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

MARCH 12
ANAL FISTULA AND PILONIDAL SINUS

07:30 am Registration, welcoming of the Participants and introduction of Faculty members

08:00 am PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
VAAFT: Video Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment
Complex and recurrent anal fistula: a very difficult case
VAAFT combined with LIFT procedure
FiLaC
TROPIS for complex anal fistula: a new concept
What happens if the seton is misplaced? Its current meaning Stem cells for anal fistula treatment
Crohn's anal fistula

10:40 am Coffee Break

The internal opening: various methods to hermetically close it Minimally-invasive techniques combined with traditional ones Combined VAAFT and FiLaC: when might it make sense?
The fistuloscope: an excellent diagnostic tool
Digital Video-Anoscopy

01:00 pm Group picture and LUNCH

02:00 pm PILONIDAL SINUS - Pre-recorded Operative Demonstrations
E.P.Si.T.: Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus treatment step by step E.P.Si.T. and its variants
Bascom & Gips procedures: when and why
SiLaC: all you need to know
Karydakis and Limberg flap
Ultrasound in Pilonidal Disease

OPEN DISCUSSION

04:00 pm COFFEE BREAK

TECHNIQUES FOR RECTAL PROLAPSE AND HEMORRHOIDS ANOLIFT: a new way to treat rectal prolapse and hemorrhoids
HeLP: when laser can be useful for treating hemorrhoids Délorme procedure
Altemeier technique
Ventral Rectopexy and its variations
Robotic management of the external rectal prolapse
TEO and TAMIS procedures

OPEN DISCUSSION

06:00 pmEND OF SESSION

08:00 pm FACULTY & PARTICIPANTS DINNER

MARCH 13
LAB SESSION: HANDS-ON ON PELVIC TRAINER, ANIMAL TISSUE & MODELS - IRCAD Experimental Lab

08:30 am Description of the surgical techniques which will be performed in the lab

VIDEO ASSISTED ANAL FISTULA TREATMENT (VAAFT) ENDOSCOPIC PILONIDAL SINUS TREAMTNET (EPSiT) LIFT PROCEDURE AND ITS VARIATIONS
STAPLED PROLASSECTOMY
HANDLING RECTAL PROLAPSE SUSPENTION
FiLaC PROCEDURE
SiLaC PROCEDURE
ADF: AUTOLOGOUS DERMIS FLAP

01:00 pm LUNCH

02:00 pm: LAB SESSION. HANDS-ON ON PELVIC TRAINER, ANIMAL TISSUE & MODELS - IRCAD Experimental Lab
TEO PROCEDURE
ANOLIFT ANAL
SPHINCTERS REPAIR
SPHINKEEPER FOR FECAL INCONTINENCE
VENTRAL RECTOPEXY
HR AND HRA STATIONS: NEW TECHNOLOGIES SERVING THE COLORECTAL SURGEON

06:00 pm END OF SESSION and DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE