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Plenary Session 4

Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 10:30-11:00 Place Auditorium
Chair Daniel B Jones (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA)
Speakers
  1. Role of laparoscopic surgery for advanced gastric cancer
    KSERS President
    Sang-Uk Han (Ajou University Hospital, Korea)

Plenary Session 5

Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 14:10-14:40 Place Auditorium
Chair Young-Woo Kim (National Cancer Center, Korea)
Speakers
  1. A glimpse into the future of surgery: A motivation for surgeons
    EAES President
    Salvador Morales Conde (Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Spain)

Plenary Session 6

Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 14:40-15:10 Place Auditorium
Chair Suk-Hwan Lee (Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Development in robotic upper gastrointestinal surgery - Present and future!
    ELSA President
    Philip Wai-yan Chiu (Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong)

Special Session 10

General
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place Auditorium
Chair Kil Yeon Lee (Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Investing in the future of laparoscopic surgery: What can a surgeon do?
    Barry Salky (Mount Sinai Health System, USA)

Special Session 11

HBP 2
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 101+102
Chair Gyu Sung Choi (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
Speakers
  1. The real benefit of minimally invasive approach to liver surgery
    Luca Antonio Aldrighetti (San Raffaele Hospital, Italy)

Special Session 12

UGI
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 104+105
Chair Suzanne Gisbertz (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands)
Speakers
  1. Evolution of surgical science in MIS of gastric cancer
    Han-Kwang Yang (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)

Special Session 13

Colorectal General
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 106+107
Chair Kyu Joo Park (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Evolution of MIS and Evolution of JSES
    Yoshiharu Sakai (Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan)

Special Session 14

Bariatric 2
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 109+110
Chair Sang Kuon Lee (Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Sharing undesired events from own surgical practice to help others prevent complications of bariatric surgery
    Piotr Myśliwiec (Medical University of Bialystok, Poland)

Special Session 15

Hernia
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 201+202
Chair Kang Young Lee (Severance Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Evolution of ventral hernia repair: Our experience
    Alfred Allen E. Buenafe (Philippine Center for Advance Surgery, Philippines)

Special Session 16

Breast
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 203+204
Chair Joon Jeong (Gangnam Severance Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Endoscopic breast surgery as one of small incision surgery - 26 year history
    Eisuke Fukuma (Kameda Medical Center, Japan)

Special Session 17

Acute care surgery and Trauma
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 205
Chair Hangjoo Cho (Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Laparoscopy in Trauma
    Kenji Inaba (LAC+USC Medical Center, USA)

Special Session 18

Thoracic Surgery
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 15:20-15:50 Place 211+213
Chair Hyung-Ho Kim (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. The role of minimally invasive surgery in the era of multi-modal treatment for esophageal cancer
    Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University Hospital, Japan)

Liver 4

Technically challenging minimally invasive liver resection II
With advances in technology and techniques, minimally invasive surgery has now become the standard of care in liver surgery. However, advanced liver cancer, such as invasion of major vessel or laparoscopically inaccessible location remains a challenge in minimally invasive liver surgery. In this session, you will get the knowledge and techniques for minimally invasive liver surgery for advanced cases.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place Auditorium
Chairs Kwan Woo Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
Catherine S. C. Teh (St Lukes Medical Center & Makati Medical Center, Philippines)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopic liver resection in cirrhotic patients
    Hironori Kaneko (Omori Medical Center, Japan)
  2. 2.Laparoscopic liver resection for advanced HCC
    KuoHsin Chen (Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
  3. 3.Laparoscopic liver resection of klatskin tumor
    Luca Antonio Aldrighetti (San Raffaele Hospital, Italy)
  4. 4.Laparoscopic ALPPS procedure
    Pekolj Juan (Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Biliary & Pancreas 4

Performing safe minimally invasive cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy is the most basic surgical procedure for the HBP surgeon. But it has inherent dangers which can lead to grave complications. Training of basic technique and update of current literature are important for both the novice and expert surgeon. In this session, we review the basic techniques, as well as updated literature.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 101+102
Chairs Yoo Shin Choi (Chung-Ang University Hospital, Korea)
Anil Agarwal (Maulana Azad Medical College, India)
Speakers
  1. 1.Real-world practice in securing the critical view of safety
    Jan Jin Bong (Sunway Medical Centre, Malaysia)
  2. 2.Pitfalls of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
    Goro Honda (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan)
  3. 3.Will single-incision cholecystectomy become the standard? Laparoscopic vs. Robotic
    In Seok Choi (Konyang University Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Management of bile duct injury
    L.P.Thangavelu (Ashwin Hospital, India)

