Day 2 – Friday 17 October
- 08:30 – 17:30
- Bellevue Ballroom Level 3
Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
General Surgery Concurrent Program
SESSION ONE – OESOPHAGEAL
8:30 Perforated oesophagus – Dr Mary Ann Johnson
8:45 What are the options for anti-reflux surgery – Dr Tim Bright
9:00 Update on management of Barrett’s esophagus – Dr Spiro Raftopoulos
9:20 Acute management of oesophageal caustic injury – Dr Geraldine Ooi
9:40 Panel Discussion
10:00 International Keynote: Navigating Change – Robotics in Emergency Upper GI surgery – Prof Arul Immanuel
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea with Industry
SESSION TWO – GASTRIC
11:00 Perforated peptic ulcers – New approaches to an old problem – Dr Alexandra Gordon
11:20 Upper GI bleeding surgical management Dr Kontoku Shimokawa
11:40 GOO and gastroparesis: Management – Prof Mohammed Ballal
12:00 Diaphragmatic hernia – Dr Andrew Hardley
12:15 Discussion Panel
12:30 International Keynote: Acute Gastric volvulus – Prof Arul Immanuel
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch with Industry
SESSION THREE – RESEARCH PAPERS – GSA & HPBA COMBINED
14:00 Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: first Australian prognostic insights – Dr Harine Siribaddana
14:05 Abdominal wall hernia repair combined with panniculectomy reduces hernia recurrence rates. – Dr Thomas Mackay
14:10 Unlocking cdcp1: A theranostic approach to improve detection of cholangiocarcinoma –
Dr Lash Wickramasuriya
14:15 The subtotal cholecystectomy bailout: Fenestrating vs reconstituting in the difficult gallbladder – Dr Chantal Campbell
14:20 Meckel’s diverticulum in adults: malignancy risk and surgical outcomes to guide operative decision-making – a systematic review – Dr Renita Yang
14:25 Fluid bilirubin to diagnose bile leak – Dr Jessica Au
14:30 An artificial intelligence scribe improves efficiency in a rural surgical clinic: a prospective comparative trial in rural Australia – Dr Gavin Carmichael
14:35 An institutional experience of total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer in Australia –
Dr Yunfei Qiu
14:40 A case for surgical bile duct exploration (spyglass) in a regional centre – Dr Caitlin Sorour
14:45 Loss of diffusion restriction predicts complete response in HCC post SIRT – Dr Kah Heng Alexander Lim
15:00 Role of trans-cystic stenting in management of choledocholithiasis during cholecystectomy –
Dr Matthew Marshall-Webb
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea with Industry
SESSION FOUR – BARIATRIC
15:45 The internal hernia – TBC
16:05 First aid of sleeve leak – Dr Yahya Al Habbal
16:25 First aid Marginal Ulcer – Dr David Yong
16:45 The remnant stomach post bypass: Is it a problem – Dr Ahmad Aly
17:15 Panel discussion
17:30 Day 2 Meeting Conclusion
19:00 Combined Gala Dinner
