Foreword

The 21^ST TRIPARTITE MEETING will take place in Basel on 7^TH–8^TH March 2024. Save the Date
and Register now!

Join us at the Tripartite Meeting for Minimally Invasive Surgery (Dreiländertreffen MIS) taking place on March 7^TH and 8^TH, 2024, at the Mövenpick Hotel in Basel, Switzerland.
This brilliant event is dedicated to the realm of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), encompassing the cutting-edge fields of laparoscopic and robotic surgery, education, and emerging technologies within MIS.

Our primary objective with the Tripartite Meeting is to foster the community among MIS surgeons hailing from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, encouraging them to engage in lively discussions regarding the most recent techniques and scientific breakthroughs within their specialty. In the spirit of European collaboration, we are delighted to extend our invitation to participants and speakers from all across Europe. To accommodate the multilingual fabric of Switzerland, we have chosen English as the official conference language.

The Tripartite Meeting in MIS promises a dynamic, in-person gathering with approximately 200 attendees expected. Our diverse audience will predominantly comprise highly skilled surgeons and surgical residents. However, our event is open to the public, and it’s worth noting that one of our keynote speakers boasts a strong background in robotics, adding an exciting dimension that may attract individuals beyond the traditional surgical community. We look forward to your presence at this exceptional event.

Swiss-MIS & ASRCC Video Award

The Swiss-MIS & ASRCC awards a prize for the best minimal invasive surgery video of the year.

Topic: Minimally invasive surgery videos.

Amount: The prize money will be 1’000 CHF for the first winner, 300 CHF for the second winner and 150 CHF for the third winner.

Submission: For further information please contact swiss-mis@meister-concept.ch

Reception Deadline: February 14^TH 2024

Requirements: The submitted video must be of good image quality, contain audio or written commentary in English and be of educational value.
The length of the video must not exceed 7 minutes.
People who can apply are residents and young registrars (Chef de Clinique/Oberarzt).

The author must be a member of ASRCC, Swiss-MIS, AMIC or CAMIC and present the video with live commentary at the 21^ST TRIPARTITE MEETING in Basel on 7^TH & 8^TH March 2024.

Endorsement

The 21^ST TRIPARTITE MEETING is endorsed by the Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC) and gives 12 CME credits, Gynécologie suisse (SSGO) gives 5 CME credits for participation.

The Program

Time	Subject	Speaker	Moderator
08:30	Registration
09:00	Opening & welcome
09:15	ASRCC session: News-Flashes in minimally invasive surgery 09:15-09:25 Urology 09:25-09:35 Gynecology 09:35-09:45 Upper GI 09:45-09:55 Lower GI 09:55-10:05 Pediatric Surgery 10:05-10:15 Discussion	Olivier Windisch, CH Yves Durand, CH François Pugin, CH Frédéric Bretagnol, CH Jim Wilde, CH	Frédéric Ris, CH Alend Saadi, CH
10:15	Coffee break
10:45	Keynote lecture: Automatic Surgery – When will surgery become fully automated?	Georg Rauter, CH
11:15	My favorite papers of 2023: Latest scientific evidence 11:15-11:30 Upper GI 11:30-11:45 Lower GI 11:45-12:00 HPB 12:00-12:15 Parietology	Michele Podetta, CH Daniel Clerc, CH Jan Philipp Jonas, CH Johannes Toti, CH	Francesco Mongelli, CH Alexander Klaus, AUT
12:15	Lunch Break
13:45	Robotic video session 13:45-14:00 Robotic Oesophagectomy 14:00-14:15 Robotic Liver Resection 14:15-14:30 Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy 14:30-14:45 Robotic Upper GI 14:45-15:00 Robotic Parietology	Beat Müller, CH Christoph Tschuor, DK Felix Nickel, D Alexander Klaus, AUT Jonathan Douissard, CH	Ulrich Dietz, CH Andreas Türler, D
15:00	Keynote lecture: Ecologic Surgery – Does surgery contribute to climate change?	Myrthe Eussen, NL
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Education session 16:00-16:15 How to give intraoperative feedback 16:15-16:30 Should we still teach laparoscopy in the era of robotics? 16:30-16:45 The German CME teaching project 16:45-17:00 How to avoid taking over in teaching MIS	Heidi Misteli, CH Ulrich Dietz, CH Stefan Benz, D Danilo Miskovic, UK	Raffaele Galli, CH Christoph Wullstein, D
17:00	When things go wrong in the OR session —Interactive case discussions: 17:00-17:25 Case presentation & discussion Lower GI 17:25-17:50 Case presentation & discussion HPB 17:50-18:15 Case presentation & discussion Upper GI Panel members: Alexander Klaus, AUT; Christoph Wullstein, D; Diana Vetter, CH	Georgios Popeskou, CH Radoslava Stoyanova, AUT Marcel Schneider, CH	Dmitri Christoforidis, CH Georgios Peros, CH
18:15	End of 1st day

