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Miniinvasive Interventional Procedures have changed diagnostic and therapeutic work-up in many fields and specialization of Medicine and Surgery. Still, new device and technique are everyday introduced to improve existent therapies or to suggest new prospectives. We will meet in Ravello several among the best experts in the field that will focus on most of old and new US guided Interventional procedures in Hepatobiliary diseases. Evening Sessions will be dedicated to specific practical issues, such as complications, tips and tricks, evaluation of particular clinical settings etc., that will be presented interactively with the audience in order to clarify doubts and difficulties that everyone of us find when experiencing new and sometimes still experimental procedures . The course is addressed to Hepatologists, Gastroenterologists, Surgeons, Radiologists, Internal Medicine and other specialists involved in interventional treatments in their daily routine.
Educational Objectives of the Course : Improve the knowledge of the technical aspects, indications, results and complications of consolidated and new clinical applications in US-guided Interventional procedures in Hepatology.
Official Languages of the sessions: English.
Early Registration fee due by February 28th 2010 is € 500 (+I.V.A.). Late Registration fee : € 700 (+I.V.A.). Registration Fee Includes: Full Congress Participant ; Admission to all sessions ; Lunches and sponsored dinners; Congress kit: badge, bag, final program, abstracts book..
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THURSDAY, MAY 26th 2011
Morning - Course session : BIOPSY, DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
Biopsy of focal liver lesions in multiple enhanced-imaging era:
US and CEUS Imaging in the hands of the Hepatologist and the Surgeon
CT and MRI : a logical cooperation with the Radiologist.
Fine needle biopsy of focal liver lesions: technical tips and indications
A new role of biopsy : tissue biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of liver tumors
Hypervascular benign lesions in normal liver : biopsy or not biopsy ?
Severe complications of Percutaneous biopsy : how to face with.
Biopsy in the management of diffuse liver diseases : what should we do with Fibroscan, Fibrotest, MR elastography ?
Afternoon - Selected Abstracts presentation and Sponsored Session

FRYDAY May 27th 2011 .
Morning - Course session : TUMOR ABLATION
Ethanol, RF, MW, Laser, Cryo : the appropriate device for the particular patient.
Repeat ablation in patients with recurrent HCC: extended indications and long term survival
Small HCC in cirrhosis : RF can make it even better than surgery ?
Percutaneous ablation of main portal vein HCC thrombosis : should we do it ?
Open surgical ablation : does it make sense?
Trans-arterial Chemo-embolization of advanced HCC,
Afternoon - Course session : TUMOR ABLATION
Ablation of hepatic metastasis : selection, guidance and monitoring techniques
Trans-arterial Chemo-embolization of liver tumors with drug-eluting beads
Electrochemotheraphy and irreversible Electroporation in the treatment of Liver Tumors
HIFU : any application in liver tumors ?

SATURDAY May 28th 2011 .
Morning - Course session : DRAINAGES, VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Percutaneous Drainage of Hepatic abscess
The US role in Percutaneous Biliary drainages and Cholecystostomy
Percutaneous treatments of Hepatic Hydatic Cyst
US guided drainage of ascites and hydrothorax in the cirrhotic patient
HVPG in the assessment of portal hypertension and prognosis of cirrhotis
Trans-jugular Porto-Systemic Shunt : update
Afternoon - Selected Abstracts presentation and Sponsored Session