
31st European Annual
Congress on Surgical Infections
7th – 9th June 2018, Athens, Greece

31st European Annual
Congress on Surgical Infections
7th - 9th June 2018, Athens, Greece
Programme
This programme is subject to change
Thursday 7th June 2018 | |||||||||||||
12:00-16:00 | Council Meeting | ||||||||||||
16:00 –19:00 | SIS-E Olympics case report contest
Chair: Ines Rubio-Perez (Madrid, Spain), Marjolein Blussé van Oudalblas (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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20:00 | Networking Event & Drinks Join us for informal pre-congress drinks to meet colleagues and start networking! All delegates and accompanying persons are welcome to this free event, but places are limited, please indicate on your registration form if you would like to attend.Rooftop Garden of the venue, Crowne Plaza Hotel |
Friday 8th June 2018 | |
08:00 -18:00 | Registration |
08:30 – 09:00 | Congress Welcome
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09:00 – 10:30 | Free paper session I: HBP & abdominal wall
Chair: Kema Rasa (Turkey), Athanasios Marinis, (Piraeus, Greece) 1. Early surgery versus step-up practice for chronic pancreatitis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial (Y. Issa,/M.A. Kempeneers) |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Round I |
11:00 – 12:30 | Symposium I: Update on antimicrobial resistance
Chair: George L. Daikos (Athens, Greece), Konstantine Vagianos (Athens, Greece) 1. Resistant bacteria: who’s who? Basics a surgeon should know Spyridon Pournaras (Athens, Greece) 2. Clinical & epidemiological impact of resistance in surgical patients Joe Solomkin (OASIS,USA) 3. Strategies against resistance & stewardship Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium) |
12:30 – 13:00 | Young Investigator Lecture: Improving diagnostic accuracy in vascular prosthetic graft infections
Chair: Sarah Gans (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Presenter: Ben Saleem (Groningen, Netherlands) |
13:00 – 13:30 | Semmelweis lecture
Chair: Marja Boermeester, SIS-E President (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Surgical infection and oncological outcomes in cancer surgery Presenter: Prof. Malin Sund (Umea, Sweden) |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition |
14:30 – 16:00 | Free Paper Session II: Colorectal & appendix
Chair: Francesco DiMarzo (Forte dei marmi, Italy), Georgios Konstantoudakis (Athens, Greece) 1. Interobserver variability in the classification of appendicitis during laparoscopy. (A.L. van den Boom) |
16:00 – 17:00 | A closer look at practice-changing Trials in Surgical Infections
Chair: Ines Rubio-Perez (Madrid, Spain), George Polymeneas (Athens, Greece) Stijn de Jonge and Sarah Gans, (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Young SIS-E and SIS-E council
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17:00 – 17:30 | Refreshment Break & Poster Round II |
17:30 – 18:30 | 17:30 – 18:30 Symposium II: New Developments and spotlight topics in Surgical Infections (sponsored lectures)
Chair: Helen Giamarellou (Athens, Greece), George N Zografos (Athens, Greece) 17:30-18:00 Complex abdominal wall reconstructions: planning and mesh choice (Bard sponsored) Prof. Marja Boermeester (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 18:00-18:30 Ceftaroline in complicated skin and soft tissue infections (Pfizer sponsored) Chair: Ioannis Koutelidakis (Thessaloniki, Greece) Presenter: Helen Giamarellou (Athens, Greece) |
18:30-19:00 | Keynote Lecture: The Role of Infections in Readmission following Major Surgery
Donald Fry (SIS-NA, Surgical Infections Journal Editor, USA) |
21:00 | Cocktail Party |
Saturday 9th June 2018 | |
08:30 – 18:00 | Registration |
09:00 – 10:00 | Symposium III: The abdomen & infection
Chair: Gregory Kouraklis (Athens, Greece), Iakovos Nomikos, (Piraeus, Greece) Relaparotomy in emergency surgery: planned or on-demand? Marja Boermeester (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Iordanis Papadopoulos (Athens, Greece) |
10:00 – 11:30 | Free Paper Session III: Infection prevention & surgical site infection
Chair: George Giokas (Athens, Greece), Konstaninos Tepetes (University of Thessaly, Greece ) 1. Effectiveness of a nationwide bundle approach to reduce surgical site infection. An observational cohort study in the Netherlands (TAPAS study). (S de Jonge) |
11:30 – 12:00 | Refreshment Break & Poster Round III |
12:00 – 13:00 | Symposium IV. ‘Global Surgical Infections’
Joint Symposium with WSES, SIS-NA Key concepts in management of the open abdomen for infection source control Massimo Sartelli (WSES Representative, Italy) New published guidelines on prevention of ACS/SSI surgical site infection guidelines Kamal Itany (SIS-NA President, USA) |
13:00- 13:30 | Antifungal therapy for the surgical ward patients.
Chair: Stefanos Geroulanos (Athens, Greece), Christos Katsios, (Ioannina, Greece) Anastasia Antoniadou (Athens, Greece) |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition |
14:30- 15:15 | Meet the Editor: tips and tricks to publish your paper on Surgical Infections
Prof. Malin Sund (Umea, Sweden), Editor of BJS |
15:15 – 16:00
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Pro/Con Debate: Mechanical bowel prep to reduce SSI for colorectal surgery?
Chair: Marja Boermeester (AMC Amsterdam, Netherlands), Vasileios Komborozos (Athens, Greece) YES. Kamal Itany (SIS-NA, USA) NO. Joe Solomkin (OASIS, USA) |
16:00-16:20 | Presentation of the Young SIS-E Initiative and SIS-E collaborative study
Ines Rubio-Perez (Madrid, Spain) Stijn de Jonge and Sarah Gans, (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
16:20 – 16:30 | SIS Asia-Pacific & Japanese Surgical Infection Society report
Yuichi Yoshida (Japan) |
16:30 – 17:00 | Refreshment Break & Poster Round IV |
17:00 – 18:45 | ‘Complex corner’ Educational clinical scenarios in Surgical Infections Interactive session with expert panel
Chair: Joerg Schroeder (Cologne, Germany), Dionysios Voros (Athens, Greece)
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18:45 – 19:45 | Use of installation VAC VeraflowTM in complex and infected wounds
(Acelity sponsored) Mr. Ibby Younis (London, UK) |
19:45 – 20:45 | SIS-E Members Business Meeting Society updates and election of new members All member delegates welcome |
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