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Saturday, 6 April 2024
TV Studio 1 TV Studio 2
07:55
 - 
08:00

Introduction.

Chairs: José AGUIRRE, Eleni MOKA.

Introduction

José AGUIRRE, Switzerland
08:00
 - 
08:50

Neurostimulation practice: improving outcome in the chronic pain patient.

Chair: José DE ANDRES.

Topic SCS trial: do we need a trial?

Sam ELDABE, UK

SCS for pain in spinal cord injury and other neuropathic conditions.

Philippe RIGOARD, France

Topic intraoperative neuromonitoring in SCS: what does it mean closed loop spinal cord stimulation? Application for better outcome.

Jan K. KALLEWAARD, The Netherlands

Discussion.

Replay available

José DE ANDRES, Spain
Sam ELDABE, UK
Jan K. KALLEWAARD, The Netherlands
Philippe RIGOARD, France
09:00
 - 
09:50

Anaesthesia for chest surgery.

Chair: Philippe GAUTIER.

PECS for breast surgery.

Barbara VERSYCK, Belgium

Retro-superior costotransverse ligament (retro-SCTL) space block.

Manoj KARMAKAR, Hong-Kong

Video demo: chest wall blocks for (awake) breast surgery.

Roman ZÜRCHER, Switzerland

Replay available

Philippe GAUTIER, Belgium
Manoj KARMAKAR, Hong-Kong
Barbara VERSYCK, Belgium
Roman ZÜRCHER, Switzerland
10:00
 - 
10:20

LIVE DEMO: gastric ultra-sounds.

Chair: Philippe GAUTIER.

LIVE DEMO: Gastric ultra-sounds

Philippe GAUTIER, Belgium
10:30
 - 
11:20

AFSRA Session

African Society of Regional Anesthesia

Chair: Ezzat Samy AZIZ.

Moderator: Thomas VOLK.

Process of upgrading a pain clinic in a limited resource country.

Amany AYAD, Egypt

Role of ESP blocks in back surgeries.

François RETIEF, South Africa

Ultrasound pudendal block in children in Senegal.

Mamadou Mour TRAORÉ, Senegal

Discussion.

Replay available

Amany AYAD, Egypt
Ezzat Samy AZIZ, Egypt
François RETIEF, South Africa
Mamadou Mour TRAORÉ, Senegal
Thomas VOLK, Germany
11:30
 - 
12:20

Essential POCUS for the regional specialist.

Chair: Steve COPPENS.

POCUS Airway.

Lynn VERNIEUWE, Belgium

LIVE DEMO: airway and lung.

Rosie HOGG, UK

Replay available

Steve COPPENS, Belgium
Rosie HOGG, UK
Lynn VERNIEUWE, Belgium
12:30
 - 
12:45

Industry Session

Chair: Moira ROBERTSON.

Short acting local anaesthetics for special situations: chloroprocaines in obstetrics.

Moira ROBERTSON, Switzerland

Session supported by SINTETICA

13:00
 - 
13:50

News from the laboratory.

Chair: Alain BORGEAT.

Local anaesthetics and inflammation/cancer.

Gina VOTTA VELIS, USA

Local anaesthetics/adjuvants and tissue toxicity.

Philipp LIRK, USA

Clinical implications of ultrastructural findings of epidural and spinal spaces.

Miguel A. REINA, Spain

Mechanisms of IV lidocaine for acute and chronic pain.

Tobias PIEGELER, Germany

Discussion.

Replay available

Alain BORGEAT, Switzerland
Philipp LIRK, USA
Tobias PIEGELER, Germany
Miguel A. REINA, Spain
Gina VOTTA VELIS, USA
14:00
 - 
14:50

Peripheral and spine guided procedures in chronic pain.

Chair: Andrzej KROL.

Cryoanalgesia in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and neuropathic pain.

Andrea M. TRESCOT, USA

LIVE DEMO: peripheral nerve entrapment.

Athmaja THOTTUNGAL, UK

LIVE DEMO: spine facets and DRG approach in cervical and lumbar level.

Esperanza ORTIGOSA, Spain

Replay available

Andrzej KROL, UK
Esperanza ORTIGOSA, Spain
Athmaja THOTTUNGAL, UK
Andrea M. TRESCOT, USA
15:00
 - 
15:50

Developments in ASRA pain medicine guidelines.

Chair: Samer NAROUZE.

Moderators: Eleni MOKA, Thomas VOLK.

Consensus guidelines on the management of the peroperative patient on cannabis and cannabinoids.

Samer NAROUZE, USA

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on postdural puncture headache.

Vishal UPPAL, USA

Updates for regional anaesthesias in the patient on antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy.

Sandra KOPP, USA

Consensus practice infection control guidelines.

David PROVENZANO, USA

Discussion.

Replay available

Sandra KOPP, USA
Eleni MOKA, Greece
Samer NAROUZE, USA
David PROVENZANO, USA
Vishal UPPAL, USA
Thomas VOLK, Germany
16:00
 - 
16:50

Chronic pain in different parts of the world.

Chair: Salim HAYEK.

Pain innovation in Asia.

Jee Youn MOON, South Korea

Chronic pain management in Africa: challenges and opportunities.

Amany AYAD, Egypt

Chronic pain management challenges in South America.

Adriana CADAVID, Colombia

Burden and inequalities in chronic pain across Europe.

Christophe PERRUCHOUD, Switzerland

Discussion.

Replay available

Amany AYAD, Egypt
Adriana CADAVID, Colombia
Salim HAYEK
Jee Youn MOON, South Korea
Christophe PERRUCHOUD, Switzerland
17:00
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17:10

Closing remarks.

Chairs: José AGUIRRE, Eleni MOKA.

