8.30 – 9.30

Late registration and welcome coffee

9.30 – 11.10

Meshes intra and retroperitoneal
Do we have a gold standard to repair while preventing adhesion formation ?
Chairmen: B Jacquetin – M Franz – H Van Goor

9.30 Evidence based from animal to preclinical and clinical studies in facia repair
M Binneboesel - V Schumpelik (Germany)

9.50 Collagen matrix meshes during repair of the abdominal wall M Franz (USA)

10.10 Vaginal meshes complication and management current conclusions for daily practice B Jacquetin (France)

10.30 Infected meshes of the abdominal wall: lessons form surgical practice
H Van Goor (The Netherlands)

10.50 The patients should be aware that adhesion is the most common complication
H Jeekel (The Netherlands)

11.10 – 12.00

Oral Communications 1

Chairmen: B Jacquetin – M Franz – H Van Goor

11.10 Prevention of prosthetic infection in ventral hernia repair. An experimental study
J A. Martín-Cartes

11.20 Evaluation of adhesion formation, shrinkage and tissue response of four polypropylene–based meshes after intraperitoneal placement G Chatzimavroudis

11.30 Comparison of modified collagen matrix versus standard polypropylene in abdominal wall model for fascial reconstruction, two years rabbit study M Konstantinovic

11.40 Peritoneal adhesions to prosthetic materials : an experimental comparative study of treated and untreated polypropylene meshes placed in the abdominal cavity L Ansaloni

11.50 Mesh shrinkage in sacrocolpopexy: fact or fiction? G A Digesu

12.00 – 13.00

State of the art in adhesion prevention barriers

Sponsored by Ethicon

Chairman: Gere di Zerega

12.00 Adhesiogenesis and barriers overview  E Lieb (Germany)

12.20 Gynecare Interceed*  A Ciavattini (Italy)

12.40 Ethicon Intercoat* A Gutierrez Setubal (Portugal)

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch and poster session in the exhibit hall

14.00 – 15.40

Peritoneal physiology and pathophysiology
The surgeon should understand the peritoneum, its new operating theater
Chairmen: P Deteix - S Mutsaers - T Tulandi

14.00 Mesothelial stem cells S Mutsaers (Australia)

14.20 Mesothelial cell transplantation G. Nicolai - N di Paolo (Italy)

14.40 Fibroblast and myofibroblast their role in peritoneal pathophysiology
S E Herrick (United Kingdom)

15.00 Peritoneal cytokines D Harris - N Topley (United Kingdom)

15.20 Peritoneal and adhesion fibroblast are different. Is it clinically useful ?
MP Diamond (USA)

15.40 – 16.10

Oral Communications 2 (first part)

Chairmen: P Deteix - S Mutsaers - T Tulandi

15.40 Studies of TGF-β1-3 in serosal fluid during abdominal surgery and their effect on in vitro human mesothelial cell proliferation P Falk

15.50 The Serine proteases uPA and PAI-1 act in concert with matrixmetalloproteinases and may conduct appendix perforation . A Solberg

16.00 Surgical trauma induces elevated H202-and LPO levels, detectable in bloodplasma and peritoneal lavage fluid in rats B C Van der Wal Johannes

16.10 – 16.30

Coffee break in the Exhibit Hall

16.30 – 17.20

Posters session

17.20 – 18.20

Peritoneal imaging
Are there new ways to look at the peritoneum before and during surgery ?
Chairmen: L Boyer - K Osteen - M. Reiser

17.20 Fluorescence and peritoneal cancer are we close to clinical use ?
P Collinet (France)
17.40 Fluorescence and endometriosis S Defrere - J Donnez (Belgium)18.00 Radiologic imaging of the peritoneum M Reiser (Germany)

18.20 – 18.50

Oral Communications 2 (2nd part)

Chairmen: L Boyer - K Osteen - M. Reiser

18.20 The inflammatory-like microenvironment of a recent surgical procedure affects the attachment location, neoangiogenesis and growth of human endometrial tissue in a chimeric model of experimental endometriosis in mice. K Osteen

18.30 Aberrant gene expression of cytokines in peritoneum and endometrium during the menstrual phase in women with endometriosis A Fassbender

18.40 An original in vitro model of endometrial cell adhesion to peritoneum: the early stage of pelvic endometriosis development JC Lousse

18.50 – 20.00

Opening ceremony

20.00 – 21.00

Wine and Cheese in the exhibit Hall

8.00 – 9.20

Pneumoperitoneum and Laparoscopy
Is it cost effective to modify the parameters of the pneumoperitoneum in clinical practice

Chairmen: A d’Hoore - P Koninckx - V Gomel

8.00 Humidication temperature and pneumoperitoneum: Basic principles - Should we buy it for our operating theater ? P Koninckx (Belgium)

8.20 Rationale for intraoperative oxygen therapy A Kurz (USA)

8.40 Peritoneal immunity and laparoscopy R Cahill - HP Redmond (Ireland)

9.00 Intraperitoneal treatments using nebulizers P Diemunsch (France)

9.20 – 10.00

Oral Communications 3

Chairmen: A d’Hoore - P Koninckx - V Gomel

9.20 Metabolic consequences of oxygen added to the CO2 pneumoperitoneum and types of ventilation during laparoscopic surgery K Mailova

9.30 Changes of selected fibrinolytic system parameters in peritoneal environment caused by surgical manipulations E Dzienis-Koronkiewicz

9.40 Clinical evaluation of peritoneal acidification and fibrinolytic response during laparoscopy, a randomized parallel group study comparing Helium and Carbon dioxide
M Bergström

