The Tripartite meeting initially planned in Vienna in January 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
A few Impressions of the of 18th Tripartite Meeting at the Starling Hotel in Geneva









The Program of 18th Tripartite Meeting
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Time | Subject | Speaker | Moderator |
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8:15 | Opening and welcome words from president(s) | F. Ris & D. Christoforidis | |
8:30 | ASRCC Flash sessions: new and hot in MIS Gynecology Urology HBP Colorectal Parietology |
J. Dubuisson (Geneva) Ch. Iselin (Geneva) C. Oberkofler (Zurich) D. Hahnloser (Lausanne) U. Dietz (Olten) |
P. Fournier I. Fournier |
9:30 | Multidisciplinary session: endometriosis Shaving vs. resection for rectal involvement Management of ureter involvement Fertility after pelvic surgery |
M. Müller (Bern) G. Wirth (Geneva) N. Pluchino (Geneva) |
A. Saadi P. Petignat |
10:15 | Coffee break | ![]() |
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10:45 | Keynote lecture: «Lessons learned from running an integrated multidisciplinary department» |
D. Candinas (Bern) | Intro by J. Lavanchy |
11:15 | COLORECTAL SESSION TaTME: where we stand in 2020 Standardized minimal invasive right hemicolectomy with CME: concept of the German CME group Low impact colorectal surgery |
M. Adamina (Winterthur) A. Türler (Bonn)C. De Chaisemartin (Marseille) |
Ch. Wullstein, W. Brunner, F. Herbst |
12:00 | Innovation lecture: Single port robotics: first experiences with the Da Vinci SP robot |
J. Nordenstam (Chicago) | Intro by D. Christoforidis |
12:30 | Short 3x CR case presentations to expert panel – Oncological – Anastomosis – IBD |
N. Cerasani (Bonn) C. Vallet (Lausanne) F. Mongelli (Lugano) |
D. Christoforidis EXPERT PANEL: C. De Chaisemartin, A. Tuerler, F. Herbst, J. Nordenstam, N. Buchs |
13:00 | Lunch Break | ![]() |
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14:00 | HBP SESSION MIS for necrotizing pancreatitis MIS pancreas resection What does MIS bring to HBP surgery Re-do MIS liver surgery: tips & tricks ERAS in HBP surgery |
R. Függer (Linz) T. Keck (Lübeck) Ch. Toso (Geneva) D. Fuks (Paris) E. Melloul (Lausanne) |
N. Halkic, K. Kaczirek, T. Keck |
15:30 | Short 3x HBP case presentations to expert panel case 1 case 2 case 3 |
C. Oberkofler (Zurich) |
E. Uldry EXPERT PANEL: N. Halkic, K. Kaczireck, T. Keck, D. Fuks |
16:00 | Coffee break | ![]() |
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16:30 | Keynote lecture: Life-work balance for surgeons |
R. Mittermair (Klagenfurt) | Intro by F. Ris |
16:50 | Complications session Have we learned to measure complications yet? Novelties in managing complications with MIS — Upper GI/bariatrics — HBP: the biliary fistula |
D. Vetter (Zurich)
R. Pescaru (Canada) |
R. Kraus, A. Shamiyeh, B. Müller |
17:40 | Keynote lecture: Artificial intelligence in Surgery |
L. Maier-Hein (Heidelberg) | Intro by J. Lavanchy |
18:00 | Best video award session – ALA surgery platform Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Public vote and award (jury and public prize) |
E. Magne, F. Ris, D. Christoforidis, A. Türler, R. Mittermair | |
18:30 | End of 1st day | ||
19:30 | Conference Dinner | ![]() |
Friday, 28 February 2020
Time | Subject | Speaker | Moderator | |
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8:30 | UPPER GI & BARIATRICS SESSION Paraesophageal hernia: is the mesh controversy over? Bariatrics novelties/controversies Robotic esofageal surgery Laparoscopic vs. Open oncological gastrectomy |
E. Magne (Bordeaux) Y. Borbély (Bern) P. Grimmiger (Mainz) B. Müller (Heidelberg) |
R. Pescarus, G. Prager, Ch. Wullstein, S. Moenig | |
10:00 | Short 3x Upper GI case presentations to expert panel — bariatric case — upper GI case — upper GI case |
K. Linke (Clarunis) M. Chevalley (HUG) G. Peros (Kantonsspital Winterthur) |
Ch. Gutschow EXPERT PANEL: R. Pescarus, G. Prager, Ch. Wullstein, S. Moenig, E. Magne |
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10:30 | Coffee break | ![]() |
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11:00 | Keynote lecture: The quest for simplicity in surgery |
P. Majno-Hürst (Lugano) | Intro by D. Christoforidis | |
11:20 | HERNIA SESSION Component separation techniques: open surgery component separation techniques: MIS Iguinal hernia : mesh fixation controversies Robotic hernia repair |
M. Garcia Ureña (Madrid) L. Jörgensen (Kopenhagen) K. Zarras (Düsseldorf) Y. Kudsi (Boston) |
Ph. Kirchhoff, A. Buia, H. Weiss | |
12:30 | Lunch break | ![]() |
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13:30 | Keynote lecture: Management of the occlusive colorectal cancer: lessons learned from the AFC database |
D. Mege (Marseille) | Intro by F. Ris | |
13:50 | Surgical training in MIS in 4 European countries: systems, challenges and opportunities for growth and exchange France Germany Austria Switzerland Discussion/Comment |
D. Fuks (Paris) F. Nickel (Heidelberg) Ch. Pizzera (Graz) H. Misteli (Uster) D. Hahnloser (Lausanne) |
U. Dietz, B. Müller, R. Mittermair, C. De Chaisemartin | |
14:30 | Keynote lecture: The transoral thyroidectomy: where we stand |
J. Vidal-Fortuny (Geneva/Sion) | Intro by F. Ris | |
14:50 | Coffee break | ![]() |
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15:10 | Video session MIS in emergency: tips & tricks Peritonitis and post-op septic complications Internal hernia post bariatric surgery The rotten cholecystitis Small bowel occlusion Upper GI perforation Incarcerated hernia |
A. Buia (Langen) F. Garofalo (Lugano) A. Shamiyeh (Linz) C. Benecke (Lübeck) G. Prager (Wien) J. Lavanchy (Bern) |
D. De Lorenzi, B. Müller, F. Herbst |
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16:30 | Meeting Closure | F. Ris & D. Christoforidis |
Swiss-MIS ASRCC Video Award
