WCACS 2015 – Ghent
7th WCACS congress in Ghent, Belgium
The Congress will be held in “het Pand” Congress Centre of Ghent University. ‘Het Pand’ is an old Dominican monastery located in the heart of the city on the banks of the river Leie, near the medieval port with the guildhalls as its remnants. It was recently acquired by Ghent University and converted to a congress center. The venue is located in the heart of the historical city center, within walking distance of all major hotels and touristic attractions.
Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium, 28-30 May, 2015
Seven reasons to attend WCACS 2015!
- Get the most out of a 3-day educational, unique and logical program covering all aspects of the challenges you encounter in your daily practice!
- Discover how education, innovation and evidence gather in one place.
- Discuss with a world-class faculty and an expert audience the latest advances in the field
- Witness raising upcoming leading experts in the vascular and endovascular field with their cutting-edge research presentations at the free paper and poster presentations.
- See a display of the latest technologies supported by the evidence for optimal disease management
- Experience the buzz of the global critical care/surgical abdominal community coming together at the bi-annual WCACS.
- Enjoy Ghent, the WCACS2015 host city, and its heritage, culture and social life.
Thursday May 28, 2015
| Opening session | ||
| 1:30 PM | Welcome to WCACS2015 Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
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| 1:35 PM | 10 years of accomplishments Rao Ivatury, USA |
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| 2:00 PM | Presidential address – Expanding our horizon Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
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| Pro Con debate (Michael Sugrue) |
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| 2:30 PM | Case scenario Michael Sugrue, Letterkenny, Ireland |
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| 2:50 PM | Abdominal decompression is standard therapy for ACS: Pro Martin Bjorck, Uppsala, Sweden |
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| 3:05 PM | Abdominal decompression is standard therapy for ACS: Con Manu Malbrain, Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 3:20 PM | Discussion | |
| 3:30 PM | Coffee break | |
| Trauma (I) (Andrew Kirkpatrick / Rao Ivatury) |
Hemodynamic mangement in IAH (Manu Malbrain / Claudia Olvera) |
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| 4:00 PM | Case scenario Scott D’Amours, Sydney, Australia |
Resuscitation endpoints in IAH Claudia Olvera, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 4:15 PM | Resuscitation is the key Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
Impact of IAH on preload monitoring Joel Starkopf, Estonia |
| 4:30 PM | Damage control surgery – a tale of the past? Derek Roberts, Calgary, Canada |
Which monitoring device do I need? Manu Malbrain, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 4:45 PM | Discussion | Discussion |
| Acute pancreatitis update (Martin Bjorck / Eric Hoste) |
IAH management in 2015 Scott D’Amours / Joel Starkopf |
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| 5:10 PM | Pancreatitis – the intensivist’s medical perspective Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
IAP monitoring in 2015 – who needs it Ted Kimball, Salk Lake City, USA |
| 5:25 PM | Stepping up in acute pancreatitis – less is more Harry Van Goor, Nijmegen, NL |
Preventing progression to ACS – key issues Rao Ivatury, USA |
| 5:40 PM | Decompression in pancreatitis – when and how Ari Leppaniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
Prophylactic open abdomen – who needs it? Scott D’Amours, Sydney, Australia |
| 5:55 PM | Discussion | |
| 6:15 PM | Posterrounds | |
| 6:30 PM | Welcome reception | |
Friday May 29, 2015
| Refectory | Vermeylen | |
| Massive ventral hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction (I) (Michael Sugrue / Frederik Berrevoet) |
Acute GI injury Eric Hoste / Jan De Waele |
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| 8:00 AM | Massive ventral hernia: Epidemiology and implications for patient health and well-being Frederik Berrevoet, Ghent, Belgium |
Case scenario Joel Starkopf, Estonia |
| 8:15AM | Enlarging the compartment: Component Parts Separation and other advanced techniques Ari Leppaniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
