WEDNESDAY - JUNE 20

ROOM - A

ROOM - B

ROOM - C

ROOM - E

08.00 am - 06.00 pm
REGISTRATION

09.00 am - 01.00 pm
HALF DAY COURSE:
PG1 How to avoid a Hysterectomy for abnormal bleeding

09.00 am - 04.00 pm
FULL DAY COURSE:
PGA Laparoscopic Suture Lab

09.00 am - 04.00 pm
FULL DAY COURSE:
PGB Hysteroscopic Hands - On

02.00 pm - 06.00 pm
HALF DAY COURSE:
PG3 Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

09.00 am - 01.00 pm
HALF DAY COURSE:
PG2 Different tecnique
for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

02.00 pm - 06.00 pm
HALF DAY COURSE:
PG4 Minimally Invasive surgery in Gynaecological Oncology

06.30 pm - 07.30 pm
OPENING CEREMONY

THURSDAY - JUNE 21

ROOM - A

ROOM - B

ROOM - C

09.30 am - 11.00 am
MAIN SESSION:
Adenomyosis

09.30 am - 10.30 am
PANEL SESSION:
Endometrial Ablation: for the first to the second generation tecniques

09.30 am - 11.00 am
Round Table on Mininvasive Endoscopy

11.30 am - 01.00 pm
MAIN SESSION:
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)

10.30 am - 11.30 am
PANEL SESSION:
Laparoscopic Myomectomy

11.30 am - 01.00 pm
VIDEO SESSION:
Rare cases and complications in mininvasive gynendoscopy

11.30 am - 12.30 pm
PANEL SESSION:
Hysterectomy myomectomy: improvement of the tecnique

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm
SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS ON
Myomectomy - Hysterectomy

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm
SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS ON
Endometriosis & Oncology

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm
GnRH analougues and deep endometriosis: State of the art

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm
SURGICAL TUTORIAL:
Endometrial ablation: first and second generation of Endometrial ablation, indications, tecniques, results, pros and

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm
SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS ON:
Diagnosis: Ultrasound & Hysteroscopy

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm
SURGICAL TUTORIAL:
Myomectomy Traditional: laparoscopic myomectomy and its minimally invasive alternative

FRIDAY - JUNE 22

ROOM - A

ROOM - B

ROOM - C

ROOM - E

09.30 am - 11.00 am
MAIN SESSION:
Fibroids

09.30 am - 10.30 am
PANEL SESSION:
Endometrial cancer

09.00 am - 11.30 am
1st Meeting on the Italian Charter of the Society of Laparo - Endoscopic Surgeons (SLS)

09.30 am - 05.00 pm
SATELLITE MEETING
PMA
AND GYNAECOLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY

10.30 am - 11.30 am
PANEL SESSION:
Vaginal Hysterectomy:
Different approachs
for different challenges

11.30 am - 01.00 pm
MAIN SESSION:
Endometrial Cancer

11.30 am - 12.30 pm
PANEL SESSION:
Safe entry to the
abdominal cavity

11.30 am - 12.30 pm
SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm
SURGICAL TUTORIAL: Hysterectomy Total and Supracervical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy vs vaginal hysterectomy

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm
SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM

04:30 pm - 06.30 pm
SEGI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
06:30 pm - 07:30 pm
PRIZE AWARDING SESSION

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm
SURGICAL TUTORIAL:
Safe entry. How to avoid worst injuries: open vs blind insertion

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm
SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS:
MISCELLANEOUS

SATURDAY - JUNE 23

ROOM - A

09.30 am - 01.30 pm
LIVE SURGERY

01.30 pm
CLOSING REMARKS

PGA LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURE LAB:

CHAIR

A. Rossetti (Italy)

CO - CHAIR

G. M. Janik (USA)

FACULTY

G. M. Janik (USA)
G. Ciravolo (Italy)
V. Remorgida (Italy)
O. Sizzi (Italy)
E. Volpi (Italy)
M. Santagata (Italy)
C. Perone (Italy)
C. Rappa (Italy)
G. Amendola (Italy)
M. Sbano (Italy)

The aim of the course is to describe:

• All cases where laparoscopic sutures should be used
• How to insert and remove needles and threads from the abdominal cavity
• How to load the needle holder according to the type of suture and to the different angle in the three-dimensional space of the area to be sutured
• Basic knots as part of more complex surgical knots
• Use of two-hand suture stitching techniques according to the type of tissues to be sutured and their orientation
• How to make different types of suture: simple, crossed, introflexed, continuous, etc.
• Transfixion and fixation of anatomical structures to the abdominal wall
• Use of pre-knotted loops (how, where and when) and making of “do-as-required” loops for particular cases
• Most useful intracorporeal knots in laparoscopic surgery and knot tying procedures
• Most useful extracorporeal knots

All lessons will be preceded by a short theoretical introduction and will be guided by a tutor.
The exercises that the students will have to repeat simultaneously will be shown on a wide screen.

09.30 am - 09.45 am

IMPORTANCE AND USE OF LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURES
C. Koh (USA)

09.45 am - 10.00am

TYPE OF SUTURES IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY AND PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
G. M. Janik (USA)

10.00am - 10.15am

INSERTION AND REMOVAL OF NEEDLES AND THREADS IN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY: HOW TO GRASP NEEDLES AND LOAD THE NEEDLE HOLDER
G. Ciravolo (Italy)

10.15am - 10.30 am

SUTURE STITCHING TECHNIQUES
A. Rossetti (Italy)

10.30 am - 11.30 am

PRACTICAL SESSION

KNOTS AND KNOT TYING TECHNIQUES

11.30 am - 11.45 am

TYPE OF KNOTS: FROM BASIC KNOTS TO KNOTS USED FOR INTRACORPOREAL AND EXTRACORPOREAL SUTURES
G. M. Janik (USA)

11.45 am - 12.00 am

EXTRACORPOREAL KNOTS, PRE-KNOTTED LOOPS AND THEIR USE
V. Remorgida (Italy)

12.00 am - 01.30 pm

PRACTICAL SESSION

01.30 pm - 02.30 pm

LUNCH BREAK

02.30 pm - 02.45 pm

INTRACORPOREAL KNOTS: BASIC KNOT TYING PROCEDURE AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES
E. Volpi (Italy)

02.45 pm - 03.00 pm

CONTINUOUS SUTURES WITH OR WITHOUT INITIAL KNOT AND DIFFERENT END KNOT TYING TECHNIQUES
O. Sizzi (Italy)

3.00 pm - 4.30 pm

PRACTICAL SESSION

PGB HYSTEROSCOPIC HANDS - ON

CHAIR

C. Crescini (Italy) - S. Corson (USA)

CO - CHAIR

K.B. Isaacson (USA)
R. Paoletti (Italy)

FACULTY

S. Bettocchi (Italy)
M. Farrugia (UK)
G. Gubbini (Italy)
D. Levine (USA)
E. Cicinelli (Italy)

TUTORS

S. von Wunster (Italy)
A. De Tommaso (Italy)
M.T. Villani (Italy)

This course is designed to provide a hands-on laboratory session and to update the clinicians on office operative hysteroscopy and resectoscopy. The program will be divided into a morning didactic session and an afternoon hands on laboratory session. Uterine artificial models will allow simulation of endometrial polypectomy, endometrial ablation and hysteroscopic myomectomy.