CLOSING REMARKS

José AGUIRRE, Switzerland
Eleni MOKA, Greece
07:55
 - 
08:00

Introduction.

Chairs: José AGUIRRE, Eleni MOKA.

Introduction

José AGUIRRE, Switzerland
Eleni MOKA, Greece
08:00
 - 
08:50

Acute Pain.

Chair: Alexandros MAKRIS.

Regional anaesthesia as a core component of multimodal analgesia.

Girish JOSHI, USA

Epigenetics: a key to postoperative pain management.

Tatiana SIDIROPOULOU, Greece

Prolonging my block effect: repeated blocks or continuous infusions through catheters?

Paul KESSLER, Germany

Transitional pain services.

Eleni MOKA, Greece

Discussion.

Replay available

Girish JOSHI, USA
Paul KESSLER, Germany
Alexandros MAKRIS, Greece
Eleni MOKA, Greece
Tatiana SIDIROPOULOU, Greece
09:00
 - 
09:50

AOSRAPM Session.

Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

Chair: Cong Quyet THANG.

Moderator: Thomas VOLK.

Video demonstration of crosswise approach to popliteal sciatic block.

Tuhin MISTRY, India

Video demonstration: dual subsartorial block for total knee arthroplasty.

Kartik B. SONAWANE, India

Discussion.

Replay available

Tuhin MISTRY, India
Kartik B. SONAWANE, India
Cong Quyet THANG
Thomas VOLK, Germany
10:00
 - 
10:20

Difficult shoulder surgery.

Chair: Luis VALDES.

Bilateral proximal humeral fracture.

Steve COPPENS, Belgium
10:30
 - 
11:20

Anaesthesia for cesarean section.

Chair: Xandra SCHYNS.

Anaesthesia for CS: regional.

Sarah DEVROE, Belgium

Anaesthesia for emergency CS: general.

Moira ROBERTSON, Switzerland

Post CS analgesia.

Nicoletta FILETICI, Italy

Abdominal wall blocks for CS: an update.

Nuala LUCAS, UK

Discussion.

Replay available

Nicoletta FILETICI, Italy
Sandra KOPP, USA
Nuala LUCAS, UK
Moira ROBERTSON, Switzerland
Xandra SCHYNS, The Netherlands
11:30
 - 
12:20

Discogenic and spine pain.

Chair: José DE ANDRES.

Spinal stenosis ethiology and minimally interventional approach possibilities. Interspinous spacers.

José DE ANDRES, Spain

Discogenic pain cervical thoracic and lumbar: rationale for minimally invasive decompression and intradiscal injections of biologics.

Kenneth CANDIDO, USA

Managing vertebral fractures and vertebrogenic pain.

Sudhir DIWAN, USA

Discussion.

Replay available

Kenneth CANDIDO, USA
José DE ANDRES, Spain
Sudhir DIWAN, USA
12:30
 - 
12:45

Industry Session

Chair: Morne WOLMARANS.

NRFit™ transition – how to manage the switch?

Morne WOLMARANS, UK

Session supported by B. BRAUN

13:00
 - 
13:50

Artificial Intelligence and new technologies in regional anaesthesia.

Chair: Alan MACFARLANE.

Cyroneurolysis.

Nadia HERNANDEZ, USA

Virtual reality.

Alwin CHUAN, Australia

AI in regional anaesthesia.

James BOWNESS, UK

Discussion.

Replay available

James BOWNESS, UK
Alwin CHUAN, Australia
Nadia HERNANDEZ, USA
Alan MACFARLANE, UK
14:00
 - 
14:50

Complications in obstetric anaesthesia.

Chair: Sarah DEVROE.

Post-partum neurological complications.

Nicolas BROGLY, Spain

Post-dural puncture headache.

Xandra SCHYNS, The Netherlands

Cardiac arrest in obstetric anaesthesia.

Nuala LUCAS, UK

Discussion.

Replay available

Nicolas BROGLY, Spain
Sarah DEVROE, Belgium
Nuala LUCAS, UK
Xandra SCHYNS, The Netherlands
15:00
 - 
15:50

Chemical neurolytic blocks for acute and chronic pain: experience in LASRA countries.

Chair: Juan Carlos DE LA CUADRA FONTAINE.

Moderator: José AGUIRRE.

RF and chemical neurolytic blocks: mechanisms, Pros and Cons.

Eduardo VEGA, Chile

Chemical neurolytic blocks for non chronic pain: the case of non cancer pain.

Andres ROCHA, Costa Rica

Chemical neurolytic blocks for chronic pain: the case of cancer pain.

Carlos RESTREPO, Colombia

Discussion.

Replay available

José AGUIRRE, Switzerland
Juan Carlos DE LA CUADRA FONTAINE, Chile
Carlos RESTREPO, Colombia
Andres ROCHA, Costa Rica
Eduardo VEGA, Chile
16:00
 - 
16:50

Regional anaesthesia in different parts of the world.

Chair: Roman ZÜRCHER.

AOSRAPM - Regional anaesthesia in a center with high patient flow.

Archana ARETI, India

AFSRA - Segmental spinal for major abdominal surgery.

Mohamed ELLAKANY, Egypt

LASRA - Regional anesthesia for cardiac surgery in a Colombian centre.

Felipe MUÑOZ-LEYVA, Colombia

ASRA - Regional anaesthesia in the age of opioid crisis.

Jeff GADSDEN, USA

Discussion.

Replay available

Archana ARETI, India
Mohamed ELLAKANY, Egypt
Jeff GADSDEN, USA
Felipe MUÑOZ-LEYVA, Colombia
Roman ZÜRCHER, Switzerland
17:00
 - 
17:10

Closing remarks.

Chairs: José AGUIRRE, Eleni MOKA.

Closing remarks

José AGUIRRE, Switzerland
Eleni MOKA, Greece