Invitation & Program

On behalf of the organizing committee, we are glad to invite you to the Pediatric Colorectal Workshop 2009, a two-day Intensive Workshop and Teaching Course.
The course will be held at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
The scientific program for this specific course includes live teaching operations and lectures in morning and afternoon sessions.

Organizing committee

Ivo de Blaauw, pediatric surgeon, Nijmegen
Marc A. Levitt, pediatric surgeon, Cincinatti
Paul N. Rieu, pediatric surgeon, Nijmegen
Rene M.H. Wijnen, pediatric surgeon

Faculty

Jacob C. Langer, pediatric surgeon, Toronto
David C. van der Zee, pediatric surgeon, Utrecht
Mark A. Benninga, pediatric gastroenterologist, Amsterdam
Paul N. Broens, pediatric surgeon, Groningen
Caroline F. Kuijper, pediatric surgeon, Amsterdam
Klaas M.A. Bax, pediatric surgeon, Rotterdam
Belinda Dickie, fellow colorectal surgery, Cincinnati
Margaret H. Collins, pediatric surgical pathologist, Cincinnati
Alice S. Brooks, clinical geneticist, Rotterdam
Robert M.W. Hofstra, clinical geneticist, Groningen
Michael Bates, pediatric gastroenterologist, St Louis
Daniël Aronson, pediatric surgeon, Nijmegen
Kees van Laarhoven, surgeon, Nijmegen
Cathy Bauer, Resident Nurse, Cincinnati
Maaike van Kuijk, pediatric psychologist, Nijmegen

Program

Day 1: Thursday, January 29, 2009

08:00 am      Opening

08:15 am      Surgical techniques of Hirschsprung’s disease – Pearls and Pitfalls
                    
09:15 am      Challenges of diagnosis
                    
10:15 am      Coffee Break

10:30 am      OR demonstration

12:00 pm      Lunch

01:00 pm      OR demonstration

02:00 pm      Reoperations in Hirschsprung’s disease
                    
02:30 pm      Total colonic Hirschsprung’s disease:

03:00 pm      Break

03:30 pm      Nursing care of Hirschsprung’s disease

04:15 pm      Evaluation and treatment of the Hirschsprung’s patient who
                    is not doing well:

05.00 pm      Colorectal sensibility

06:00 pm      Drinks

06:30 pm      Diner

 

Day 2: Friday, January 30, 2009

08:00 am      Genes:

08:45 am      Pathology: controversies in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s
                    disease and other motility disorders

09:30 am      The antegrade continence enema (ACE) for fecal incontinence

10:15 am      Coffee Break

10:30 am      OR demonstration

12:00 pm      Lunch

01:00 pm      OR demonstration

02:00 pm      Severe idiopathic constipation: medical and surgical treatment

03:00 pm      Break

03:30 pm      Fecal incontinence

04:15 pm      Manometry for Hirschsprung’s disease, pseudo obstruction and
                    other colorectal diseases

04:45 pm      Patient’s stories

05:15 pm      Closure


During the case discussions participants are encouraged to bring in any difficult case to be discussed.