09.30 am - 09.40 am

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

C. Crescini (Italy)

09.40 am - 10.00 am

HYSTEROSCOPY VS SALINE INFUSION SONOGRAPHY IN ENDOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY
S. Bettocchi (Italy)

10.00 am - 10.20am

RESECTOSCOPIC VS NEW ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES
G. Gubbini (Italy)

10.20 am - 10.40 am

MONOPOLAR VS BIPOLAR IN OPERATIVE HYSTEROSCOPY
K.B. Isaacson (USA)

10.40 am - 11.00am

METROPLASTY: RESECTOSCOPY VS HYSTEROSCOPIC SCISSOR IN OFFICE SETTING
C. Crescini (Italy)

11.00 am - 11.20 am

Questions and answers

11.20 am - 11.40 am

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING: THE ROLE OF CHRONIC INFECTION
E. Cicinelli (Italy)

11.40 am - 12.00 am

HYSTEROSCOPY IN ENDOMETRIAL MALIGNANCY
E. Solima (Italy)

12.00 am - 12.20 am

THE BIOPSY IN HYSTEROSCOPY
D. Levine (USA)

12.20 am - 12.40 pm

HYSTEROSCOPY IN ENDOCERVICAL PATHOLOGY
M. Farrugia (UK)

12.40 pm - 01.10 pm

Questions & answers

02.00 pm - 4.30 pm

HANDS ON STATION (four station) (all faculty and tutors)

09.30 am - 01.30 pm

CHAIR

PG1 HOW TO AVOID A HYSTERECTOMY FOR ABNORMAL BLEEDING:
 
M. La Greca (Italy) - R.J.Gimpelson (USA)

1 - HYSTERECTOMY BY INSTALLMENT - DELAYING HYSTERECTOMY CAN BE EXPENSIVE
J. Currie (USA)

2 - INTRAUTERINE DEVICES: RELEASING HORMONES AS A MEDICAL ALTERNATIVE TO HYSTERECTOMY - EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS
R.J. Gimpelson (USA)

3 - MRI-FOCUSED ULTRASOUND
E. Stewart (UK)

4 - VASCULAR CLAMPS
M. Lichtinger (USA)

Questions & answers

5 - EMBOLIZATION
O. Istre (Norway)

6 - CRYOMYOLYSIS
M. Pansky (Israel)

7 - ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION
I. Mazzon (Italy)

8 - EVIDENCE - BASED RESULTS OF HYSTERECTOMY AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
F. Zullo (Italy)

Questions & answers

02.00 am - 06.00 pm

CHAIR

PG2 DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY

A. Fasolino (Italy) - R. Pasic (USA)

1 - LET US SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF HYSTERECTOMY
R. Pasic (USA)

2 - LAVH
R. Marana (Italy)

3 - SUBTOTAL HYSTERECTOMY
E. Zupi (Italy)

Questions & answers

4 - LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED RADICAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY
R. Tozzi (Italy)

5 - PEARLS & TRICKS FOR THE DIFFICULT CASES
A. Wattiez (France)

6 - IS VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY STILL THE BEST CHOICE?
M. Candiani (Italy)

Questions & answers

09.30 pm - 01.30 pm

CHAIR

PG3 ENDOMETRIOSIS AND ADENOMYOSIS

V. Giambanco (Italy) - D. Redwine (Italy)

1 - ENDOMETRIOSIS AND THE 21ST CENTURY: ANYTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN?
P. Vercellini (Italy)

2 - INFERTILITY AND ENDOMETRIOSIS
G. Vittori (Italy)

3 - ACCURATE INDICATION TO SURGERY IS THE KEY-POINT: WHEN TO SUGGEST SURGERY? WHEN TO MANDATE SURGERY? WHEN TO AVOID SURGERY?
L. Muzii (Italy)

Questions & answers

4 - DOES SURGERY FOR ENDOMETRIOMAS REDUCE OVARIAN RESERVE?
Michele Vignali (Italy)

5 - DEEP RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS
D. Redwine (USA)

6 - ADENOMYOSIS AND AUB
S. Bianchi (Italy)

Questions & answers

02.00 pm - 06.00 pm

CHAIR

PG4 MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY IN GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY

G. Scambia (Italy) - P. Mastrantonio (Italy)

1 - THE SUSPECT ADNEXAL MASS: HOW TO SCHEDULE THE SURGERY?
R. Angioli (Italy)

2 - LAPAROSCOPY AND OVARIAN CANCER: WHAT ARE THE INDICATIONS?
J. Magrina (USA)

3 - SHOULD LAPAROSCOPY BE THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER?
R. Seracchioli (Italy)

Questions & answers

4 - IS CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER SAFE?
E. Solima (Italy)

5 - ARE WE READY FOR LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR CERVICAL CANCER YET?
M. Malzoni (Italy)

6 - AUB & CERVICAL CANCER: IS LAPAROTOMY STILL THE “GOLD” STANDARD?
F. Raspagliesi (Italy)

Questions & answers

06.00 pm

OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome adress by Local Authorities

LECTURES

AUB: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
M.G. Munro (USA)

VIDEOENDOSCOPY: A MOVIE STORY
A. Setubal (Portugal)

THE FUTURE OF GYNECOLOGY
V. Gomel (Canada)

09.30 am - 11.00 am

CHAIR

ADENOMYOSIS

P. Koninckx (Belgium)
M. Petronio (Italy)
H. Zanetti (Italy)

1 - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
M. Abrao (Brasil)

2 - ADENOMYOSIS: AN ENTITY STILL UNKNOWN
P. Scollo (Italy)

3 - ADENOMYOSIS: NO MORE ELUSIVE DIAGNOSES
C. Exacoustos (Italy)

4 - IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADENOMYOSIS AND INFERTILITY?
S. Schettini (Italy)

5 - WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MEDICAL THERAPY TO TREAT PELVIC PAIN RELATED TO ADENOMYOSIS?
S. Bianchi (Italy)

6 - SURGICAL APPROACHES TO TREAT ADENOMYOSIS AND DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS: IS THERE ANY RELATION?
C. Chapron (France).