The gut under pressure – defining and measuring acute gastrointestinal injury Annika Reintam-Blaser, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 8:30 AM | Biomaterials and abdominal wall reconstruction Harry Van Goor, Nijmegen, NL |
Management GI motility disorders in ICU Julia Wendon, London, UK |
| 8:45 AM | Discussion | |
| Massive ventral hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction (II) (Rao Ivatury / Harry Van Goor) |
Abdominal compliance (Joel Starkopf / Janeth Ejike) |
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| 9:05 AM | Hernia Repair in the contaminated abdomen Manuel Lopez-Cano, Barcelona, Spain |
Anatomy, physiology and IAH Manu Malbrain, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 9:20 AM | Quaternary ACS/IAH after reconstruction Andrew Kirkpatrick, Calgary, Canada |
Viscoelasticity – what does it mean? Martin Zielinski, Rochester, USA |
| 9:35 AM | Centralisation of complex (abdominal wall) pathology: what are we waiting for? Marc Miserez, Leuven, Belgium |
Implications for patient management Annika Reintam-Blaser, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 9:45 AM | Discussion | |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee break | |
| Management of abdominal infections (I) (Fernando Fereira / Marja Boermeester) |
Fluid resuscitation in shock (Michaela Kollish-Singule / Manu Malbrain) |
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| 10:30 AM | The role of imaging in managing severe IAI Marja Boermeester, Amsterdam, NL |
Burn resuscitation Thomas Rose, Brussels, Belgium |
| 10:45 AM | Understanding the role of IAH in abdominal infections Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
Fluid management in the post-HES era Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium |
| 11:00 AM | Source control – evolving concepts Ted Kimball, Salt Lake City, USA |
Fluid balance, diuretics and de-resusciation Inneke De laet, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 11:15 AM | Discussion | |
| Management of abdominal infections (II) (Ted Kimball / Michael Sugrue) |
Mechanical ventilation in IAH (Annika Reintam-Blaser / Martin Zielinski) |
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| 11:35 AM | Damage control surgery for abdominal infection Ari Leppaniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
Impact of IAH on respiratory mechanics Claudia Olvera, Mexicoy City, Mexico |
| 11:50 AM | Negative pressure in abdominal infection – just a gimmick or a diamond in the rough? Michael Sugrue, Letterkenny, Ireland |
Setting the PEEP right – mechanical ventilation in IAH Kollish-Singule M, Syracuse, USA |
| 12:05 PM | Relaparotomy: sense and nonsense Marja Boermeester, Amsterdam, NL |
Proning, IAH and ventilation Manu Malbrain, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 12:20 PM | Discussion | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch break | |
| 1:15 PM | Industry sponsored session | |
| 1:15 PM | Value of Temporary Abdominal Closure with a special NPWT Dressing Frederik Berrevoet |
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| 13:30 PM | Long Term Follow Up Experiences after use of a special NPWT Dressing for Temporary Abdominal Closure Stefan Acosta |
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| 13:45 PM | Final Closure of the Abdomen using a Biological Reconstructive Tissue Matrix Ibby Younis |
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| 14:00 PM | Q&A and Discussion with the audience | |
| Free papers (6) (Scott D’Amours / Janeth Ejike) |
Free papers (6) (Andrew Kirkpatrick / Jan De Waele) |
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| 2:15 PM | Abdominal compartment syndrome: deadly despite early recognition and open abdomen treatment Arne Seternes |
Quality of life and cosmetic outcome following component separation for open ventral hernia repair for large hernias Frederik Berrevoet |
| 2:25 PM | Patients with alcohol induced severe acute pancreatitis are at higher risk for development of abdominal compartment syndrome Kaspars Zeiza |
Modified component separation for early closure of the open abdomen Antonio Jesus Gonzales-Sanchez |
| 2:35 PM | Abdominal compartment syndrome after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm, a contemporary nationwide population-based study Samuel Ersryd |
A Novel Minimally Invasive Device for Preemptive Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation to Reduce ACS Incidence Sumeet Jain |
| 2:45 PM | Intra-abdominal pressures in the Intensive Care Unit: Who should we be monitoring? Dushyant Iyer |
Increased Inraabdominal Pressure and Deplated Citrulline Level are Indicators of Intestinal Dysfunction and Failure during Acute Necrotizing Pancreati Igor Khomyak |
| 2:55 PM | Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Open Abdomen after Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: An Independent Mortality Predictor Naria Paula Garcia |
Mortality in Children with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Does Time in Hospital Before Laparotomy Influence Outcomes? Grace Oei |
| 3:05 PM | Outcomes in children undergoing Emergent exploratory laparotomies J. Chiaka Ejike |
The Endoscopic Component Separation Technique in large ventral hernias: A useful tool to reduce wound morbidity Aude Vanlander |
| Surgical controversies Andrew Kirkpatrick, Canada / Rao Ivatury, USA |
Pro con debate (Manu Malbrain / Claudia Olvera) |
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| 3:15 PM | Cholecystitis – early or late intervention? Michael Sugrue, Letterkenny, Ireland |
I need advanced hemodynamic monitoring in IAH and ACS – PRO Xavier Monnet, Paris |
| 3:30 PM | Appendiceal mass management – conservative or intervention? Ari Leppaniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
I need advanced hemodynamic monitoring in IAH and ACS – CON Joel Starkopf, Tartu, Estonia |
| 3:45 PM | Coffee break | |
| Trauma (II) (Ted Kimball / Derek Roberts) |
Pediatrics (Janeth Ejike / Manu Malbrain) |
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| 4:15 PM | Minimally invasive techniques for trauma – facts and fiction Fernando Fereira, Porto, Portugal |
The impact of intra-abdominal hypertension on children Janeth Ejike, Loma Linda, USA |
| 4:30 PM | Non-operative management of liver trauma Bruno Pereira, Campinas, Brazil |
Pediatric surgical view on IAH/ACS in neonates and children Lucas Matthyssens, Gent, Belgium |
| 4:45 PM | Remote damage control Andy Kirkpatrick |
IAH and ACS – the neonatology perspective Kris De Coen, Gent, Belgium |
| 5:00 PM | Discussion | Discussion |
| Vascular surgery (Martin Bjorck / Isabelle Van Herzeele) |
Temporary abdominal closure (Jan De Waele / Ari Leppaniemi) |
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| 5:15PM | Prevalence of IAH/ACS after AAA repair (Isabelle Van Herzeele, Gent, Belgium) |
Negative pressure in the open abdomen – the only way? Andrew Kirckpatrick, Calgary, Canada |
| 5:30 PM | TAC after AAA repair Stefan Acosta, Malmö, Sweden |
Preventing complications in TAC – a surgeons prespective Michael Sugrue, Letterkenny, Ireland |
| 5:45 PM | Treatment algorithm to prevent and treat ACS in an institution using 100% EVAR to treat ruptured aortic aneurysms Zoran Rancic, Zurich, Switzerland |
Determinants of early primary fascial closure Derek Roberts, Calgary, Canada |
| 6:00 PM | The role of IAH/ACS in intestinal ischaemia patients Martin Bjorck, Uppsala, Sweden |
Discussion |
| 6:15 PM | WSACS general assembly | |
| 7:30 PM | Congres dinner | |
Saturday May 30, 2015
| Refectory | Vermeylen | |
| Fistula fear (Martin Björck / Ari Leppaniemi) |
Nursing (Rosemary Lee / Janeth Ejike) |
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| 8:00 AM | Medical management of fistula Frederik Berrevoet, Ghent, Belgium |
IAP monitoring – how to do it Katleen Bombeke, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 8:15 AM | Managing fistulas in the open abdomen – tips and tricks Fernando Ferreira, Porto, Portugal |
Nursing IAH and ACS guidelines development Rosemary Lee, Homestead, USA |
| 8:30 AM | How to close a fistula Helen Thomson, London, UK |
Key nursing issues in open abdomen Dieter Debergh, Ghent, Belgium |
| 8:45 AM | Discussion | |
| Improving open abdomen management (Fernando Ferreira / Zsolt Balogh) |
Perspectives in IAH management (Joel Starkopf / Claudia Olvera) |
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| 9:05 AM | Classifying the open abdomen Martin Bjorck, Uppsala, Sweden |
The peritoneum as a therapeutic target Kollish-Singule M, Syracuse, USA |
| 9:20 AM | Errors in care Martin Zielinski, Rochester, USA |
Development of a nurse driven protocol for patients at risk for IAH Rosemary Lee, Homestead, USA |
| 9:35 AM | Facilitating early closure – how to do it Aude van Lander, Ghent, Belgium |
What is next in IAH management Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| Free papers (6) (Scott D’Amours / Rao Ivatury) |
Free papers (6) (Annika Reintam Blaser / Martin Bjorck) |
