Advanced Course in PROCTOLOGICAL SURGERY
Ircad Strasbourg
March 12-13, 2026

March 12: ANAL FISTULA AND PILONIDAL SINUS

7:45 am REGISTRATION AND WELCOMING OF THE PARTICIPANTS

8:15 am LIVE AND PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
Complex and recurrent anal fistula: VAAFT technique
LIFT procedure
Lay-open technique with immediate sphincters reconstruction
TROPIS for complex anal fistula: a new concept
What happens if the seton is misplaced? Its current meaning
Stem cells in anal fistula
FiLaC and its indications

10:30 am Coffee Break

Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment (EPSiT)
Role of the US for Anal Fistula and Pilonidal SInus
Crohn's Anal Fistulas
Perianal Hidradenitis: a wrinkle 
SiLaC for pilonidal sinus
Anal fistula: various ways to close the interna opening
EPSiT in recurrences
Negative Pressure-Assisted EPSiT

1:00 pm Group picture & LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE

2:15 pm PRE-LAB SESSION - Procedures' description

2:30 pm HANDS-ON SESSION ON PELVIC TRAINERS, MODELS AND ANIMAL TISSUE 

VAAFT (Video Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment)
EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment)
LIFT procedure
FiLaC for anal fistula
SiLaC for pilonidal disesase
Autologous Dermis Flap (ADS) for closing the internal opening of anal fistula
VAAFT (Video Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment)

6:00 pm END OF SESSION

8:00 pm FACULTY & PARTICIPANTS DINNER 

March 13: RECTAL PROLAPSE, ODS AND HEMORRHOIDS

7:45 am EVALUATION OF THE PREVIOUS DAY

8:00 LECTURES, LIVE AND PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

8:15 am Session 1: RECTAL PROLAPSE, ODS AND HEMORRHOIDS
Proper performance of a Milligan-Morgan procedure
LHP laser procedure: a case
The Anolift
STARR and High volume stapler for III and IV hemorrhoids
A complex case of hemorrhoids recurrence
Complications after surgical treatments: can we chat about them?

OPEN ROUND TABLE 

10:30 am Coffee Break

10:50 SESSION 2: EXTERNAL RECTAL PROLAPSE AND TRANS-ANAL SURGERY

Handling Calibrated Prolapse Suspention with suture reinforcement
Internal Délorme
External Rectal Prolapse: how many options do we have?
Perianal Stapled Prolapse Resection (PSPR) 
Délorme procedure
Altemeier technique
Ventral Rectopexy
Robotic management of the external rectal prolapse
TEO and TAMIS procedure for treating exernal prolapse

OPEN DEBATE
  

1:00 pm LUNCH AT THE INSTITUTE- Common case of Pilonidal Sinus

2:00 pm PRE-LAB SESSION: procedures description

2:15 pm HANDS-ON SESSION ON PELVIC TRAINERS, MODELS AND ANIMAL TISSUE 

TEO procedure
TAMIS procedure
Anal sphincter repair
Sphinkeeper for fecal incontinence
Ventral rectopexy
HR Station and HRA Station: new technology serving the Colorectal Surgeon

4:30 pm END OF SESSION  and DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE