President's day at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Venue: Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AE

This will be held at MEC at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Topics will be interventional radiology and colonoscopy for GI haemorrhage, anastomotic leak (including Endosponge update), sepsis and abdominal fistula management, abdomino-perineal resection and quality standards (Prof Phil Quirke), and a series of video presentations on fistula-in-ano management, chaired by Robin Phillips


Delegates wishing to stay the night before can reserve a room at discounted rate of £75 per
Person (B&B) at the Copthorne Hotel, Bramall Lane, Sheffield S2 4SU.

Return coach transport to the Northern General Hospital from the hotel is being arranged.

Taxis can be taken directly to the Northern General Hospital from Sheffield Station
(15 minutes).

Car parking at the Northern General Hospital by pay and display for delegates £3.30 for the
day.

For further details and to book hotels, please contact Mrs Lesley Izzard:
lesley.izzard@sth.nhs.uk or 0114 271 4027

Registration Details:
RSM Trainee: Free of charge
RSM Fellow: £40
RSM Student: Free of charge
Trainee: Free of charge
Consultant/GP: £40
Student: Free of charge
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: Free of charge

Meeting ref: COA06

CPD: 5 credits




8.30 am

Registration and coffee

8.55 am

Welcome from Andrew Shorthouse
Chair: Paul Skinner

9.00 am

GI bleeding - what does interventional radiology have to offer? (Supported by Lifecell)
Peter Gaines, Sheffield

9.15 am

Discussion
Chair: Stuart Riley (TBC)

9.30 am

DNA screening for bowel cancer (Supported by Colonix)
Ian Daniels, Exeter

9.45 am

Discussion
Chair: Andrew Shorthouse

10.00 am

How I manage pouch fistulas (supported by Lifecell)
John Nicholl, London

10.20 am

Discussion

10.30 am

Coffee and trade exhibition

Rectal cancer symposium (Supported by Covidien)
Chair: Helen Chave

11.00 am

The value of quality control in pathology and surgery for rectal cancer
Phil Quirke, Leeds

11.20 am

APER in Sheffield
Shwan Amin, Sheffield

11.35 am

Options for closing the perineum
Mark George, London

11.50 am

Panel discussion

Anastomotic leak symposium (Supported by BBraun Medical Ltd)
Chair: Rick Nelson

12.15 pm

Sepsis timebomb
James Wigfull, Sheffield

12.30 pm

Why are leak rates so variable?
Ciaran Walsh, Wirral

12.45 pm

The open abdomen
Iain Anderson, Salford

1.00 pm

Panel discussion

1.15 pm

Lunch and trade exhibition

Anal fistula video symposium (Supported by Cook Medical)
Chair: Robin Phillips and Alan Roe

2.00 pm

Technical tips for a successful button plug for vaginal fistula
Pete Sagar, Leeds

2.10 pm

Advancement flap for transphincteric fistula
Presented by Shwan Amin on behalf of Nick Armitage, Nottingham

2.20 pm

Delorme's advancement flap
Robin Phillips, Middlesex

2.30 pm

Discussion

3.00 pm

Tea and trade exhibition

Obstructed defaecation: current dilemmas (Supported by Ethicon Endosurgery)
Chair: Steve Brown

3.30 pm

Patient selection for surgery: when and when not to operate, or operate at all?
David Jayne, Leeds

3.45 pm

Does a pelvic floor MDT make a difference?
Karen Nugent, Southampton

4.00 pm

What operation and what to do if it fails?
Ian Lindsey, Oxford

4.15 pm

Panel discussion

4.30 pm

Close of meeting

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