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
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.
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