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| 10:30 AM | Grade I-II Grade I-II IAH – is it important? Liivi Maddison |
New laboratory markers of increased intra-abdominal pressure Zsolt Bodnar |
| 10:40 AM | Intra-abdominal hypertension after cardiac surgery: time to pay attention? Dushyant Iyer |
Assessment of peritoneal cytokines in patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis managed with laparostomy and vacuum-assisted closure Theodossis Papavramidis |
| 10:50 AM | Five-year follow up after open abdomen therapy with vacuum-assisted wound closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction – results from a prospective multicenter study Stefan Acosta |
Negative pressure therapy in the management of the complicated intra-abdominal infection and abdominal compartment syndrome Liene Melberga |
| 11:00 AM | Rate of Incisional hernias 1 year after Open Abdomen management with negative pressure therapy combined with mesh-mediated fascial traction. Aude Vanlander |
Effect of Early Enteral Nutrition (EN) on outcomes in children undergoing Emergent Exploratory Laparotomy (EEL) Disha Kriplani |
| 11:10 AM | Outcomes in pediatric patients with abdominal compartment syndrome following urgent exploratory laparotomy Sharon Thomas |
Comparison of peritoneal and serum CX3CL1/fractalkine levels in patients with severe abdominal sepsis Theodossis Papavramidis |
| 11:20 AM | Abdominal Compartment Syndrome screening following repair of ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – Review of 12 years of experience Navid Ahmadi |
Negative pressure therapy combined with mesh-mediated fascial traction. Open Abdomen: Tips and Tricks for optimal effect Aude Vanlander |
| 11:30 AM | Relation between intra-abdominal pressure and early intestinal ischemia in rats Steven G. Strang |
The ultrasound pop-up sign reliably predicts correct nasogastric tube position in ICU patients Pieter Verslype |
| Clinical trials working group session (Annika Reintam-Blaser) |
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| 11:40 AM | Overview on CTWG. Ongoing and future ICU trials Annika Reintam-Blaser, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| 11:55 AM | Ongoing and future surgical trials Derek Roberts, Calgary, Canada |
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| 12:10 PM | Study proposal 1. Peritoneal VAC Trial. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Calgary, Canada |
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| 12:15 PM | Study proposal 2. Phrophylactic fascial release in severe peritonitis. Loes Knapen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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| 12:20 PM | Study proposal 3. ARIADNE Study (Adenosine Receptor antagonism). Zsolt Bodnar, Spain |
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| 12:25 PM | Discussion | |
| 12:40 PM | Lunch break | |
| WSACS Ambassador session Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium / Andrew Kirkpatrick |
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| 1:30 PM | Open abdomen management in Colombia and South America in 2015 Carlos Ordonez, Cali, Colombia |
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| 1:45 PM | IAH and ACS in South America Bruna Pereira, Campinas, Brazil |
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| 2:00 PM | IAH and ACS in China Jianan Ren, Nanjing, China |
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| 2:15 PM | Discussion | |
| State of the Art – Future perspectives (Jan De Waele / Andrew Kirkpatrick) |
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| 2:30 PM | Post injury ACS Rao Ivatury |
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| 2:45 PM | Critical care of the IAH patient Manu Malbrain, Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 3:00 PM | Peritoneal resuscitation Kollish-Singule M, Syracuse, USA |
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| 3:15 PM | Future directions in TAC Andrew Kirkpatrick, Calgary, Canada |
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| 3:30 PM | Stomas – failure or saviour? Helen Thomson, London, UK |
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| 3:45 PM | Abdominal wall reconstruction Manuel Lopez-Cano, Barcelona, Spain |
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| 4:00 PM | Discussion | |
| 4:15 PM | Meeting closure Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium |
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