Scientific programme SERGS 2025

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Wednesday, June 4
Pre-Congress Courses
Thursday, June 5
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Keynote lecture: Teaching Robotic surgery around the world - G. Moawad (USA)

Chair: V. Zanagnolo (Italy)

9:00-11:00 Live surgery:
H. Roman - Clinique Tivoli-Ducos Bourdeaux, France
T. Simoncini - Azienda ospedaliero universitaria Pisana (Italy)
A. Di Spiezio Sardo - Azienda ospedaliero universitana Pisana (Italy)
Live scan - F. Papini - Azienda ospedaliero universitaria Pisana (Italy)
Chairs: G. Bifulco (Italy)
S. Angioni (Italy)
R. Sinha (India)
P. Coronado (Spain)
S. Bogliolo (Italy)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Opening Ceremony
12:00 - 13:30 Urogynaecology: The robot and the pelvic floor Myomectomy Oral communication
Chairs: L. de Landsheere (Belgium), P. Mannella (Italy) Chairs: V. Cela (Italy), P. Coronado (Spain) Chairs: D. El-Hamamsy (UK)
S. Fernandez (Spain)
12:00-12:15 Reasons for using the robot for pelvic floor repair - G. Panico (Italy) Robotic myomectomy: tips and tricks - A. Munoz (Spain)
12:15-12:30 The training path for a pelvic floor robotic surgeon - N. Gul (UK) Imaging for mapping for myomectomy - G. Bifulco (Italy)
12:30-12:45 Standardizing robotic sacrocolpopexy - L. de Landsheere (Belgium) Indication and prevalence of alternative treatment for uterine fibroids - K. Andersson (Sweden)
12:45-13:00 Training and preparing for complex pelvic floor repair - T. Simoncini (Italy) Medical approach instead of myomectomy - S. Angioni (Italy)
13:00-13:30 Discussion Discussion
13:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Industry-sponsored Symposium 1 
14:30-15:00 Big talk:  Leonardo  imaging the future: Automation and Robotics - S. Taglialagamba (Italy)

Chair: T. Simoncini (Italy)

Oral communication

Chairs: S. Bruni (Italy), M. Nobbenhuis (UK)

15:00-16:30 Surgical talk show: SERGS meets EEL
Robotic-assisted surgery in deep endometriosis and adenomyosis
AGRS session - see the programme SICMIG - see the programme
Chair: T. Hebert (France)
15:00-15:15 Robotic-assisted segmental resection and mucosal-sparing nodulectomy in rectal endometriosis - H. Krentel (Germany)
15:15-15:30 Robotic surgical approach for adenomyosis - V. Cela (Italy)
15:30-15:45 Robotic pelvic neuroanatomy and its applications in DIE - G. Moawad (USA)
15:45-16:00 Is there still a place for conventional laparoscopy in the surgical management of endometriosis - A. Constantin (Germany)
16:00-16:30 Discussion
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-19:00 YEARS session Spanish session German session
Chairs: E. Karatrasoglou (Greece), M. Kaur (UK), D. El-Hamamsy (UK)
Optimizing Robotic Surgery
17:00-17:15 Teamwork: Robotic theatre environment and teamwork- trainees perspective - C. So (UK)
17:15-17:30 Efficiency: Implementation of same day discharge robotic program - O. Raglan (UK)
17:30-17:45 ERAS in gynaecology oncology robotics - N. Bizzarri (Italy) ENYGO Past President
17:45-18:00 Discussion
Advancing Robotic Surgery Oral communication
18:00-18:15 Technology: Future perspectives of AI in robotic surgery - N. Bourdel (France) Chairs: R. Kimmig (Germany), Ch. Iavazzo (Greece)
18:15-18:30 Safety: Aplications of ICG to reduce robotic complications- A. Panattoni (Italy)
18:30-18:45 Solutions: Complications & solutions - M. Barahona (Spain)
18:45-19:00 Discussion
19:00 21:30 Welcome reception  
Friday, June 6
08:30-9:00 Keynote lecture - M. Martino (USA)
9:00- 11:00 LIVE SURGERY
V. Zanagnolo - IEO Milano (Italy)
F. Fanfani - Gemelli Hospital, Rome (Italy)
G. Bifulco - Azienda ospedaliero universitaria Frederico II Napoli (Italy)
Chairs: S. Tomov (Bulgaria)
T. Ind (UK)
A. Mattei (Italy)
L. Mereu (Italy)
M. Gabbanini (Italy)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Innovation in robotics Urogynaecology Bulgarian session of BAMIRS
Chairs: M. Heubner (Switzerland), S. Bruni (Italy) Chairs: T. Simoncini (Italy), N. Gul (UK)
11:30-11:45 Robotic hysteroscopy - T. Anderson (USA)) Anatomy of robotics pelvic floor repair - G. Campagna (Italy)
11:45-12:00 The evolution of image guided surgical robotics - A. Menciassi (Italy) Tips and tricks of robotic assisted pelvic floor surgery - D. Bolovis (Germany)
12:00-12:20 Gynaecological surgery with Dexter© Robotic surgery system: Experience from daily practice - M. Heubner (Switzerland), M. Gulz (Switzerland) Multidisciplinary and multicompartmental pelvic floor repair: is the robot the way to go? - A. Sturiale (Italy)
12:20-12:35 Sponsored talk Discussion
12:35-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch 13:30 SERGS General assembly - 30 min
14:00-14:30 Big talk:  AI and humankind: co-evolution or substitution? - P. Ferraigna (Italy)

