ENTRANCE & EXHIBITION HALL
08:00 – 08:30: Registration, exhibition and poster viewing.
ROOM A:EUROPE
10:30 – 12:15: Hysteroscopy Basics
Chairs
Dr. Jennifer Rovira Pamplona
Vitamedic Urgell, Vilagrassa, Lleida, Spain.
Prof. Frank Loffer
Medical Director, AAGL, California, USA.
Vaginoscopic approach
Prof. Stefano Bettocchi
Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
How to set up a hysteroscopic unit
Dr. Antonio Simone Laganà
Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, Italy.
“In office” hysteroscopy
Dr. Alicia Ubeda Hernández
Chief of Gynaecological Service, Gynaecological, Obstetrics and Reproduction Department, Hospital Universitari Quirón Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.
10:30 – 12:15: Uterine malformations
Chairs
Dr. Marco Gergolet
Reproductive surgery, Gynecology, Casa di Cura ´Sanatorio Triestino´, Trieste, Italy.
Prof. Jesús Jiménez
Section Chief of Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
What is new about the classification?
Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis
1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Hospital Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.
Uterine septum
Prof. Dr. Osama Shawki
Professor, Cairo University, El Cairo, Egypt.
Unicornuate uterus: is there a place for the hysteroscopic management
Prof. Sunita Tandulwadkar
Chief, Ruby Hall IVF & Endoscopy Department, Pune, India.
Role of the 3D in the evaluation of the uterine anomalies
Dr. Betlem Graupera
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Hospital Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.
ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST
10:30 – 12:15: Hysteroscopy and Menopause
Chairs
Prof. Andreas Thurkow
Ob/Gyn Consultant, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dr. Rafael Sanchez Borrego
President of the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM), Madrid, Spain.
Postmentrual bleeding and hysteroscopy: Overview
Prof. Tirso Perez Medina
Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Pain control in hysteroscopy in postmenopausal women
Dr. Maite López-Yarto
Gynecologist, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
How thick is too thick? Endometrial cut-off in postmenopausal patient
Dr. Lotte Clevin
Ob/Gyn, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hysteroscopy or curettage?
Prof. Thomas Justin Clark
Consultant O&G, Honorary Reader, Women’s Hospital & University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC
10:30 – 12:15: Improving pregnancy Rates
Chairs
Dr. Rita Vassena
Scientific Director, EUGIN Group, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Jaime Ferro
Director of Surgery. IVI, Valencia, Spain.
Hysteroscopic embryo Transfer
Dr. Michael Kamrava
WCIVF Clinic, Inc., Beverley Hills, California.
Hysteroscopy in patients with repeated implantation failure
Dr. Alka Kumar
Women & Health Centre, Jaipur, India.
Outpatient hysteroscopy in Recurrent pregnancy loss
Dr. Roberto Liguori
Hysteroscopic Surgical Center for Medically Assisted Fertilization Momo’ Fertilife, Bisceglie, Bari, Italy.
Dysmorphic uterus and pregnancy outcomes
Dr. Attilio di Spiezio Sardo
University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
ROOM A: EUROPE
12:45 – 13:45: SYMPOSIUM COMEG Medical Technologies
Dr. Nicolas Castaing
Hospital 4 Villes in Saint Cloud, France
Hysteroscopy before in-vitro fertilisation (inSIGH)
Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis
1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Hysteroscopy in improving reproductive outcomes of infertile couple
Dr. Maria Luigia Spinelli
Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Uterine Causes of infertility. What’s new?
Dr. Xavier Santamaría
Director of Asherman Project Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVI / IGENOMIX, Spain.
Refractary Endometrium and Hysteroscopy
Dr. Jaime Ferro
Director of Surgery. IVI, Valencia, Spain.
ROOM A: EUROPE
15:45- 17:15: Pros and cons
Chairs
Prof. Stefano Bettocchi
Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Uterine septum: always correct?
Dr. Marco Gergolet
Casa di Cura “Sanatorio Triestino”, Trieste, Italy.
Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis
1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Intrauterine pressure during hysteroscopy
Dr. Ichnandy Arief Rachman
IGES Training Center, The Presidential Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Dr. Vasilis Tanos
Professor, ObGyn, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
ROOM B: AMERICA
15:45- 17:15: Oncology
Chairs
Dr. Rodrigo Alfonso Arias Alvarez
Treasurer of the FLASOG Executive Committee, Venezuela.
Dr. Gemma Mancebo Moreno
Specialist in Oncological Gynecology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Endometrial Hyperplasia and Focal Endometrial Cancer
Prof. Luca Mencaglia
Head of Department PMA, S. Margherita Hospital, Fratta di Cortona, Italy.