Time	Subject	Speaker	Moderator
8:00	Registration
8:30	Expert video session 08:30-08:50 Single anastomosis bypass conversion 08:50-09:10 Challenges in endometriosis – the surgical part 09:10-09:30 Complications – bail out strategies in lower GI surgery 09:30-09:50 Reflux Stop – How does this work?	Fabio Garofalo, CH Andreas Shamiyeh, AUT Aristotelis Perrakis, D Joy Feka, AUT	Alexander Klaus, AUT Christoph Strey, D
10:00	Keynote lecure Educated Surgery – How to implement a structured MIS education program?	Mark Coleman, UK
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Hot topics in MIS session 11:00-11:15 New robotic platforms 11:15-11:30 Different limb lengths in gastric bypass surgery: Does the biliopancreatic limb length matter?  11:30-11:45 Will percutaneous interventions replace liver surgery? 11:45-12:00 Robotic eTEP in ventral hernia repair with rectus diastasis	Tobias Keck, D Marko Kraljevic, CH Pascale Tinguely, UK Konstantinos Zarras, D	Heidi Misteli, CH Ursula Pession, D
12:00	Lunch break
13:30	New technology & research session 1: 13:30-13:45 Introduction to AI and ML for surgeons 13:45-14:00 Bringing the Tactile Internet to the OR 14:00-14:15 The robotic scrub nurse 14:15-14:30 From Competency to Mastery: Learning curves in minimally invasive HPB surgery	Joël Lavanchy, CH Martin Wagner, D Lars Wagner, D Philip Müller, CH	Georgios Peros, CH Joël Lavanchy, CH
14:30	Keynote lecure Specialized Surgery – How much sub-specialization can we afford?	Christian Toso, CH
15:00	New technology & research session 2: 15:00-15:15 Less is more: Minimally invasive percutaneous procedures 15:15-15:30 Understanding postoperative adhesion formation 15:30-15:45 Surgical Optical Imaging for intraoperative decision making 15:45-16:00 Intraoperative imaging beyond the visible	Arash Najafi, CH Joel Zindel, CH Michele Diana, CH Felix Nickel, D	Boris Schiltz, CH Joël Lavanchy, CH
16:00	Coffee break
16:30	Video award session Live presentation of MIS videos and video award ceremony		Philipp Kron, CH Christoph Wullstein, D
17:30	Closure & farewell

Info & Registration

In case of cancellation until February 29, 2024: An administrative fee of CHF 75.- will be charged. From March 1, 2024, no refunds.
You can register here

Social Event

The Tripartite Meeting for Minimally Invasive Surgery dinner will take place at the Movenpick hotel. The price for the evening is CHF 70.-. Any cancellation will be charged 100%.

Modifications

An administrative fee of CHF 35.- will be charged for any name change until February 29, 2024. From March 1, 2024 the administrative costs will amount to CHF 75.-

Payment information

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C/o Credit Suisse
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Switzerland
Numéro de compte : CHF: 679627-31-1
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Housing

Mövenpick Basel

Please get in touch with us should you need a hotel room.