UGI 4

GE junction cancer
Gastroesophageal junction cancer is difficult to treat with minimally invasive surgery. However, recently surgeons try to do it. This session will address minimally invasive surgery for GE junction cancer.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 104+105
Chairs Han-Kwang Yang (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
Sang Ho Jeong (Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Current status of GE junction cancer in Korea
    Jin-Jo Kim (The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Laparoscopic surgery in GE junction cancer
    Oh Kyoung Kwon (Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Robotic surgery in GE junction cancer (Esophageal cancer)
    Peter P. Grimminger (University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany)
  4. 4.Minimal invasive total gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
    Suzanne Gisbertz (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands)
  5. 5.Chinese experience of surgical treatment for gastroesophageal junction cancer
    Li Ziyu (Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, China)

Colorectal 4

Intracorporeal Anastomosis in Minimally Invasive Colon Resection
Intracorporeal anastomosis is getting popular. This session will provide expert perspectives on the current status of the technique including the real world data about how this technique is accepted, and the updates of currently ongoing clinical trials.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 106+107
Chairs Hee Cheol Kim (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
Ik Yong Kim (Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Intracoporeal anastomosis in Korea: Real world data from survey
    Bong-Hyeon Kye (The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Intracorporeal stapled delta anastomosis in robotic colectomy for colon cancer
    Jun Watanabe (Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan)
  3. 3.Korean experience
    Byung Soh Min (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Techniques of intracorporeal anastomosis: Which one to choose?
    Jin Kim (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea)

Surgical Endoscopy 4

Management of postoperative complication
In this session, tips and techniques for endoscopic treatment of postoperative complications will be introduced and discussed.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 109+110
Chairs Chan Gyoo Kim (National Cancer Center, Korea)
Eiji Kanehira (Medical Topia Soka, Japan)
Speakers
  1. 1.Endoscopic management for esophageal fistula complications
    Ji Yong Ahn (Asan Medical Center, Korea)
  2. 2.Endoscopic management of post-gastrectomy complications
    Young Il Kim ( National Cancer Center, Korea)
  3. 3.Endoscopic management for post-operative pancreatobiliary stricture
    Takuji Iwashita (Gifu University Hospital, Japan)
  4. 4.Endoscopic management of refractory post-TPL biliary anastomotic stricture
    Woo Hyun Paik (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)

Obstetrics & Gynecology 1

Endoscopy
The goals of this session are mastering tools and advanced laparoscopic surgical technique for women with benign complex conditions and malignant disease for the general gynecologists and gynecologic oncologists.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 201+202
Chairs Ki Hyung Kim (Pusan National University Hospital, Korea)
Johnny Yi (Mayo Clinic, USA)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopic para-portic lymphadenctomy (LPAL) for women with gynecologic malignancies
    Joong Sub Choi (Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Single-port laparoscopic lymph node dissection
    Jeong-Yeol Park (Asan Medical Center, Korea)
  3. 3.Laparoscopic surgical treatment for frozen pelvis of deep endometriosis
    Dogyun Kim (The Catholic University of Korea Pohang St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Optimizing robotic surgery for pelvic organ prolapse
    Johnny Yi (Mayo Clinic, USA)

Breast 1

Endoscopic breast surgery in Asia
In this session, the current status of endoscopic breast cancer surgery in Asian countries will be shared and future plans for endoscopic breast surgery will be discussed.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 203+204
Chairs Hyuk Jai Shin (Myongji Hospital, Korea)
Eisuke fukuma (Kameda Medical Center, Japan)
Speakers
  1. 1.Endoscopic breast surgery in Japan
    Eisuke Fukuma (Kameda Medical Center, Japan)
  2. 2.Endoscopic breast surgery in Singapore
    Chi Wei Mok (Changi General Hospital, Singapore)
  3. 3.Endoscopic breast surgery in Korea
    Ku Sang Kim (Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Robotic breast surgery in Taiwan
    Wen-Ling Kuo (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)

Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 1

Organ specific treatment in trauma laparoscopy
Laparoscopic surgery is being actively introduced in various surgical fields. However, there is no specific indication of laparoscopic surgery in trauma patient. We will share various trauma expert's experiences of laparoscopic trauma surgery and a organ-specific approach that will benefit from it.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 205
Chairs Jae Hun Kim (Pusan National University Hospital, Korea)
Tsai Chien-Ho (National Yang Ming University Hospital, Taiwan)
Speakers
  1. 1.Solid organ
    Heng-Fu Lin (Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
  2. 2.Indication of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) for trauma
    Akihiro Usui (Sakai City Medical Center, Japan)
  3. 3.Laparoscopic management for colonic and mesenteric injury in trauma
    Daniel Lee (Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore)
  4. 4.Laparoscopic approach for diaphragm & bladder injury
    Hangjoo Cho (The Catholic University of Korea Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)

Thoracic Surgery 1

Various approaches to minimize invasiveness in lung cancer surgery
In this session, we will have a great opportunity to discuss about various cutting-edge approaches to minimize invasiveness in the field of lung cancer surgery including parenchyma-saving surgery such as segmentectomy, minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery in locally advanced lung cancer, uniportal thoracoscopic surgery, and non-intubated thoracic surgery.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 211+213
Chairs Eung Bae Lee (Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea)
Sukki Cho (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Surgical consideration in thoracoscopic segmentectomy for early-stage lung cancer
    Mingyon Mun (The Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan)
  2. 2.Thoracoscopic surgery in locally advanced lung cancer
    Sukki Cho (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Nonintubated thoracic surgery: State of the art and new perspectives
    Eugenio Pompeo (Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
  4. 4.Uniportal pure robotic assisted(RATS) thoracic surgery
    Diego Gonzalez Rivas (Hospital Quirónsalud A Coruña, Spain)

Liver 5

Stepwise implementation of minimally invasive liver resection
Minimally invasive liver resection requires a high degree of training and expertise. Education, stepwise implementation is necessary to overcome the learning curve of minimally invasive liver resection. Expert surgeons have a lot of trial and information that you didn’t know about. Through this session, you will be able to perform successful minimally invasive liver resection.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place Auditorium
Chairs Gi Hong Choi (Severance Hospital, Korea)
Minoru Tanabe (Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, Japan)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopic liver resection from wedge resection to living donor liver transplantation
    Gyu-Seong Choi (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  2. 2.Are the current difficulty scores for laparoscopic liver surgery telling the whole story?
    Minoru Tanabe (Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, Japan)
  3. 3.Benchmarking on registration, training, and education system in Japan -Learning process of laparoscopic liver resection
    Etsuro Hatano (Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
  4. 4.Stepwise implementation in robotic liver resection
    Yao-Ming Wu (National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taiwan)

Biliary & Pancreas 5

MIS for biliary and duodenal disease
Although not commonly performed, biiliary surgery and duodenal surgery are essential for the HBP surgeon. In this session, we discuss the various operations in biliary and duodenal disease that are essential in the HBP field.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 101+102
Chairs Michiaki Unno (Tohoku University Hospital, Japan)
Kuldip Singh (Ludhiana Laparoscopic Surgical Clinic , India)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopic and robotic ampullectomy
    Sung Hoon Choi (CHA Bundang Medical Center, Korea)
  2. 2.Various minimally invasive treatments of duodenal tumors
    Woohyung Lee (Asan Medical Center, Korea)
  3. 3.Minimally invasive management for choledocholithiasis
    Hee Joon kim (Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Minimally Invasive Surgery for Congenital Biliary Dilatation –Advantages and Limitations–
    Michiaki Unno (Tohoku University Hospital, Japan)

UGI 5

The treatment strategy for GIST/SET
To make appropriate treatment strategy for SET and GIST with updated lectures
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 104+105
Chairs Chang in Choi (Pusan National University Hospital, Korea)
Oh-Kyoung Kwon (Kyungpok National University Chilgok Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Endoscopic full-thickness resection for gastric SET
    Chan Gyoo Kim (National Cancer Center, Korea)
  2. 2.Surgical technique of wedge resections for small SETs
    Sungsoo Park (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Tips to resecting large gastric GISTs
    Min Chan Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Surgery for coexistence of GIST and additional malignancy
    Toshiro Nishida (JCHO Osaka Hospital & National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan)