Chair: V. Cela (Italy)

Oral communication

Chairs: M. Kaur (UK), E. Karatrasoglou (Greece)

14:30-15:00 Industry-sponsored Symposium 2
15:00-16:30 Hysterectomy Training and certification in robotic surgery SEGI - see the programme
Chairs: M. Barahona (Spain)
D. Bolovis (Germany)
Chairs: V. Chatzirafail (Greece)
M. Nobbenhuis (UK)
15:00-15:15 Navigating hysterectomy with robotic surgery - R. Sinha (India) The importance of certification in robotic surgery - I. Argay (Hungary)
15:15-15:30 Consensus-driven surgical process model for robotic assisted-hysterectomy: Delphi study results - K. Nayngoh Timoh (France) Simulation and Learning curve - T. Ind (UK)
15:30-15:45 Approach to complex hysterectomy - S. Bruni (Italy) GESEA pathway - T. Hebert (France)
15:45-16:00 When you do not need to perform hysterectomy - C. Ettore (Italy) Simulation in medicine - S. Ricci (Italy)
16:30-16:15 Discussion AGRS implementation of SERGS Curriculum - A. Roy (India)
16:15-16:30 Discussion
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 An innovation bridge between imaging and surgery Oncology: Reducing trauma in robotic surgery Oral comunication
Chairs: D. Caramella (Italy), H. Falconer (Sweden) Chairs: P. Coronado (Spain), Ch. Iavazzo (Greece)
17:00-17:15 The introduction of ICG in gynaecological robotic surgery - M. Heubner (Switzerland) SP Robotic radical hysterectomy - E. Vizza (Italy)
17:15-17:30 Use of Intra-operative US, 3D reconstruction - E. Zizzolfi (Italy) SP retroperitoneal LA lymphadenecrtomy - C. Chauleur (France)
17:30-17:50 Staining ontogenetically defined organ compartments by ICG for better reaching of individualized onco-surgery - R. Kimmig (Germany) SP inguinal lymphadenectomy - F. Mistretta (Italy)
17:50-18:00 Novelties in preoperative planning with CT, MRI and US - E. Neri (Italy) Nerve-spearing techniques for radical pelvic surgery - M. Nobbenhuis (UK)
18:00-18:30 Discussion Discussion
20:00 Networking event
Saturday, June 7
09:00-11:00 LIVE SURGERY

V. Gallotta - Gemelli Hospital, Rome (Italy)
V. Cela - Azienda ospedaliero universitaria Pisana (Italy)
Han Lili - Xinjiang Autonomous Region People‘s Hospital (China)
Chairs: R. Kimmig (Germany)
A. Giannini (Italy)
H. Falconer (Sweden)
S. Arena (Italy)
I. Gortchev (Bulgaria)

11:00-11:30 Keynote lecture - Robotic surgery in gynaecologic oncology: "Must Have" or "Flop" - A. Maggioni, Italy

Chair: T. Ind (UK)

Nurses session
11:30-11:45 Industry sponsored symposium 3
11:45-12:30 Coffee break
12:30-14:00 Oncology III - Reducing trauma in robotic surgery Oral communication
Chairs: V. Zanagnolo (Italy), M. Nobbenhuis (UK) Chairs: A. Panattoni (Italy)
M. Heubner (Switzerland)
12:30-12:45 Anatomy of pelvic spaces - S. Fernandez (Spain)
12:45-13:00 Robotic-assisted exenteration and novel aspects of compartment-based imaging - P. Van Trappen (Belgium)
13:00-13:15 Robotic surgery for advanced ovarian cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy12 - F. Fanfani (Italy)
13:15-14:00 Has robotic radical hysterectomy evolved in a new procedure? - H. Falconer (Sweden)
14:00-14:30 Discussion
14:30-14:45 Closing ceremony: V. Cela, V. Zanagnolo, H. Falconer