11.30 am - 01.00 pm

CHAIR

DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING (DUB)

D. Arduini (Italy)
A. Audebert (France)
W. Parker (USA)

1 - DUB: LOCAL OR SYSTEMIC ALTERATION?
W. Parker (USA)

2 - HOW TO CHECK ENDOMETRIUM AND ENDOMETRIAL CAVITY
E. Ferrazzi (Italy)

3 - MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING: WHAT AND WHEN?
M.G. Munro (USA)

4 - SURGERY AND DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING
C. Sutton (UK)

5 - HOW TO TREAT WOMEN WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING? EVIDENCE-BASED RESULTS
M. Busacca (Italy)

01.00 pm - 02.30 pm

LUNCH

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

CHAIR

SELECTETD PAPERS ON MYOMECTOMY - HYSTERECTOMY

A. Stampini (italy) - M. Farrugia (UK)

1 - THE MANAGEMENT OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING (AUB) AT A TERTIARY CARE FACILITY IN SAUDI ARABIA: A PILOT STUDY.
B. Abu Rafea*°, G. Vilos°.
*Women's Specialized Hospital, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
°University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

2 - USING A "CUT-LOOP SYSTEM" TO REDUCE OPERATIVE TIME FOR SUPRA CERVICAL LAPAROSCOPY HYSTERECTOMY.
Luiz Fernando Albuquerque

3 - UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROIDS: CORRELATION OF IMAGING FINDINGS WITH PATIENT OUTCOMES
N. Millo, R. Boroditsky*, E.A. Lyons, B. Hardy
Hysterectomy Alternatives Program, University of Manitoba

4 - LOOP IN PROGRESSIVE TENSION TECHNIQUE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMA ENUCLEATION
F. De Cicco, P. Carfagna, C. De Cicco*, A. Caruso
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital A.Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.

5 - LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY FOR SINGLE AND MULTIPLE SYMPTOMATIC MYOMAS: OUR EXPERIENCE.
L. Bonino, E.M. Delpiano*, F. Deltetto, M. Camanni
All Authors: GINTEAM – Ospedale Valdese – Clinica Cellini Humanitas – Torino, Italy

6 - REMOVAL OF 1300 GR UTERUS BY THE MORCELLATOR WITH RETROPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY.
Gol M*; Kizilyar A
Gazi Hospital; Dept. Obs Gyn, Turkey

7 - FACTORS AFFECTING FERTILITY FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY
Shinichi Hayasaka *, Takashi Murakami.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

8 - CLASSICAL INTRAFASCIAL SUPRACERVICAL HYSTERECTOMY : 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE
MH JUNG*, BY LEE, CY HUH
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea

9 - ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION IN THE HYPERPLASIA'S TREATMENT : OUR EXPERIENCE.
S.Incandela* - B.Palazzotto
U.O.Ostet.E Ginec. Ospedale Civile Sciacca (AG)

10 - LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY AND BOTH UTERINE ARTERY OCCLUSION
Hyun J Lee*,
Joo Y Ryu Department of Ob/Gy, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea

11 - FEASIBILITY AND LONG TERM EFFICACY OF COLD HYSTEROSCOPIC INTRAMURAL MYOMECTOMY
F.P.G. Leone*, C. Marciante, T. Bignardi and E. Ferrazzi.
Dept Obst/Gyn, DSC L. Sacco, University of Milan, Italy.

12 - VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY USING THE LIGASURE BIPOLAR DIATHERMY: A MININVASIVE TECHNIQUE  FOR HYSTERECTOMY IN CASE OF LARGE UTERINE SIZE.
Mistrangelo E*, Febo G, Ferrero B, Del Piano E, Deltetto F, Camanni M.
All authors: Ginteam - Ospedale Evangelico Valdese - Clinica Cellini Humanitas - Torino - Italy

13 - GnRH ANALOGUE THERAPY BEFORE LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY.
R.Granese*, A. Mirenna
*Dipartimento di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia-P.O. S.S. Salvatore-Paternò (CT).
Dipartimento di Ginecologia, Ostetricia, Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana e Neonatologia -Policlinico Universitario”G.Martino”- Messina

14 - FEASIBILITY OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO DIFFICULT TOTAL HYSTERECTOMIES. OUR EXPERIENCE.
S. Palmieri(*), V. Mauriello, S. Addeo, E. Carfora, G. Delle Donne, R. Feola, G. Vallefuoco, A. Tartaglione.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology- Pineta Grande Clinic- Castel Volturno (CE)- Italy.

15 - SECOND LOOK LAPAROSCOPY AFTER MYOMECTOMY: ANALYSIS OF ALL COSTS.
A.Porcelli*, F. Montella, A. Danieli, D. Surico,E. Zupi. 
Dpt. of Ob/ Gyn, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, University  of "Piemonte Orientale" Novara,  Italy .Dpt of Ob/ Gyn, "S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli,Italy.Dpt of Ob/ Gyn, Torvergata, Rome, Italy.

16 - THE COMPLETELY OUTPATIENT LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY: A SURGICENTER EXPERIENCE.
R B Rosenfield MD Pearl Women's Center Portland

17 - LAPAROSCOPICALLY ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY (LAVH IV°) WITH THE NEW BIPOLAR HIGH-FREQUENCY “OPEN SCISSORS” BY SCARFÌ
Dr. Andrea Scarfì, M.D., Paracelsus Hospital Ruit, Ostfildern ( Germany)

18- TOTAL DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY USING THE NEW ROBOTIC HARMONIC SCALPEL.
Tzitzimikas Stergios^*, Bontis John.
1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

19- ROBOTIC SURGERY IN GYNECOLOGY: EASE OF ADOPTION BY A NON-EXPERT SURGICAL TEAM.
Tzitzimikas Stergios1, Tsalikis Tryphon1 , Papadopoulos Athanasios1, Zepiridis Leonidas1 , Karavida Aikaterini1, Vavilis Dimitrios1, Bekos Athanasios2, Christidou Helena3,  Bontis John1.
1 1st  Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital.
2 2nd Department of Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital.
3 Department of Anaesthiology, NHS, Papageorgiou Hospital.

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

CHAIR

SELECTED PAPERS ON ENDOMETRIOSIS - ONCOLOGY

M. La Greca (Italy) - G. Uncu (Turkey) - C. Bertulessi (italy)

1 - NARROW BAND IMAGING  SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
Stefanos Chandakas MD MBA PhD*
Iaso Maternity Hospital,Athens, Greece and Attikon University Hospital, Dpt of Obgyn, Athens, Greece

2 - PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LAPAROSCOPIC FINDINGS AND PERITONEAL FLUID LEPTIN.
Clarizia R.(1), Alviggi C.(1), Conforti S.(1), Mollo A. (1), Matarese G. (2), Cadente Colucci C.(1), Castaldo G.(1), Borrelli M.(1), Caggiano F.(1), Romano C.(1) and De Placido G.(1)
(1)Dipartimento di Scienze Ostetriche Ginecologiche Urologiche e Medicina della Riproduzione (2)Gruppo di Immuno-Endocrinologia, Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare Università di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy

3 - EXTENSIVE ABDOMINAL LAVAGE IS NECESSARY FOLLOWING BOWEL PERFORATION DURING SURGERY FOR DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS.
Carlo De Cicco * M.D ^°, Andre D’Hoore M.D ∞, and Philippe Robert Koninckx M.D , PhD^°
^ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
∞Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
° Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma Italy.