Hysteroscopy classification for endometrial cancer
Prof. Su Hsuan Taiwan
Division of Gynecologic Endoscopy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
Early Detection of Endometrial Cancer and Premalignant Lesions in High Risk Group
Dr. Jorge Dotto
Professor Gynecology, Buenos Aires University. Medical Director SAMDHI Argentine Medical Society of Hysteroscopy ISGE Board International Society of Endoscopy – Representing South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Is there retrograde seeding of malignant cells?
Prof. Hua Duan
Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST
15:45- 17:15: Hysteroscopy and Drugs
Chairs
Dr. Ignacio Cristobal Garcia
Head of Service, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Sanitas La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain.
Dr. Marco Aurelio Oliveira
Department of Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro. Division of Endoscopic Surgery and Endometriosis, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tamoxifen: an update
Prof. Jesús Jimenez
Section Chief of Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
How the ulipristal acetat afects the hysteroscopic myomectomy?
Dr. Giuseppe Bigatti
UO di Ostreticia e Ginecologia, Azienda Sanitaria Dell´Alto Adige, Comprensorio Sanitario di Bolzano, Italy.
Endometrial presurgical preparation
Prof. Raffaele Tinelli
Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Perrino, Brindisi, Italy.
How to overcome a resistant cervix for hysteroscopy
Dr. Alessandro Favilli
PhD Program in Translational Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, University Perugia, Italy.
ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC
15:45- 17:15: Hysteroscopy and Contraception
Chairs
Prof. Luigi Nappi
University of Foggia, Italy.
Dr. Tony Carugno
University of Miami. MIS Unit. Miami, USA.
Hysteroscopy and contraception: an overview
Prof. Andreas Thurkow
Ob/Gyn Consultant, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Side effects review. Is really there a problem?
Dr. Pierre Panel
Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Centre Hospitalier, Versailles, Paris, France.
Managing difficult insertion and removal
Dr. Sebastiaan Veersema
University Medical Centre of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Essure and IVF
Prof. Hervé Fernandez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
ROOM B-D
17:45 – 18:45: Free & video communications.
Room A:
08:00 – 08:30:
ROOM A: EUROPE
ROOM B: AMERICA
ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST
ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC
Is the distance between myoma and serosa a limiting factor?
Dr. Paolo Casadio
Department of Gynecology and Physiopathology of Reproduction, Sant´Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Physiology and Importance of the myoma´s Pseudocapsule
Prof. Andrea Tinelli
Division of Experimental Endoscopic Surgery, Imaging, Technology and Minimally Invasive Therapy at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Piazza Muratore, Lecce, Italy.
Laboratory of Human Physiology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia.
Hysteroscopy Myomectomy: respecting the pseudocapsule
Prof. Ivan Mazzon
Centro Arbor Vitae, Rome, Italy.
Hysteroscopic Myomectomy: Don´t let your resectoscope become obsolete
Dr. Linda D. Bradley
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
ROOM A: EUROPE
10:30 – 12:15: Cesarean scar defect
Chairs
Dr. Jorge Dotto
Professor Gynecology, Buenos Aires University. Medical Director SAMDHI Argentine Medical Society of Hysteroscopy ISGE Board International Society of Endoscopy – Representing South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Prof. Nash Moawad
Why some women develop CSD?
Prof. Hans Brölmann
VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Surgical management of cesarean scar defect
Prof. Mario Franchini
Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Tuscany, Italy.
Hysteroscopic treatment of the cesarean-induced isthmocele in restoring infertility.
Dr. Giampietro Gubbini
Madre Fortunata Toniolo Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Uterine morbidity: cesarean section scar complications
Dr. Ospan Mynbaev
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia.
Room B: AMERICA
10:30 – 12:15: Adenomyosis
Chairs
Dr. Francisco Carmona
Head of Gynecological Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Antonio Malvasi
Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Adenomyosis: Overview
Dr. David Soriano
Hysteroscopic patterns of the adenomyosis
Dr. Rudi Campo
Life Expert Centre, Leuven, Belgium.
Cystic adenomyosis
Prof. Dr. Rahul Manchanda
Manchanda´s Endoscopic Centre, PSRI, Delhi, India.
Hysteroscopy changes in the endometriosis station
Dr. Tamer Seckin
Northwell Health, Lennox Hill Hospital, New York, USA.
Room C: MIDDLE EAST
10:30 – 12:15: Endometrial ablation
Chairs
Prof. Luca Mencaglia
Head of Department PMA, Obstetrics and Gynecology, S. Margherita Hospital, Fratta di Cortona, Italy.
Dr. Pere Brescó Torras
Service Director, Hospital d’Igualada, Barcelona, Spain. President of the Endoscopy Section of SEGO, Barcelona, Spain.
