Masterclass Workshop "Minimally-Invasive Upper GI Surgery"
University Medical Center Mainz, Germany May 15 to 16, 2025
Over the past years advanced surgical techniques for minimally-invasive gastric and esophageal surgery were developed. New surgical strategies and technological innovations brought the upper-GI cancer surgery to the highest level. In Mainz the fully minimally-invasive esophageal surgery is the standard procedure beside robotic procedures as well as minimally-invasive gastric cancer surgery.
In this Masterclass Workshop we showed essential technical steps in minimally-invasive upper GI surgery.
Program
Thursday, May 15th
Course Language: English
8:30 am: Presentation session 1
- Welcome – P. Grimminger
- Partial gastrectomy and margin management in gastric cancer – F. Berlth
- Minimally-invasive gastrectomy in Europe – E. Tagkalos
- Advancing Upper GI Surgery: An International Overview of Techniques and
Innovations in Robotic Systems – Ch. Wandhoefer
9:45 am: Break
10:15 am: Presentation session 2
- Essential steps in lymphadenectomy during MIE – S. Gisbertz
- Advantages of ICG application during Ivor Lewis esophagectomy – P. Grimminger
- SP-RACE: single-port minimally invasive cervical esophagectomy – V. Lozanovski
11:30 am: Discussion
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Wet-Lab course
- Lab training in groups – hands-on
Instructors: S. Gisbertz, F. Berlth, E. Tagkalos, E. Hadzijusufovic, V. Lozanovski
and P. Grimminger
Friday, May 16th
9:00 am - 2:00 pm: Live surgery
- Minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE) – P. Grimminger
11:00 am: Break & snacks
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Discussion, coffee and wrap-up
Chairman
Prof. Peter Grimminger
Senior Consultant and Head of Upper GI Surgery, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz
Live Surgery
Minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE) – P. Grimminger
International Speakers
Assist. Prof. Dr. Vladimir Lozanovski, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Felix Berlth, MD
University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Evangelos Tagkalos, MD
University Med. Center Mainz, Germany
Peter Grimminger, Prof. MD
University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Christoph Wandhöfer, MD
University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Suzanne Gisbertz, MD
Amsterdam University Med. Centers, Netherlands