4 - IATROGENIC URETERAL LESIONS AND REPAIR: A REVIEW FOR GYNAECOLOGISTS.
Carlo De Cicco ^°, M.D.*, Maria Lorena Ret Davalos  ^∞ M.D., Ben Van Cleynenbreugel  ª M.D., Jasper Verguts  ^, M.D., Philippe Robert Koninckx ^° M.D., Ph.D.
^ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and ^bDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
° Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma Italy.
^∞ Nascentis, Instituto de Medicina Reproductiva, Córdoba, Argentina.

5 - BOWEL RESECTION VERSUS DISCOID RESECTION FOR DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS
Carlo De Cicco* MD ª ^, María Lorena Ret Dávalos MD ª °, Andre D’Hoore MD ∞, and Philippe Robert Koninckx MD,
PhD ª ^
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
∞  Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
° Nascentis, Instituto de Medicina Reproductiva, Córdoba, Argentina
^ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

6 - DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED OVARIAN CANCER
P. De Iaco¹*, C.Alboni¹, F. Rosati¹, C. Zamagni², M. Rosati², F. Massari² and D. de Aloysio¹
¹Dept Ob/Gyn, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy
²Dept Oncol, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy

7 - A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS OF A BLADDER PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: A CASE REPORT
E. Delpiano*, L Bonino, E. Mistrangelo, M. Camanni, F. Deltetto All authors: GINTEAM - Ospedale Valdese - Clinica Cellini Humanitas -Torino, Italy

8 - EFFECTS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS ON IVF OUTCOME
M.Fasolino*(1), F.Esposito(1), A.Fasolino(2), A.Macaluso(1), E.Pastore(1)
(1)C.M.R. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Salerno - Italy
(2) Department of Ob/Gyn, San Leonardo Hospital, Salerno – Italy

9- SEVERE ENDOMETRIOSIS AND TAKE-HOME BABY RATE
M.Fasolino(1)*, L.Gianaroli(1), A.P.Ferraretti(1), V.Farfalli(1), C.Magli(1), S.Gords(2)
(1) S.I.S.ME.R. s.r.l., Reproductive Medicine, Bologna ,Italy
(2) L.I.F.E. - Leuven ,Belgium

10 - MIFEPRISTONE FOR INTRACTABLE ENDOMETRIOSIS-ASSOCIATED PELVIC PAIN: A PILOT
F.M. Howard, Dept Ob/Gyn, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY USA
Studv Obiectives: To explore whether mifepristond, 25 mg daily for 3 months, may be an effective, safe, and acceptable treatment of endometriosis-asociated pelvic pain

11 - CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF STAGE IA ENDOMETRIAL CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY.
Laurelli G., Forleo F., Scala F., Di Stefano M, and Greggi S.
Gynecologic Oncology Dept., Istituto Naz. Tumori di Napoli Fondazione "G.Pascale" (INT), Naples, Italy

12 - LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RECTOSIGMOID RESECTION IN MANAGEMENT OF INTESTINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS.
R. Seracchioli, M. Mabrouk*, L. Manuzzi, L. Savelli, G. Mignemii, G. Montanari, E. Fabbri, S. Venturoli.
Center of Reconstructive Pelvic Endo-surgery. Reproductive Medicine Unit, S.Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.

13 - THE INFLUENCE OF ADENOMYOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS SUBMITTED TO LAPAROSCOPIC EXCISION.
S.Landi*, L.Mereu, C.Dorizzi, F.Barbieri, A.Fiaccavento, L.Romano,L. Minelli

14 - CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA OR  ATYPICAL ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA IN YOUNG WOMEN.
M.Peiretti, D.Franchi, S.Boveri, L.Bocciolone,V.Zanagnolo,C. Casadio,N.Colombo, M.Sideri
Division of Gynecology European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy

15 - SARCOMA STROMALE DELL'ENDOMETRIO DI BASSO GRADO LA CUI DIAGNOSI DI CERTEZZA SI È OTTENUTA CON AB MONOCLONALI ANTI CD10.
Pino L., Recce R., Rappa C.
Divisione di ginecologia ed ostetricia U.O.C. Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Sacro Cuore di Gesù Benevento

16 - YOLK SALK TUMOR SU LEIOMIOMA OVARICO CON DIAGNOSI OTTENUTA MEDIANTE ISTOCHIMICA (ALFA-FP): CASE REPORT E MANAGEMENT CLINICO CHIRURGICO.
Recce R., Rappa C.
Divisione di ginecologia ed ostetricia U.O.C. Ospedale Fatebenefratelli Sacro Cuore di Gesù Benevento

17 - ANGIOGENIC FACTORS AND METALLOPROTEINASE IN EUTOPIC AND ETEROTOPIC ENDOMETRIOSIC ENDOMETRIUM .
G.A. Tommaselli*, P. Giampaolino, G. Grasso,
M. Bonifacio, G. Guerra, C. Di Carlo, M. Pellicano, C. Nappi.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction - University of  Naples "Federico II", Italy

18 -LAPAROSCOPY IN GYNECOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: A REPRODUCIBLE METHOD.
Tzitzimikas Stergios^{*1, 2}, Papadopoulos Athanasios^{1, 2}, Vavilis Dimitrios¹, Papanikolaou Alexis¹, Karavida Aikaterini¹, Tsalikis Tryphon¹, Agorastos Theodoros¹, Bontis John¹. ¹1^st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital. ²‘’Saint Lucas’’ General Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, GREECE.

19 - LAPAROSCOPIC BOARDING of the CARCINOMA OF ENDOMETRIO, ROAD And REALITY IN EFFICACY And EFFICIENCY. OUR BAGGAGE IN THE PERIOD 2001-2006.
J.S. Jiménez, J.L. Muñoz,   A. Tejerizo, C. Guillen, C. González M., G. Lopez. Dep. Ob/Gyn, Hosp. 12 Octubre. Madrid. Spain.

20 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTRAPELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS
D.Pallante*, A Ferro, P. Cerenzia, A. Di Felice, P.L. Benedetti Panici and M.G. Porpora Department of Gynecological Sciences, Perinatology and Child Health,University of Rome "La Sapienza".