Colorectal 5

Training and quality control in minimally invasive colorectal surgery
Minimally invasive surgery is now the standard approach for colorectal surgery. This session will deal with how to maintain an acceptable quality of MIS to improve clinical outcomes, and how to train and educate beginners to enhance their learning curves effectively.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 106+107
Chairs Ki Beom Bae (Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Korea)
Yoon Suk Lee (Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Qualified training and education for minimaly invasive colorectal surgery
    Sun Jin Park (Kyung Hee University Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.ESCP safe anastomosis trial: EAGLE
    Dion Morton (Institute of Cancer and Genomics Sciences, UK)
  3. 3.Quality assurance of laparoscopic right colon cancer surgery (PIONEER Study)
    Seung Yoon Yang (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Quality control of ERAS in MIS colorectal surgery
    Jung Hoon Bae (The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)

Surgical Endoscopy 5

LGI
In this session, applications of various innovative endoscopic techniques for the treatment of colorectal diseases will be introduced and discussed.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 109+110
Chairs Seong Kyu Baek (Keimyung university Dongsan Medical Center, Korea)
Seung Kyu Jeong (Yang Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Transanal endoscopic microsurgery in memory of Gerhard Buess: What it brought to us and what it means to me
    Eiji Kanehira (Medical Topia Soka, Japan)
  2. 2.Laparoscopic surgery after metallic stent insertion for obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer
    Heung-Kwon Oh (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Evolving techniques and technologies in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection
    Masau Sekiguchi (National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan)
  4. 4.Artificial intelligence in gastrointestinal endoscopy
    Eun Hyo Jin (SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Korea)

Obstetrics & Gynecology 2

Robotic surgery
“What makes a great surgeon” This session can give an answer in terms of gynecologic robotic surgery from per- spectives from the experts.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 201+202
Chairs Young Tae Kim (Severance Hospital, Korea)
Eun Ji Nam (Severance Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Robotic sacrocolpopexy using SP system
    Jung-Ho Shin (Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Congenital mullerian anomaly - Robotic (SP,Xi) and laparoscopic surgery
    Sa-Ra Lee (Asan Medical Center, Korea)
  3. 3.Detection of sentinel lymph nodes in gynecological cancer
    Sang-Wun Kim (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Robotic surgery and deeply infiltrative endometriosis: The value of advanced technology
    Gaby Moawad (The George Washington University, USA)

Breast 2

Robot mastectomy
We will share the current status of robotic mastectomy from each country. The current status of clinical trials of robotic endoscopic surgery and permission for use in each country will be shared with discussion on multinational joint research.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 203+204
Chairs Ku Sang Kim (Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Korea)
Hyung Seok Park (Severance Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Robot mastectomy in Korea
    Hyung Seok Park (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Robotic mastectomy in Taiwan
    Hung-Wen Lai (Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan)
  3. 3.Robotic mastectomy randomized trial: 42 months follow up
    Antonio Toesca (European Institute of Oncology, Italy)
  4. 4.Robot mastectomy in France
    Benjamin Sarfati (Gustave Roussy Hospital, France)

Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 2

Debate in trauma laparoscopy (Discussion)
There have been long debates on the role of laparoscopy in trauma surgery. In this session, we investigate the application status of laparoscopic surgery in trauma and make standard to choose a best modality among various options.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 205
Chairs Chan Yong Park (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
Nam Ryeol Kim (Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopy vs. conventional laparotomy
  2. 1) Laparotomy
    Kyoungwon Jung (Ajou University Hospital, Korea)
  3. 2) From microscope to Hubble telescope- role of laparoscope in trauma surgery
    Kon Voi Tay (Woodlands Health Hospital, Singapore)
  4. Discussion (20 mins.)
  1. 2.Totally laparoscopy vs. mini-laparotomy
  2. 1) totally laparoscopy
    Dong Hun Kim (Dankook University, Korea)
  3. 2) mini-laparotomy
    ByungChul Yu (Gacheon University Hospital , Korea)
  4. Discussion (20 mins.)

