Concurrent Colorectal Program

• Saturday 24 October
• 09:00 – 15:00
• Cairns Convention Centre

BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM – presented by New Medtek Devices 
7:30 Pudendal nerve infusion post hemorrhoidectomy

SESSION ONE: CONTROVERSIES & DIFFICULT QUESTIONS

09:00 Sexual dysfunction after rectal surgery
09:15 Polyps: Polyp calculate update, management of large colonic polyps, and malignant polyps
09:30 Preoperative management of obese patient with colorectal cancer
09:45 Presacral tumours – a review
10:00 The loop ileostomy debate: To defunction or not
10:15 Q+A

10:30 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
 
SESSION TWO: PELVIC FLOOR

11:00 Surgery and non-operative therapy in pelvic floor dysfunction: Thresholds to operate
11:15 Ventral rectopexy in 2026: gold standard, overused, or overdue for a rethink 
11:30 Management of OASIS and the sphincter defect
11:45 Reading the scans: Obstructive defaecation syndrome, intusssuception, rectal prolapse, rectocoele, enterocoele
12:00 Sacral neuromodulation beyond faecal incontinence: where does it fit in colorectal pelvic floor practice?
12:15 Q+A

12:30 LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
 
SESSION THREE: DIFFICULT COLORECTAL CASES DISCUSSION

13:30 Consultant’s Corner: Roundtable of experts – Difficult case scenarios 
14:30 Final discussions, research awards, program conclusion and farewell
15:00 PROGRAM CLOSE

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