Scientific Program / March 15, 2024
07:30 - 8:30 | Registration, exhibits |
08:30 - 8:35 | Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern |
SESSION 1: The Acute Surgical Patient
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | PD Dr. med. T. Haltmeier, Bern, PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern |
08:35 - 08:55 | Plasma exchange in sepsis: A new star at the horizon? |
Prof. Dr. Sasha David, Zürich | |
08:55 - 09:15 | Current endoscopic possibilities to control severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding |
Dr. Vinay Sehgal, London, UK | |
09:15 - 09:35 | Involving patients' into the treatment plan: Why and How? |
Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern | |
09:35 - 10:00 | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 2: How I Do It
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | Dr. Joel L. Lavanchy, Basel, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
10:30 - 10:50 | Liver abscess: To drain or not to drain? |
PD Dr. Vanessa Banz, Bern | |
10:50 - 11:10 | Recovery from a night-shift: Tips and tricks for acute care providers |
PD Dr. Thorsten Mikoteit, Solothurn | |
11:10 - 11:30 | Need for small bowel resection: How far can we go? |
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Ris, Geneva | |
11:30 - 12:00 | Discussion |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch, exhibits |
SwissACS General Assembly
Location | Room 1 |
12:15 - 12:45 | Annual General Assembly of the Swiss Association for Acute Care Surgery |
SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderator | PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern |
13:00 – 13:30 | Necrotizing pancreatitis and its complications: How we do it! |
Dr. Matti Tolonen, Helsinki, Finland |
SESSION 4: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Research
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | Prof. Dr. B. Schnüriger, Bern; Prof. Dr. Th. Lustenberger, Bern; PD Dr. T. Zingg, Lausanne |
13:30 - 13:40 | Injury patterns and outcomes in motorcycle driver crashes in the United States: the effect of helmet use; Dr. Lara A. Brockhus, Bern |
13:40 - 13:50 | Antegrade balloon dilatation of the duodenal papilla during laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiography in patients with acute choledocholithiasis: A case control matched study; Dr. Severin Gloor, Bern |
13:50 - 14:00 | In- and out-of-hospital mortality in severely injured elderly trauma patients: A retrospective analysis; Dr. Silviya Ivanova, Bern |
14:00 - 14:10 | Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal trauma in a low incidence environment; Dr. Saskia Wistehube, Bern |
14:10 - 14: 20 | Lessons learned from ten years of M&M at a Swiss Level I Trauma Center; Marcel Quante, Bern |
14:20 - 14:30 | SwissACS Price Award |
Prize jury: Prof. Dr. Demetrios Demetriades, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Peep Talving, Tallin, Estonia, Prof. Dr. Kenji Inaba, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Carmen Pfortmüller, Bern, Switzerland; PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne, Switzerland |
14:30 - 15:00 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 5: Case Presentations and Discussion
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderation | PD Dr. Tobias Zingg, Lausanne, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern |
Experts panel | Dr. Matti Tolonen, Helsinki, Finland, PD Dr. Vanessa Banz, PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern, PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern, Dr. Severin Gloor, Bern, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
15:00 - 16:00 | Presentations of Unusual and Tricky ACS Cases |
Dr. Alessia Malagnino, Lecco, Italy, Dr. Joel L. Lavanchy, Basel, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
16:00 | Closure, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger |