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Sunday, September 03, 2025
Location: Medtronic Innovation Center
Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery Course
08:00-11:00
LIVE SURGERIES
Robotics
Laparoscopy with Fluorescence
Moderator: Gustavo Seva Pereira (SP)
Moderator: Fábio Guilherme Caserta Maryssael de Campos (SP)
Robotics
Surgeon: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Laparoscopy with Fluorescence
Surgeon: Gustavo Becker Pereira (SC)
12:20-13:10
MODULE 2
Laparoscopic rectosigmoidectomy
Treatment of acute diverticulitis
Robotic rectosigmoidectomy – unimodular platform
Discussion
Moderator: Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques (SP)
Debater: Renato Gomes Campanati (MG)
Debater: Luis Chiroque-benites (Peru)
Debater: Magda Maria Profeta da Luz (MG)
Laparoscopic rectosigmoidectomy
Speaker: Gustavo Seva Pereira (SP)
Treatment of acute diverticulitis
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Robotic rectosigmoidectomy – unimodular platform
Speaker: Armando Geraldo Franchini Melani (RJ)
Discussion
Wednesday, September 04, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
08:00-10:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN RECTAL CANCER
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
TNT for organ preservation always
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
Debater: Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques (SP)
Debater: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
TNT for organ preservation always
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
16:00-18:00
SURGERY WORKSHOP: COLORECTAL ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY
Surgery Workshop (7 min Video X 3 min Discussion)
Complete mesocolon excision
Robotic transanal local resection
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Adjourn & Announcements
Surgery Workshop (7 min Video X 3 min Discussion)
Moderator: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Debater: Marleny Novaes Figueiredo de Araujo (RJ)
Debater: José Alfredo dos Reis Júnior (SP)
Complete mesocolon excision
Speaker: Willem Bemelman (Netherlands)
Robotic transanal local resection
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Speaker: Luis Chiroque-benites (Peru)
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
Speaker: Armando Geraldo Franchini Melani (RJ)
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Speaker: Gustavo Becker Pereira (SC)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Speaker: Ian Jenkins (United Kingdom)
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Adjourn & Announcements
Presenter: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Friday, September 05, 2025
WTC Theater
14:00-15:30
SESSION: DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITIS
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Techniques and impact of interventional medicine in the management of complicated diverticulitis
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Discussion
Moderator: Gustavo Seva Pereira (SP)
Debater: Euler de Medeiros Azaro Filho (BA)
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Speaker: Joaquim Jose Oliveira Filho (SP)
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
Speaker: Rocco Ricciardi (United States)
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Techniques and impact of interventional medicine in the management of complicated diverticulitis
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Speaker: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Discussion
16:30-18:00
SURGERY WORKSHOP: SURGERY WORKSHOP - UC
Total colectomy in the emergency room
Ileal pouch: always double stapling
Alternatives to double stapling in the ileal pouch: my choices
Laparoscopy or robotics in proctectomy?
Tips and tricks in the difficult ileal pouch
Transanal endoscopic proctectomy in UC: my choices
Adjourn & Announcements
Moderator: Arceu Scanavini Neto (SP)
Debater: Abel Botelho Quaresma (SC)
Debater: Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior (SP)
Total colectomy in the emergency room
Speaker: Cláudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy (SP)
Ileal pouch: always double stapling
Speaker: Marcelo Rodrigues Borba (SP)
Alternatives to double stapling in the ileal pouch: my choices
Speaker: Willem Bemelman (Netherlands)
Laparoscopy or robotics in proctectomy?
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Tips and tricks in the difficult ileal pouch
Speaker: Lucas Faraco Sobrado (SP)
Transanal endoscopic proctectomy in UC: my choices
Speaker: Phillip Fleshner (United States)
Adjourn & Announcements
Presenter: Arceu Scanavini Neto (SP)
Monday, September 06, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
13:30-15:00
SESSION: CONTROVERSIES IN COLON CANCER
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Discussion
Debater: Nicolas Rotholtz (Argentina)
Debater: Mauricio Jose de Matos e Silva (PE)
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Speaker: Juan Carlos Patron Uriburu (Argentina)
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Discussion