21 - LAPAROSCOPIC EXCISION OF ENDOMETRIOTIC OVARIAN CYSTS: EFFECT ON IVF CYCLES
A. Vereczkey
Nyiro Gyula Hospital, Department of Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Techniques, Endoscopic Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

22 - THE USE OF NOVEL MATRIX HEMOSTATIC SEALANT (FLOSEAL) IN GYNAECOLOGY AND GYNAECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy. La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Roberto Angioli, Muzii Ludovico, Zullo Marzio Angelo, Battista Cleonice, Terranova Corrado, Patrizio Damiani , Roberto Montera, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici.

09.30 am - 10.30 am

CHAIR

ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION: FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND GENERATION TECHNIQUES

E. Zupi (Italy)

I GENERATION
J. Hamou (France)
VS
II GENERATION
A. Perino (Italy)

10.30 am - 11.30 am

CHAIR

LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY

C. Bulletti (Italy)

LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY
R. Seracchioli (Italy)
VS
MINI LAPAROTOMIC MYOMECTOMY
F. Maneschi (Italy)

11.30 am - 12.30 pm

CHAIR

HYSTEROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY:
IMPROVEMENT OF THE TECHNIQUE

G. De Placido (Italy)

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR RESECTOSCOPY:
A NECESSITY OR A GIMMICK?
E. Cicinelli (Italy)
VS
HYSTEROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY: SHORT - AND LONG - TERM OUTCOMES
K.B. Isaacson (USA)

12.30 pm - 01.00 pm

LECTURE:

PELVIC PAIN AND AUB T. Gargiulo (Italy)

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm

CHAIR

SYMPOSIUM:
GnRH ANALOGUES AND DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS: STATE OF THE ART With an educational grant from Takeda Italia

C. Levinson (USA)
J. Dequesne (France)

1 - CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND ENDOMETRIOSIS
F. Howard (USA)

2 - ROLE OG GnRH ANALOGUES IN PELVIC PAIN PATIENTS
M. Busacca (Italy)

3 - DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS: SURGICAL APPROACH
M. Candiani (Italy)

4 - MEDICAL ALTERNATIVES TO GnRH IN TREATING ENDOMETRIOSIS
A.A. Luciano (USA)

5 - PELVIC ENERVATION IN CPP PATIENT
F. Zullo (Italy)

6 - MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPROACH IN ENDOMETRIOSIS AND PAIN
A. Wattieza (France)

Questions & answers

Final consensus

04.30 pm - 07.00 pm

CHAIR

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS ON
DIAGNOSIS: ULTRASOUD & HYSTEROSCOPY

C. Exacoustos (Italy), S. Bettocchi (Italy), J. Hamou (France)

1 - SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ADNEXAL MASSES.
C. Battista, R. Angioli, E. Marullo, L. Muzii, M.A. Zullo, C. Terranova, A. Ruggiero, E. Cafà, M.I. Sereni and P. Benedetti Panici.
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy. La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

2 - INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND IN GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS.
C. Battista*, R. Angioli, M.I. Sereni, E. Cafà, B. Sadun, E. Marullo, L. Muzii, C. Terranova, M.A. Zullo and P. Benedetti Panici.
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy; La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

3 - THE ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN UTERINE FIBROID DIAGNOSIS.
C. Battista*, R. Angioli, M.I. Sereni, E. Cafà, B. Sadun, E. Marullo, L. Muzii, C. Terranova, M.A. Zullo and P. Benedetti Panici
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy; La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

4 - BIPOLAR ENERGY IN HYSTEROSCOPIC SURGERY: A SERIES OF 35 PATIENTS
Stefanos Chandakas MD MBA PhD*, Professor Emanuel Salamalekis and Professor John Erian
Iaso Maternity Hospital and Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

5 - HYSTEROSCOPIC RESECTION OF SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS.
M Vignali, I Chiodo*, , M Rizzo, M Busacca
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

6 - LAPAROSCOPIC FINDINGS AND DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS MAPPING WITH
“WATER FILLED BALLOON” SONOVAGINOGRAPHY NEW TECHNIQUE
F. De Cicco^a, P. Carfagna^a, C. De Cicco* ^a,b, A. Caruso^a,
A. Ussia, P.R. Koninckx^a,b
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome.
^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

7 - ROLE OF HYSTEROSCOPY FOR EVALUATING CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN
Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo*, Maurizio Guida*, Stefano Bettocchi§, Luigi Nappi°, Filomena Sorrentino*, Sassone Claudia*, Loredana M. Sosa Fernandez*, Carmine Nappi*
*Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University  of Naples "Federico II", Italy
§ Department of General and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
°Department of Surgical Sciences, Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Foggia, Italy.

8 - OFFICE VAGINOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF AN ISOLATED LONGITUDINAL VAGINAL SEPTUM: A CASE REPORT
Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo1, Stefano Bettocchi2, Silvia Bramante1, Maurizio Guida1, Loredana M. Sosa Fernandez1, Claudia Sassone1, Giuseppe Bifulco1 and Carmine Nappi1
1Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
2Department of General and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

9 - OUTPATIENT HYSTEROSCOPY EMPTYING OF A SUBMUCOSAL UTERINE CYSTIC LESION
Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo1, Maurizio Guida1, Giuseppe Bifulco1, Sergio Frangini1, Manuela Festa1, Loredana M. Sosa Fernandez1, Maddalena Borriello1 and Carmine Nappi1
1Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

10 - THERMAL BALLOON VERSUS HYSTEROSCOPIC RESECTION FOR ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION IN TREATING DUB.
E. Darwish, A. Kholeif, I. EL-Makhzangy, S. El-Tawab*
Dept Ob/Gyn, University of Alexandria, Egypt.

11 - INTRAUTERINE ULTRASOUND FOR DIAGNOSIS OF UTERINE FIBROIDS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Dr. Malcolm Munro - first author
MG MUNRO, JG GARZA, J GROSSMAN*
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Gynesonics, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA.

12 - Endometrial Ablation with NovaSure^TM GEA: our experience.
Maurizio Guida, Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, Dionisia Canzaniello, Claudia Sassone, Stefania Sparice, Carmela Coppola, Maria M. Carbone and Carmine Nappi
Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

13 - USE OF OFFICE HYSTEROSCOPY TO EMPTY A HUGE IN HEMATOMETRA IN A YOUNG VIRGIN PATIENT WITH MOSAIC TURNER’S SYNDROME.
°Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, °Costantino Di Carlo, °Stefania Sparice, °Dionisia Canzaniello, °Carmela Coppola, *Giovanna Montesano, °Maurizio Guida and °Carmine Nappi
°Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
*Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

14 - VAGINOSCOPIC VERSUS TRADITIONAL OFFICE HYSTEROSCOPY
Maurizio Guida, Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, Filomena Sorrentino, Stefania Sparice, Silvia Bramante, Dionisia Canzaniello, Carmela Coppola, Manuela Festa and Carmine Nappi.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

