31st GEEW - Gastroenterology and Endotherapy European Workshop

 Event topics:
New diagnostic imaging in upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy
Capsule enteroscopy / colonoscopy
Enteroscopy - Balloon assisted and other techniques
Endocytoscopy, confocal endoscopy
Mucosal resection and submucosal dissection
Latest technologies of hemostase and of bleeding ulcers and varices
EUS for staging, FNA
Dilation of gastrointestinal strictures and stenting
Zenker’s diverticulotomy
Peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia
Endoluminal transoral surgery for morbid obesity
NOTES
Therapeutic ERCP
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Therapeutic EUS – Transmural anastomoses – Pseudocysts drainage and necrosectomy
Treatment of surgical complications (stenoses, fistulae, leakages)
Barrett's ablation
Percutaneous gastrostomy and jejunostomy
Transjugular liver biopsies, TIPS
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiographies



Event aims:
The learning objectives of the course will be :
1. Evaluation of established and most recent endoscopy techniques, assessing their clinical utility in a multidisciplinary setting
2. Description of pre-therapeutic assessment and post-treatment follow up
3. Detailed technical teaching of various procedures
4. Providing scientific appraisal of technologies, evidence-based, with comparison with other approaches
5. Recognition of the role of endoscopy in digestive diseases and its interaction with gastroenterology, surgery, oncology, radiology and transplantation
6. Teaching on prevention and treatment of complications