3rd Intensive Training Course in VAAFT & EPSiT 26 - 27 May 2025

3rd Intensive Training Course in VAAFT & EPSiT
Genova (Italy) Villa Montallergro, 26 - 27 May 2025

Programme

MONDAY 26

07:30 a.m. Welcome and Course Presentation
08:00 a.m. Live Surgery – VAAFT Procedures Posterior trans-sphincteric anal fistula (VAAFT) Recurrent complex anal fistula (VAAFT) Complex horse-shoe anal fistula (VAAFT & LIPOGEMS) Complex anal fistula in Crohn’s Disease (VAAFT)

COFFEE BREAK

01:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet (Villa Rosa)
02:30 p.m. (to 06:00 p.m.) Lab Session Hands-on learning on animal models VAAFT & EPSiT practice and debate with the Faculty About the postoperative management
07:30 p.m. Faculty and Participants Dinner
TUESDAY 27

08:00 a.m. Live Surgery – EPSiT Procedures Recurrent Pilonidal Sinus Common case of Pilonidal Sinus Fistulized pilonidal sinus Complicated pilonidal sinus

COFFEE BREAK

01:15 p.m. Lunch Buffet (Villa Rosa)
02:30 p.m. (to 05:00 p.m.) Theoretical Session Presentation of some VAAFT & EPSiT cases - Discussion Diagnostic tools About the postoperative management Literature and debate
05:00 p.m. End of the course and delivery of certificates

Full immersion in VAAFT & EPSiT surgical procedures. Why?

Dear Friends,
Nineteen years since the first VAAFT procedure, and twelve since the first EPSiT operation. I’m proud of it. These latest updates need to be mastered in order to properly implement them to the field of colorectal surgery, and offer the best possible treatments to our patients. To date, the concept of minimally-invasiveness should be the rule.

Proposing today a surgical technique which can jeopardize the patient’s faecal continence for treating his anal fistula is, at least, questionable. The same is true in the field of the pilonidal disease. In this regard, is still possible today not to consider the patient’s quality of life? Certainly, these new surgical techniques give a clear improvement of the patient’s social life, thanks to the advent of new technologies. We are living the same experience as 40 years ago, when the laparoscopy was raising, and the scepticism was supreme. What distinguishes VAAFT & EPSiT procedures is the direct vision. How do you not take advantage of this essential characteristic?
Today, we really have good options.

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, we are waiting for you!
Piercarlo Meinero

Course Objectives

To cover a broad spectrum of VAAFT & EPSiT procedures;
To provide indications for minimally-invasive surgical treatments of anal fistula and pilonidal disease, and discuss operative complications;
To highlight technical aspects of VAAFT & EPSiT through the broadcasting of live procedures;
To allow real-time discussion between operators and trainee surgeons;
To provide hands-on session to improve skills in VAAFT & EPSiT through practice on models under expert tutorials.

Educational Methods

Interactive theoretical and video sessions between Faculty and Course Participants
Direct participation of the Participants in the O.R.
Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
Practical training on animal specimens
REGISTRATION

First option: registration fee with hotel accommodation € 1,850
The fee includes:
Course registration, access to the O.R., 2 nights in a 4 stars Hotel  
Two lunches at the Clinic Restaurant
One dinner of 26 May
Certificate of attendance
Second option: registration fee without hotel accommodation € 1,600
Fee doesn't include travel expenses. 
Info & Registrations: SELENE S.R.L. Provider ECM - Ph: +39.0117499601 - Mob: +39.3383635142 - Email: ferrero@seleneweb.com - Website: www.selenecongressi.it