15 - VAGINAL FIBROEPITHELIAL POLYP AS CAUSE OF POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING
Maurizio Guida1, Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo1, Chiara Mignogna2, Loredana M. Sosa Fernandez1, Filomena Sorrentino1, Carmela Coppola1, Stefania Sparice1, Carmine Nappi1 and Stefano Bettocchi3
1Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
2Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, Section of Pathology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
3Department of General and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

16 - HYSTEROSCOPIC RESECTION OF SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS
Olav Istre* and Marit Lieng

17 - TRANSVAGINAL HYDROLAPAROSCOPY: A NEW DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR PELVIC EVALUATION. OUR EXPERIENCE.
A. Allegra, A. Marino, P. Scaglione and G. Rizza Reproductive Medicine Unit, ANDROS Day Surgery, Palermo, Italy

18 - ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING: A REVIEW OF PATIENT-BASED OUTCOME MEASURES
KRISTEN A. MATTESON*(a), MELISSA A. CLARK (b), LORI A. BOARDMAN (a), MALCOLM G. MUNRO (c)
INSTITUTIONS: (a)Women and Infants Hospital, Providence Rhode Island, USA, (b)Brown University Department of Community Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and (c) The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

19 - THE ROLE OF HYSTEROSCOPY IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
R.Pulcinella**, L.Giannone*, S.Nofri*, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy

20 - THE ROLE OF HYSTEROSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, AMENORREA, INFERTILITY BECAUSE OF CHORIONPLACENTAL RESIDUES, HEMATOMETRIA AND ASHERMAN SYNDROME
R.Pulcinella**, L.Giannone*, S.Nofri*, Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo (Italy)

21 - HISTEROSCOPY IN WOMEN TREATED WITH TAMOXIFEN FOR BREAST CANCER.
C. Saia*, E. Leotta, F.Cannone, V. Garozzo.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Hospital Vittorio Emanuele, University of Catania, Italy.

22 - NEW APPLICATIONS FOR DIAGNOSTIC HISTEROSCOPY : FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH ENDOMETRIAL CANCER ( MANAGE CONSERVATIVE - DIAGNOSTIC OF LOCAL RECURRENCE).
 J.S. Jiménez, J.L. Muñoz,   A. Tejerizo, C. Pérez, Mª L. Aznarez, C. Alvarez. Dep. Ob/Gyn, Hosp. 12 Octubre. Madrid. Spain.

23 - A SAFE, CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF SELECTED CASES OF ATYPICAL ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA
LUCIANO CIANFERONI and MARIO FRANCHINI
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy

24 - ROLE OF TVUS AND HYSTEROSCOPY IN DETECTING ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
LUCIANO CIANFERONI* and MARIO FRANCHINI
S.M. Annunziata Hospital,
Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Florence, Italy

25 - ACCURACY OF HYSTEROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS IN PREDICTING HISTOPATHOLOGY OF ENDOMETRIUM.
Cozzarella Marilena, Ferrero Barbara, Rolfo Alessandro*, Camanni Marco and Deltetto Francesco
Ginteam - Ospedale Valdese - Clinica Cellini Humanitas , Torino, Italy

09.30 am - 11.00 am

ROUND TABLE ON: MININVASIVASIVE ENDOSCOPY

1 - NEW FRONTIERS OF OFFICE OPERATIVE HYSTEROSCOPY
A. Di Spiezio Sardo

2 - DIAGNOSTIC AND OPERATIVE FERTILOSCOPY
B. M. Pellicano

3 - Reliability of tubal occlusion at salpingocromoscopy
R. Recce, C. Rappa

4 - Investigation of infertile couples: is appropriate to perform diagnostic hysteroscopy?
MC. Fasolino, M. Gianaroli, AP Ferraretti

11.00 am - 01.00 pm

CHAIR

VIDEO SESSION: RARE CASES AND COMPLICATIONS IN
MININVASIVE GYNENDOSCOPY

V. Remorgida (Italy) - I. Ardovino (italy) 

A relaxed opportunity to report either orally or by videos the
“strange case” or “complications” that everybody faces, sooner or later,
during his/her every day practice


1 - A RARE CASE OF ENDOMETRIOMA AND METASTASES OF STRUMA
OVARII.
Sebastiano Campo*, Vincenzo Campo
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.

2 - LEIOMYOMATOSIS PERITONEALIS DISSEMINATA: A CASE REPORT
G. FLORIO *, O. SIZZI, , A. LODDO, R. SPAGNUOLO, A. ROSSETTI
Gynecological laparoscopic surgery Unit Villa Valeria Hospital, Rome

3 - TRATTAMENTO LAPAROSCOPICO PER ADDOME ACUTO PER CISTI OVARICA TORTO
IN GRAVIDA ALLA 34A SETTIMANA.
LA GROTTA F.*, DE MARCO A.
Istituzione: Ospedale Regionale "SS.Annunziata" di Taranto - S.C. di Ginecologia e Ostetricia

4 - MINI-HYSTEROSCOPY VERSUS TRADITIONAL HYSTEROSCOPY IN INFERTILITY INVESTIGATION
Castaldo G., Mollo A., Cadente Colucci C., Conforti S., Romano C., Fiore E., Caggiano F., Clarizia R., De Placido G. 


5 - NEW LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE OF TENSION FREE MESH VAGINAL VAULT SUSPENSION.
G. La Rosa, S. Sebastiani, A. Chiari*
U.O. Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Ospedale di Arzignano (VI), Italy

6 - BLADDER ENDOMETRIOSIS: OUR EXPERIENCE ON 8 CASES
G. Cucinella*, T. Doveri, R. Granese

7 - LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY : OUR EXPERIENCE ON 300 CASES
G. Cucinella*- T. Doveri-R.Granese

8 - RESIDUAL OVARIAN SYNDROME: THE TECHNIQUE FOR THE LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH
Gol M*;
Gazi Hospital; Dept. Obs Gyn, Turkey 

9 - DIAGNOSI ISTEROSCOPICA E TRATTAMENTO LAPAROSCOPICO DI UNA RARA COMPLICANZA IATROGENA IN PUERPERIO
C.CRESCINI,D.SPAZZINI*,M.BRUNI,S.RAMPELLO,L.FRIGERIO U.O. di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

10 - EXPERIENCE ON 750 CONSECUTIVE TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC
HYSTERECTOMY WITH HARMONIC SCALPEL
G. La rosa, A. Chiari* U.O. Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Ospedale di Arzignano (VI), Italy

11 - LAPAROSCOPIC SACROCOLPOPEXY: OUR EXPERIENCE ON 165 CASES-G.
Cucinella*- R.Granese
Dipartimento di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia, Policlinico Universitario “Paolo Giaccone”-Palermo -Italia
¹D.A.I. di Ginecologia, Ostetricia, Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana e Neonatologia -Policlinico Universitario”G.Martino” – Messina- Italia

