles Evans (Coventry), Cat Boereboom (Nottingham)

• Versius robot 1000 cases performed: Miton Keynes University Hospital - Barrie Keeler (Milton Keynes) 
• Experiences with Hugo robot - Rebekka Troller (Medway)
• Single Port robotic colorectal surgery: UK experience - Shakil Ahmed (Liverpool) 
• Telesurgery-are we ready?: Democratisation, Governance and Challenges - Venky Munikrishnan (Chennai, India)
• Presentations from the ACPGBI/Intuitive Robotic fellows 
• Panel discussion: Navigating robotic colorectal training; from resident to experienced consultant – Chaired by Oroog Ali (Newcastle) and Nuha Yassin (Birmingham)

16:30 – 17:45
Parallel Session
Hall 2A

Setting up a LARS service for Patients

Chairs: Julie Cornish (Cardiff), Aaron Quyn (Leeds)

• MANUEL project - what’s the evidence for LARS management - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• When do we need to discuss LARS with our patients – Nick Battersby (Truro)
• My experience of LARS -  Chris Hackett (Patient)

• Educating the patient - self management strategies - Marylise Boutros (USA)

• Nurse Servce talk - James Hollingshead (Hertfordshire)
• Q & A

International Session

Lithuania - Chair: Michael Thornton (Wrexham), Mike Machesney (London)

• Timing of preventive ileostomy closure after surgery for rectal cancer - Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicus (Lithuania)
• Predictors of 1, 3, 5 and 10-year survival in early-stage colorectal cancer patients - Toma Poskus (Lithuania)

16:30 - 17:00
Poster Session 9
Poster Cabin

Poster Session 9: Quality Improvement | Sustainability in Surgery
Chairs: Panchali Sarmah (Sheffield), Greg Thomas (London)

• Utilisation of a Community Diagnostic Centre to Improve Colorectal Urgent Suspected Cancer Pathway Performance - Jack Carter
• Death Literacy Index: evaluating perceptions towards death and dying in a tertiary centre general surgery department -  India Daniels
• Streamlining Patient Transitions: A Surgical Discharge Card Initiative at Almanagil Teaching Hospital -Mohey Aldien Elnour
• Peri-operative Antibiotic Use in Elective Inguinal Hernia Repairs: Compliance with British Hernia Society Guidelines - Karim Fahss
• Audit on documentation of chaperone presence during intimate examinations in the surgical clinic - Muhammad Hadi Khan
• Physiological Stress During Robotic Right Hemicolectomy: A Real-Time Heart Rate Variability Analysis Across Key Operative Phases (Results from Real-time operator stress detection during robotic-assisted colorectal surgery – Real OP study) - Zeeshan Raza

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