Thoracic Surgery 2

Current practices in minimally invasive esophagectomy
In this session, we will have a great chance to introduce frontiers and experts in minimally invasive esophagectomy over the world including Korea, Japan, and western societies. It is expected that the audience could enjoy various experience from global leaders and have valuable time to learn how they reach the top-of-the-world level in MIE.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 211+213
Chairs Jae Hyun Kim (Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Korea)
Seong Yong Park (Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Minimally invasive esophagectomy: Korean experience
    Chang Hyun Kang (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Current status and future perspective of minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer in Japan
    Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University Hospital, Japan)
  3. 3.Minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal cancer: A multicenter prospective cohort study
    Lijie Tan (Zhong Shan Hospital, Fu Dan University, China)
  4. 4.Current practices in minimally invasive esophagectomy: American Experience
    Inderpal Sarkaria (University of Pittsburgh Physicians, USA)

Liver 6

How to prevent and manage intraoperative adverse events in minimally invasive liver resection
Unintended adverse events such as bile leak and major vessel bleeding may occur during minimally invasive liver resection. In this session, we will discuss about how to perform safe liver resection, how to overcome the adverse event and when we decide open conversion.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place Auditorium
Chairs YangSeok Koh (Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Korea)
Jai Young Cho (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Intraoperative image-guided navigation and hepatic vein-orientated liver resection for safe laparoscopic anatomical liver resection
    Masaki Ueno (Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Japan)
  2. 2.Bile leak in laparoscopic liver resection
    Yuichiro Otsuka (Toho University Omori Medical Center, Japan)
  3. 3.How to minimize the bleeding during parenchymal dissection using robotic platform
    Kwan Woo Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Safe approach to glissonean pedicle in minimally invasive liver resection
    Hiromitsu Hayashi (Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan)

Biliary & Pancreas 6

Role of MIS in GB cancer
In the early period, MIS in GB cancer was controversial, but in the era of MIS, many surgeons are adapting MIS in even advanced cases. In this session, we discuss the current role of MIS in GB cancer.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 101+102
Chairs Seog Ki Min (Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Korea)
Anil Agarwal (Maulana Azad Medical College, India)
Speakers
  1. 1.Current evidence of MIS for gallbladder cancer
    Chi-Young Jeong (Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Safe expansion of indications for MIS for gallbladder cancer
    Anil Agarwal (Maulana Azad Medical College, India)
  3. 3.MIS for postoperatively diagnosed gallbladder cancer
    Yoo-Seok Yoon (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.Laparoscopic and robotic radical cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer
    Brian K. P. Goh (Singapore General Hospital & National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore)

UGI 6

KLASS
KLASS stands for Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group. KLASS group performed excelent clinical trials in gastrointestinal surgery. This session will address representative studies in KLASS.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 104+105
Chairs Yoonseok Heo (Inha University Hospital, Korea)
Min Chan Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.KLASS II - Laparoscopic Subtotal Gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer
    WooJin Hyung (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.KLASS V - Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for upper third early gastric cancer
    Do Joong Park (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.KLASS VII - A multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing the quality of life between laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy and totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
    Chang Min Lee (Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea)
  4. 4.KLASS IX -Comparison of the effect between long-limb and conventional bypass reconstruction after subtotal gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients with type II diabetes
    Jong-Han Kim (Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea)

Colorectal 6

Expert opinions on complex issues
This session will provide experts’ opinion on various complex problems that every colorectal surgeon can encounter during their practice. The attendees will learn some hints and tips that will be helpful for their possible future encounter.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 106+107
Chairs Suk-Hwan Lee (Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Korea)
Jin Kim (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Transanal Approach for Rectal Surgery: Where are we now?
    Patricia Sylla (Mount Sinai Hospital, USA)
  2. 2.Robotic lateral pelvic node dissection for advanced lower rectal cancer
    Gyu-Seog Choi (Kyungpok National University Chilgok Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Management of complex cases after preoperative radiation in rectal cancer surgery
    Ye Xu (Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Hospital, China)
  4. 4.Articulated laparoscopic instruments in colorectal surgery
    Yoon Suk Lee (The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Korea)

Surgical Endoscopy 6

New Technology
In this session, the development and application of a robotic endoscope using advanced technology will be introduced and discussed.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 109+110
Chairs Dae Kyung Sohn (National Cancer Center, Korea)
Davide Lomanto (National University Hospital, Singapore)
Speakers
  1. 1.Single port medical robotic system
    Kwang Gi Kim (Gacheon University Hospital , Korea)
  2. 2.Traction ESD using a novel robotic system
    Sang Hyun Kim (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.What’s next in endoluminal intervention
    Alberto Arezzo (University Hospital of Torino, Italy)
  4. 4.Robotics research toward flexible endoscopic surgery
    Minho Hwang (DGIST, Korea)