9.50 Peritoneal damage is caused by fluid flow generated by pressurized irrigation devices D Ott

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee break in the exhibit hall

10.30 – 11.30

Adhesions prevention: where do we stand ?
Chairmen: G Dizerega – M Miserez – R Molinas

10.30 Evidence based from animal to preclinical and clinical studies in adhesion prevention G diZerega (USA)

10.50 Pharmacologic inhibition of adhesion formation: The use of neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists and statins K L. Reed - GM Becker (USA)

11.10 Adhesion formation after ovarian drilling comparison of laparoscopy and fertiloscopy A Watrelot (France)

11.30 – 12.10

Oral Communications 4

Chairmen: G Dizerega – M Miserez – R Molinas

11.30 Attitudes and strategies for adhesion prevention in Sweden – A survey K Ticehurst

11.40 The extra time needed to divide adhesions caused by previous surgery J Kössi

11.50 Direct comparison of adhesion barriers in a rat model C Wallwiener

12.10 – 13.10

Adhesion prevention, today : Where do we stand?
Sponsored by Baxter
Chairman : A. Wattiez

12.10 What about recommendations in adhesion management? G Trew (United Kingdom)

12.30 Adhesion prevention : Current Pratices? C Poncelet (France)

12.50 Complications related to post-operative adhesions : where is the medico-legal risk? A Termanian

Lunch and poster session in the exhibit hall

14.00 – 16.00

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
To understand in order to minimize and or to prevent the consequence of our procedure
Chairmen: J Dauplat - M Markman - D Querleu

14.00 Pathophysiology of peritoneal carcinomatosis P Ziprin (UK)

14.20 Intraperitoneal chemotherapy medical principles M Markman (USA)

14.40 Rationale for intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia and cytoreductive surgery laparotomy C Pomel (France)

15.00 Rationale for a laparoscopic approach for intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia
G Ferron - D Querleu (France)

15.20 Surgical trauma and tumor dissemination N Bouvy (The Netherlands)

15.40 Cytoreductive and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for the treatment of digestive carcinomatosis: 18 years of experience O Glehen (France)

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee break in the exhibit hall

16.30 – 18.30

Oral Communications 5

Chairmen: A Audebert - N Bouvy - C Pomel

16.30 Adiponectin suppresses plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 induced by TNF-α in human peritoneal mesothelial cells K Takao

16.40 Adding oxygen to the pneumoperitoneum and the influence on port site metastases
J Verguts

16.50 Non-Animal Stabilize Hyaluronic Acid (NASHA) is a useful vehicle to augment the effect of intraperitoneally administrated paclitaxel and cisplatin for peritoneal carcinomatosis. J Kitayama

17.00 Molecular mechanisms underlying post-operative peritoneal dissemination might differ between a laparotomy and CO2 pneumoperitoneum: a syngeneic mouse model with controlled respiratory support N Bourdel

17.10 Impact of surgical peritoneal environment on postoperative dissemination and tumor growth in a preimplanted tumor model AS Azuar

17.20 Novel Carboxymethylcellulose-Derived Hydrogel Prevents Postoperative Adhesions in a Rat Intraperitoneal Adhesion Model N Endo

17.30 To close or not to close? Peritoneal non-closure and adhesion formation – results of a systematic review G Premkumar

17.40 Evaluation of a tranexamic acid supplemented fibrin sealant (Adhexil) in a rabbit uterine horn model of adhesions with and without bleeding, and in a model with two surgical loci D Wiseman

17.50 Hyalobarrier® for Preventing Postoperative Adhesions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. V Mais

18.00 The extent of adhesion induction through electrocoagulation in an experimental rat study C Wallwiener

18.10 adhesion prevention with A-part gel M Ditzel

18.20 Preliminary results of a comparative randomized study in adhesion prevention : second-look evaluation shows significant results of Prevadh adhesion barrier JL Benifla

18.40

19.00

8.00 – 10.00

Debates about our surgical practice ?

Sponsored by Genzyme

8.00 – 8.40 Adhesion prevention how much should we accept to spent ?
Chairman: JL Pouly

8.00 The surgeon point of view MS Wilson (United Kingdom)

8.15 The health insurance system point of view I Durand-Zaleski (France)

8.30 Discussion

8.40 – 9.20 Laparoscopic adhesiolysis do we have the evidence ?
Chairman: P Madelenat

8.40 Yes K Slim (France)

8.55 No H Roman (France)

9.10 Discussion

9.20 – 10.00 Laparoscopy is better than laparotomy to prevent adhesion formation
Chairman: M Canis

9.20 Yes M Bunnen (The Netherlands)

9.35 No R Hawthorn (United Kingdom)

9.50 Discussion

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee break in the exhibit hall

10.30 – 11.10

Oral Communications 6

Chairmen: C Poncelet - H Roman - MS Wilson

10.30 Anatomical and functionnal results of transient ovariopexy after surgery for severe endometriosis Poncelet Christophe

10.40 Inpatient Care and Expenditures Associated with Abdominal Adhesiolysis in the United States in 2005 Sikirica Vanja

10.50 Prevention of postoperative adhesion formation in a laparoscopic mouse model Binda Maria Mercedes

11.00 Real-time monitoring of the adhesion formation/reformation process by sequential laparoscopy Gómez-Gil

11.10 – 12.30

11.10 Notes A Wattiez (France)

11.30 Robotics A Maggioni (Italy)

11.50 Instrumented hand in laparoscopy: is evolution still possible? R Botchorichvili