Systems and methods for endometrial ablation
Dr. Tony Carugno
University of Miami. MIS Unit. Miami, USA.
Predictors of endometrial ablation failure
Dr. Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh
The Advanced Gynecologic Surgery Institute, Naperville, USA.
Complications during Endometrial Resections
Prof. Bruno J. van Herendael
Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), Antwerpen, Belgium.
Is there still a place for it in modern practice?
Dr. Linda D. Bradley
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Room D: ASIA PACIFIC
10:30 – 12:15: Pregnancy related
Chairs
Prof. Dr. Osama Shawki
Professor, Cairo University, El Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Eva Vila Escude
Ob/Gyn, Mollet del valles, Barcelona, Spain.
Embryoscopy today
Prof. Thomas Philipp
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Performing hysteroscopy during pregnancy
Prof. José Alanis Fuentes
General Hospital Dr. Manuel Gea González, Federal District, Mexico.
Cervical ectopic pregnancy
Dr. Vasilis Tanos
Professor, ObGyn, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Retained Products of conception. Hysteroscopic management
Prof. Luis Alonso Pacheco
Endoscopic Unit, Gutenberg, Malaga, Spain.
ROOM A:
13:45 – 15:15: Submucous Myomas and Office Hysteroscopy
Myoma´s classification and correlation with surgical outcome
Prof. Ricardo Lasmar
Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New devices and techniques: what are the limits?
Dr. Cinta Vidal Mazo
Gynecology Specialist, CHUH, Huelva, Spain.
Medical preparation / treatment previous to hysteroscopy
Prof. Maria Luisa Cañete Palomo
Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Complejo Hospitalario, Toledo, Spain.
Breaking the limits in office hysteroscopy
Prof. Sergio Haimovich
Head of the Endometrial Pathology Hysteroscopy Unit, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
ROOM A:
15:45- 17:15: Asherman
Asherman’s Syndrome: office-based treatment
Dr. Keith Isaacson
Physician, Newton Wellesley Hospital. Boston. USA.
Adhesions and abortion
Dr. Jude Okohue
Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Nigeria.
Hysteroscopic treatment of Asherman’s Syndrome
Dr. Mark Hans Emanuel
Gynecologist, Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam Area, Netherlands.
Prevention of the adhesion reformation after hysteroscopic surgery
Prof. Narendra Malhotra
Global Rainbow Health Care Clinic, Uttar Pradesh, India.
ROOM B:
15:45- 17:15: Infections / inflammations
Chronic Endometritis
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
TBC and Hysteroscopy
Dr. Sushma Deshmukh
Director, Central India Test Tube Baby Centre. Head of Department , Ob-Gyn Department , Get-Well Superspeciality Hospital, Nagpur, India.
Management of proximal tubal occlusions: Hysteroscopic tubal catheterization
Dr. Shlomo Cohen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Is the use of prophylactic antibiotics for hysteroscopy necessary?
Dr. Ursula Catena
University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
ROOM C:
15:45- 17:15: Curiosities
Osseus metaplasia
Dr. Josep Vilanova
University of Barcelona, General Hospital of Hospita-let, Barcelona, Spain.
Complex Uterine malformations and hysteroscopy
Prof. Nash Moawad
IUD’s: hysteroscopic removal and uses after uterine procedures
IUD’s: hysteroscopic removal and uses after uterine procedures
Dr. Mark Levie
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health (Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Vaginal lesions diagnosed with hysteroscopy
Prof. Brunella Zizolfi
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
ROOM D:
15:45- 17:15: Formation
How to improve my surgical skill
Prof. Stefano Bettocchi
Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
What’s the role of the hysterotrainers in the new era?
Dr. Ibrahim Alkatout
OB/GYN, Campus Kiel, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Future Training Models
Dr. Rudi Campo
Life Expert Centre, Leuven, Belgium.
The Chinese Formation Model
Prof. Hua Duan
Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
ROOM B-D:
17:45 – 18:45: Free & video communications.
ROOM A 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Stefano Bettocchi
ROOM B 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Hua Duan
ROOM C 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Narendra Malhotra
ROOM D 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Ricardo Lasmar
ROOM A
09:00 – 11:00: The Future of Hysteroscopy
11:00 – 13:00: What´s your idea? Innovation in Hysteroscopy
ROOM B
08:30 – 12:30: 1ª Reunión de Histeroscopia de la Seccion de Ginecologia Endoscopica de la SEGO (please see seperate program for details)
ROOM C
11:00 – 13:00 Hysteroscopy Trainees Session
ROOM D
11:00 – 13:00 Expert Meeting