12 - LAPAROSCOPIC NERVE-SPARING RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY IN CERVICAL CANCER: PRECISE DISSECTION OF THE VESICO-UTERINE LIGAMENT
Dae-Yeon Kim*, Joo-Hyun Nam, Dai-Sik Suh Jong-Hyeok Kim, Yong-Man Kim, Young-Tak Kim.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center,Seoul, Korea

13 - RETROPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY WITH LIGASURETM.
Gol M*; Kızılyar A; Eminoglu M Gazi Hospital; Dept. Obs Gyn, Turkey

14 - LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION AND ANASTOMOSIS OF OBSTRUCTED URETER SECONDARY TO ENDOMETRIOSIS
A. Loddo*, G.B. Melis, O. Sizzi**, G. Florio**, R. Spagnuolo**, A. Rossetti**
division of gynecology, obstetrics and pathophysiology of human reproduction, department of surgery, maternal-fetal medicine and imaging, university of cagliari, cagliari, italy
**gynecological laparoscopic surgery unit villa valeria hospital, rome

15 - RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS AND CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN:
OUR EXPERIENCE ON 20 CASES
G. Cucinella*, T. Doveri, R. Granese

16 - OSTIAL FALLOPIAN TUBAL POLYPS AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE: A CASE REPORT
M.Pignata*, T.Volpicelli, N. Ferrara.
Department Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Villalba Clinic, Naples, Italy

17 - AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR RETRIEVING MULTIPLE MYOMATA
Yuan-Yung Wang*, M.D. , An-Jen   Chiang, M.D. & Master of Health care
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Veteran General Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

SURGICAL TUTORIALS

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm

CHAIR

A. Fasolino (Italy)
J. Sciarra (USA)

ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION: FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION OF ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION, INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, RESULTS, PROS AND CONS

J. Hamou (France)
F. Loffer (USA)
B. van Herendael (Belgium)
M. Guida (Italy)

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

CHAIR

J. Dequesne (Switzerland)
G. Vittori (Italy)

MYOMECTOMY: TRADITIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY AND ITS MINIMALLY INVASIVE ALTERNATIVES

A. Damiani (Italy)
L. Bradley (USA)
A. Rossetti (Italy)
S. Landi (Italy)

09.00 am - 11.00 am

CHAIR

FIBROIDS

A. Brill (USA)
C. Nappi (Italy)
G. Uncu (Turkey)

1 - UTERINE FIBROIDS AND UTERINE LEIOMYOMATOSIS: TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES
J.B. Dubuisson (France)

2 - IS THERE STILL A ROLE FOR MEDICAL THERAPY OF UTERINE FIBROIDS?
G.B. Melis (Italy)

3 - BIPOLAR RESECTOSCOPY: ADVANTAGES AND LIMITS
L. Mencaglia (Italy)

4 - MYOMECTOMY: NEW AND OLD SURGICAL APPROACHES
C. Miller (USA)

5 - NEW CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES TO MYOMECTOMY INCLUDING ISOBARIC LAPAROSCOPY
L. Melgrati (Italy)

11.30 am - 01.00 pm

CHAIR

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

M. Moscarini (Italy)
E. Vizza (Italy)

1 - DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER DETECTION IN PRE- AND POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN: NEW INSIGHTS
L. Alio (Italy) - G. Gonzales (Italy)

2 - HAS THE LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH REPLACED THE LAPAROTOMIC ONE FOR TREATING ENDOMETRIAL CANCER?
E. Solima (Italy)

3 - LAPAROSCOPY VERSUS LAPAROTOMY: SAFETY DATA
J. Magrina (USA)

4 - PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
F. Zullo (Italy)

5 - LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER: HOW, WHEN AND WHY?
P. Benedetti Panici (Italy)

01.00 pm - 02.30 pm

LUNCH

SURGICAL TUTORIALS

CHAIR

N. Colacurci (Italy)
A. Mattei (Italy)

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm

HYSTERECTOMY: TOTAL AND SUPRACERVICAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY VS VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY

A. Brill (USA)
G.F. Scarselli (Italy)
T. Lyons (USA)
L. Mettler (Germany)
H. Clavè (France)
S. Chandakas (Greece)

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

SEGi GENERAL ASSEMBLY

06.30 pm - 07.30 pm

PRIZE AWARDING SESSION

AWARDS ARE KINDLY SUPPORTED BY A GRANT OF

09.30 am - 10.30 am

CHAIR

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

A. Chiantera (Italy)

LYMPHADENECTOMY WHEN AND HOW SHOULD BE PERFORMED
M. Rosati (Italy)
VS
RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY
C. Nezhat (USA)

10.30 am - 11.30 am

CHAIR

VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY: DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR DIFFERENT CHALLENGES

M. Kopjar (Croatia)

THE VAGINAL APPROACH IS STILL THE LESS INVASIVE?
M. Stark (Germany)
VS
WHEN LAPAROSCOPY IS BETTER!
L. Minelli (Italy)

11.30 am - 12.30 pm

CHAIR

SAFE ENTRY TO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY

S. Campo (Italy)

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TO GAIN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
A. Rossetti (Italy)
VS
THE CHOICE OF THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE
L. Marchino (Italy)

SURGICAL TUTORIALS

CHAIR

W. Costantini (Italy)
Mario Vignali (Italy)

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

SAFE ENTRY HOW TO AVOID WORST INJURIES: OPEN VS BLIND INSERTION

A.A. Luciano (USA)
C. Crescini (Italy)
S. Schettini (Italy)
R. Garry (U.K.)

09.00 am - 11.30 am

1st MEETING OF THE ITALIAN CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY OF LAPARO - ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS (SLS)

09.00 am - 09.30 am

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Paul Alan Wettwr, MD, Miami USA - Secretary of SLS
Rosario Vecchio, MD, Catania Italy - President Italian Chapter of SLS

09.30 am - 10.30 am

CHAIR

Moderators

CLINICAL SESSION
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR PELVIC ORGAN DISEASES

P.A. Wetter (USA)

T. Gargiulo (Italy)
R. Vecchio (Italy)

1 - TECHNIQUES FOR DIFFICULT LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMIES
O. Sizzi (italy)

2 - LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR LOW - RECTAL DISEASES
R. Vecchio (Italy)

3 - LAPAROSCOPIC SIGMOID - RECTUM RESECTION FOR BENIGN DISEASES
M. Civello (italy)

4 - LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY WITH EXTRAPERITONEAL APPROACH
M. Falsaperla (italy)

DISCUSSION

10.30 am - 11.30 am

LECTURE:

LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS OF BOWEL, BLADDER, URETER AND DIAPHRAGM.
C. Nezhat

MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF ITALIAN CHAPTER OF SLS

11.30 am - 12.30 pm

ROUND TABLE ON:
Robotics and Gynecologic Endoscopy

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm

WORKSHOP:
Hands on positioning of needles on the needle holder:
The difficulties in laparoscopy.
Importance and role of the left hand

