6th BGES LIVE Congress – ‘Current State-of-the-Art in Minimally Invasive Surgery’
When: Friday 10/02/2023 08h00 – 18h00
Where: KULeuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Onderwijs & Navorsing 2, Auditorium BMW2 (Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven) – Parking T001 (‘The Villa’)
BGES Faculty: A. Wolthuis, A. Buggenhout, G. Liberale, E. Van Daele, , D. Dresse, S. Heyman, N. Meurisse, M. Schoneveld, J-P. Magema, B. Smet
Language: English
Price for trainees: 50,00€ (early bird before 31/01/’23) – 75,00€ (late bird after 31/01/2023)
Requirements for participation: None
Places: First come, first served
Registrations Open: NOW
Registrations Close: 09/02/2023

More information:
The BGES announces their 6th BGES live congress, an exciting day of live surgery and theoretical lectures.
This congress consists of a full day demonstration of surgical technique and technology broadcast from 3 operating theatres.

Program
08h00 – 08h30 — Registration / Welcome coffee
08h30 – 10h00 — Live cases and presentations
– State-of-the-Art in Surgical Endoscopy – Prof. Dr. R. Kunda (Brussels)
– State-of-the-Art in Upper GI Surgery – Prof. Dr. A. De Roover (Liège)
10h00 – 10h30 — Coffee break
10h30 – 12h00 — Live cases and presentations
– State-of-the-Art in Hepatobiliary Surgery – Dr. V. Lucidi (Brussels)
– State-of-the-Art in Bariatric Surgery – Dr. J. Himpens (Brussels)
12h00 – 13h30 — Lunch
13h30 – 16h00 — Live cases and presentations
– State-of-the-Art in Colorectal Surgery – Prof. Dr. A. D’Hoore (Leuven)
– State-of-the-Art in Abdominal Wall Surgery – Dr. M. Allaeys (Gent)
16h00 – 18h00 — Wrap up & Reception

Live Operations:
– Endoscopic gastroplasty for obesity
– Robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
– Robotic abdominal wall hernia repair
– Robotic HPB case
– Laparoscopic secondary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
– Laparoscopic CME
– Laparoscopic TaTME

More information & registration via BGES (Arlette Siebertz – asiebertz@skynet.be – +32 (0)475 38 28 26)
Registration by sending registration form to asiebertz@skynet.be + paying the approriate registration fee onto BGES bank account (BE33 2100 8485 5046) with communication of “BGES Live congress Leuven + first name + last name”)