Hernia 1

Inguinal Hernia
Laparoscopic hernia surgery is one of the basic surgical procedures for general surgeons. However, education and experience are needed to manage difficult situations. In this session, experts' advice for managing special conditions will be presented.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 201+202
Chairs Tae-Soon Lee (Dream Hospital, Korea)
Michael Brunt (Washington University School of Medicine, USA)
Speakers
  1. 1.Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair for obese patients
    Rolf Ulrich Hartung (Al Zahra Hospital Dubai, UAE)
  2. 2.Laparoscopic repair for recurred inguinal hernia
    Sung Ryul Lee (Damsoyu Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Trouble-shootings in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
    Sung Il Choi (Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Korea)
  4. 4.Surgical treatment of sports hernia and athletic pubalgia
    Michael Brunt (Washington University School of Medicine, USA)

Urology 1

Robotic surgery in urology: Benign
With Korea and Hong Kong as representatives, we will share the situations of MIS surgery in Asia, and furthermore, share surgical techniques from Asia.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 203+204
Chairs Joon-hwa Noh (Kwangju Christan Hospital, Korea)
Tae-hyo Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.Robotic sacrocolpopexy
    Cheol Kyu Oh (Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.MIS urology in Korea
    Ki Soo Lee (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.MIS urology in Hong Kong
    Richard K. Lo (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong)
  4. 4.Robotic simple prostatectomy
    Tae-hyo Kim (Dong-A University Hospital, Korea)

Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 3

Debate in acute care surgery (Discussion)
There have been long debates on the role of laparoscopy in trauma surgery. In this session, we investigate the application status of laparoscopic surgery in trauma and make standard to choose a best modality among various options.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 205
Chairs Yang Bin Jeon (Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Korea)
Kon Voi Tay (Tan Tock Seng Hospital , Singapore)
Speakers
  1. 1.Diaphargm, thoracic or abdominal approach
  2. 1) Thoracic Approach
    Tsai Chien-Ho (National Yang Ming University Hospital, Taiwan)
  3. 2) Abdominal Approach
    Kyoung Hoon Lim (Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea)
  4. Discussion (20 mins.)
  1. 3.Angioembolization vs. laparoscopy (mesentery & spleen)
  2. 1) Recent trial for management of spleen and mesentery injury using angioembolization
    Chan Yong Park (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
  3. 2) Laparoscopy
    Yuma Ebihara (Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan)
  4. Discussion (20 mins.)

Thoracic Surgery 3

Image guided surgery for lung cancer treatment
In this session, we will have a precious time to discuss about image-guided surgery such as fluorescent image-guided pulmonary segmentectomy, sentinel node mapping using dye, and image-guided localization techniques. The audience will have an invaluable chance to learn how the frontiers and experts in this field manage to establish their techniques.
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 211+213
Chairs Hyun Koo Kim (Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea)
Hoseok I (Pusan National University Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. 1.3D CT and fluorescent guided pulmonary segmentectomy
    Changyoung Lee (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  2. 2.Preoperative localization and sentinel node mapping using indocyanine green in lung cancer surgery
    Hyun Koo Kim (Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea)
  3. 3.Making the invisible visible: NIR imaging in minimally invasive thoracic surgery
    Hak Soo Choi (Mass General Hosptial, Harvard Medical School, USA)
  4. 4.Image-guided ablative surgery for lung cancer
    NG Sze Hang Calvin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Plenary Oral

Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 11:20-12:40 Place 214+216
Chairs Do Joong Park (Seoul National University Hospital, Korea)
Jai Young Cho (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Breast
  2. 1.Learning curve for robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy: A single institution experience
    Sung Mi Jung (Seoul Medical Center, Korea)
  3. Colorectal
  4. 2.Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Promising Alternative Option
    Ye Xu (Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center Hospital, China)
  5. Endocrine
  6. 3.Plasma content of carbamyl-lysine may be associated with the size of adrenal masses – preliminary study
    Piotr Myśliwiec (Medical University of Bialystok, Poland)
  7. HBP (BP)
  8. 4.Surgical and oncological outcome after minimally invasive and open pancreatoduodenectomy for distal cholangiocarcinoma: An international propensity score cohort study.
    Bas Uijterwijk (Fondazione Poliambulanza Instituto Ospidaliere, Netherlands)
  9. HBP (BP)
  10. 5.The metaverse and extended reality holography-guided navigation in endoscopic and robotic HPB surgery
    Maki Sugimoto (Teikyo University Okinaga Research Institute, Japan)
  11. HBP (Liver)
  12. 6.The safety and efficacy of minimally invasive re-resection in recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma patients
    Dawn Jung (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  13. HBP (Liver)
  14. 7.Evolution of laparoscopic liver resection in the last two decades: Lessons from 2,000 cases at a referral Korean center
    Gianluca Cassese (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  15. Upper GI
  16. 8.Quality of life of laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with double tract reconstruction vs laparoscopic total gastrectomy for upper gastric cancer: A propensity score matching analysis
    Mira Yoo (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea)

Oral 5

Pediatric, Hernia, Vascular
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 09:00-10:20 Place 214+216
Chairs Ji-Young Sul (Chungnam National University Hospital, Korea)
Sung Il Choi (Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Korea)
Speakers
  1. Hernia
  2. 1.Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia by topical lidocaine injection
    Min-Su Park (Kyung Hee University Hospital, Korea)
  3. Hernia
  4. 2.Laryngeal mask airway devices are a safe and effective method for anesthesia of laparoscopic extraperitoneal hernia repair surgery. A double blinded randomized prospective study
    Nilsu Onur Damla (Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training And Research Hospital, Turkey)
  5. Hernia
  6. 3.The use of wireless smart glasses in operating room: In the point of education
    Yong Joon Lee (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  7. Pediatric
  8. 4.Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: Is it a safe and feasible procedure in preterm infants?
    Joonhyuk Son (Hanyang University Medical Center, Korea)
  9. Pediatric
  10. 5.Forgotten branch of the intercostal nerve: Implication for cryoablation nerve block for pectus excavatum repair
    Sunghoon Kim (University of California San Francisco, USA)
  11. Pediatric
  12. 6.The early experience of pediatric robotic surgery for pancreatic tumors and its limitation
    Ho Jong Jeon (Severance Hospital, Korea)
  13. Pediatric
  14. 7.Laparoscopy assisted management of mesenteric cyst in children: A case series
    Sayak Chattopadhyay (Norbe Medicare, India)
  15. Vascular
  16. 8.Robotic kidney transplantation: A single institutional experience
    Hyun Jeong Kim (Severance Hospital, Korea)

Oral 6

Endocrine, Breast
Date & Time October 7 (Fri), 16:10-17:30 Place 214+216
Chairs Dawon Park (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea)
Chi Wei Mok (Changi General Hospital, Singapore)
Speakers
  1. Breast
  2. 1.Initial experience of robot-assisted breast conserving surgery for early breast cancer patients
    Se Hyun Paek (Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Korea)
  3. Breast
  4. 2.Latissimus dorsi flap: Safe, reliable and versatile workhorse flap in the era of minimally invasive breast surgery
    Chi Wei Mok (Changi General Hospital, Singapore)
  5. Breast
  6. 3.Usefulness of cordless ultrasonic cutting energy devices in endoscopic nipple sparing mastectomy
    Byeongju Kang (Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Korea)
  7. Endocrine
  8. 4.Patient and healthcare workers' perspectives and decision-making between conventional open and transoral endoscopic thyroid surgery
    Chandan Kumar Jha (All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, India)
  9. Endocrine
  10. 5.Evaluation of swallowing related quality of life in patients undergoing endoscopic thyroid surgery versus open thyroid surgery
    Sanjay Yadav (NSCB Medical College, India)
  11. Endocrine
  12. 6.MRI-negative cushing’s disease: Management strategy and outcomes in 15 cases utilizing a pure endoscopic endonasal approach
    Guive Sharifi (Loghman Hakim Hospital, Iran)
  13. Endocrine
  14. 7.Avoiding parathyroid injury in TOETVA
    Narendra Vijay Lohokare (Siddhakala Hospital, India)
  15. Endocrine
  16. 8.Starting transoral endoscopic thyroid surgery service in a low resource setting: initial experience from a public sector hospital of a LMIC
    Sanjay Yadav (NSCB Medical College, India)