04.30 pm - 06.30 pm

CHAIR:

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS

P. Quartararo (Italt) - G. Sorrenti (italy)

1 - LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY OF ADNEXAL MASSES IN PREGNANCY.
C.Alboni*, F. Rosati, D. de Aloysio and P. De Iaco
Dept Ob/Gyn, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy

2 - ALEXITHYMIA AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MINIMALLY GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY.
C. Battista, R. Angioli, E. Cafà, M.I. Sereni, E. Marullo, L. Muzii, M.A. Zullo, C. Terranova, R. Bruni and P. Benedetti Panici.
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy. La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

3 - IS A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED SURGICAL TRIAL AN OXYMORON?
K. Boyle†, FR Batzer†*
†Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Ob/Gyn, Philadelphia PA
*Women’s Institute, Philadelphia PA

4 - EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF PERORAL TRANSGASTRIC SURGERY: THE NEXT APPROACH?
Stefanos Chandakas* and Chris Feretis
Iaso Maternity Hospital and Atikon University Hospital,Athens, Greece

5 - ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMBRYO TRANSFER FROM THAWED OOCYTES
M.Fasolino*, F.Esposito, A.Fasolino, A.Macaluso, E.Pastore
 C.M.R. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Salerno , Italy

6 - FROM LAPAROTOMY TO LAPAROSCOPY IN SIX MONTHS: EXPERIENCE FROM A SMALL ITALIAN HOSPITAL
G. La Rosa^*, F. Mariuzzo, A. Forti
U.O.C. Ginecologia ed Ostetricia, Ospedale Arzignano, Vicenza

7 - APPENDECTOMY FOR THE GYNECOLOGIST
Lothar Popp, M.D., Otakar Svoboda, M.D., Klinik Dr. Guth Hamburg, Germany

8 - THE NEW BIPOLAR HIGH-FREQUENCY "OPEN SCISSORS" BY SCARFÌ
Dr. Andrea Scarfì, M.D., Paracelsus Hospital Ruit, Ostfildern ( Germany)

9 - TORSIONE ANNESSIALE E  TERAPIA CONSERVATIVA
D.Spazzini*,C.Crescini,M.Cheli**,C.Terzi**,M.Bruni, L.Frigerio
U.O. di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo
**U.O. di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

10 - CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IN OUR HOSPITAL.
H. MATSUMI*, H. OHNUKI, M. NAKABAYASHI, Y. TAKEMURA, M. HORIYA, Y. SADOJIMA, T. MURATA and O. NISHI
Dept Ob/Gyn, University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan

11 - PREVIOUS OVARIAN SURGERY FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS: OUTCOME EFFECTS IN ART
F. Rizzello*, F Cammilli, E Castellacci, C. Riviello, M.E. Coccia
Department of Gynaecology Perinatology and Human Reproduction, University of Florence. V.le Morgagni 85, Florence, Italy

12 - SURGERY AND ART AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR A SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT IN ENDOMETRIOSIS ASSOCIATED INFERTILITY
M.E. Coccia*, F.Rizzello, F.Cammilli, G.Scarselli
Department of Gynaecology, Perinatology and Human Reproduction, University of Florence

13 - CERVIX DISPLASIA AND CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS IN PAP SMEAR REPORTS IN ARDEBIL
Afrouz Mardi
Ardebil university of medical sciences-Ardebil -Iran

14 - PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR CERVICAL CARCINOMA: EXTRAPERITONEAL, TRANSPERITONEAL OR LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH? A RANDOMIZED STUDY
F.Plotti*, R. Angioli, M. Sansone, N. Manici, I. Plaia, G. Perniola, F. Bellati, S. Basile, M. Calcagno, L. Muzii, P. Benedetti Panici
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 

15 - Laparoscopic Myomectomy Learning curve: Safety and fesibility
R. Angioli, L. Muzii, M.A.Zullo, C. Battista, C. Terranova, F. Plotti, F. Bellati, P. Damiani, R. Montera and P. Benedetti Panici
Dept Ob/Gyn, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy.
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 

16 - Laparoscopic Conservative restaging in early ovarian tumours: A case-control Study
I. Palaia*, R. Angioli, M. Calcagno, F. Bellati, F. Plotti, C. Arrivi, M. Pastore, M. Sansone, L. Muzii, P. Benedetti Panici.
Dept Ob/Gyn University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy; Dept Ob/Gyn, University of Rome Campus Bio-Medico , Italy.

SATELLITE MEETING
PMA AND GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY

CHAIR

M. Petronio (Italy)
A. Allegra (Italy)

09.30 am

FALLOPIAN TUBES AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
E. Cittadini (Italy)
Hydrosalpinx

09.50 am

STIMULATION PROTOCOLS: CRITICAL ASPECTS
G. De Placido (Italy)
Poor responders
Hyperstimulation (laparoscopy)

10.10 am

GNRH ANALOGUES-AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS
F. Zullo (Italy)

10.30 am

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS BEFORE IVF
M. Busacca (Italy)

Questions and answers

CHAIR

E. Cittadini (Italy)
M. Gulizzi (Italy)

11.30 am

CERVICAL FACTOR
A. Perino (Italy)

11.50 am

THE UTERINE FACTOR (LAPAROSCOPY) 
G. Sorrenti  (Italy)

12.10 pm

THE PELVIC FACTOR (LAPAROSCOPY)
A. A. Luciano (USA)

12.30 pm

EMBRYO TRANSFER AND IMPLANTATION
A. Allegra (Italy)

Questions and answers

CHAIR

U. Polizzotti (Italy)
A. Perino (Italy)

02.30 pm

IMMUNOLOGIC AND HEMATOLOGIC EVALUATION BEFORE IVF
M. Gulizzi (Italy)

02.50 pm

OOCYTE PICK-UP
G. Ferrara (Italy)

03.10 pm

MORPHOLOGICAL EVALUATION IN THE IVF LABORATORY
G. Cassarà (Italy)

03.40 pm

MALE INFERTILITY EVALUATION
F. Gattuccio (Italy)

04.00 pm

Questions and answers

09.30 am - 04.30 pm

SURGEONS:

LIVE SURGERY

- G. Barracco (Italy)
- L. Carlino (Italy)
- H. Clavé (France)
- A. Damiani (Italy)
- G. Gonzales (Italy)
- M. Gulizzi (Italy)
- A. Lo Presti (Italy)
- M. Malzoni (Italy)
- A. Maiorana (Italy)
- L. Melgrati (Italy)
- L. Minelli (Italy)
- G. Parisi (Italy)
- L. Pellegrino (Italy)
- U. Polizzotti (Italy)
- M. Rosati (Italy)
- R. Seracchioli (Italy)
- E. Solima (Italy)
- A. Wattiez (France)
- F. Zullo (Italy)

04.30 pm

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