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Thursday 1 November 2007 | ||
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12:00 |
Registration opens |
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13:15 |
Introduction and scene setting |
Tom Treasure |
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Session 1 |
Lung cancer diagnosis and staging |
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Chair |
T Treasure, |
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13:30 |
Lung cancer TNM staging |
Fergus Gleeson |
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14:00 |
Bronchoscopy: practice variation - when to use a rigid bronchoscope |
Raj Rajesh |
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14:30 |
CT imaging, diagnosis and staging |
Fergus Gleeson |
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15:00 |
Refreshment break |
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Session 2 |
Lung cancer diagnosis and staging |
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Chair |
Jean-Marie Wihlm, |
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15:30 |
PET in diagnosis and staging |
Fergus Gleeson |
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16:00 |
Mediastinoscopy in the era of PET and endoscopic sampling |
Tom Treasure |
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16:30 |
Surgical diagnosis, VATS and frozen section: which and when? |
Raj Rajesh |
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Friday 2 November 2007 | ||
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Session 3 |
Pleura: the basics |
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Chair |
Fergus Gleeson, |
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09:00 |
Pleural physiology:air and fluid movements and pressures |
Dragan Subotic |
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09:30 |
Pleural drainage: acute and maintenance techniques |
Carol Tan |
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10:00 |
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax |
Raj Rajesh |
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10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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Session 4 |
Difficult pneumothorax |
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Chair |
Carol Tan, |
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11:00 |
Secondary pneumothorax |
Dragan Subotic |
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11:30 |
Pneumothorax: troublesome cases |
Raj Rajesh |
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12:00 |
Bullous disease, imaging and management in the context of pneumothorax |
Tom Treasure |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 5 |
Pleural effusion and pleural disease |
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Chair |
Paul Cane, |
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13:30 |
Pleural imaging: place of CT and place of PET |
Fergus Gleeson |
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14:00 |
VATS biopsy and the place of frozen section |
Jean-Marie Wihlm |
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14:30 |
Unilateral effusion: management |
Carol Tan |
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15:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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Session 6 |
Pleural effusion and pleural disease |
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Chair |
Pala Babu Rajesh, |
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15:30 |
CT biopsy: when and how? |
Fergus Gleeson |
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16:00 |
Pleural cytology and CT biopsy |
Paul Cane |
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16:30 |
VATS pleural biopsy |
Jean-Marie Wihlm |
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Saturday 3 November 2007 | ||
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Session 7 |
Mesothelioma and Empyema |
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Chair |
Dragan Subotic, |
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09:00 |
Mesothelioma |
Paul Cane |
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09:30 |
Pleurodesis: options and evidence |
Carol Tan |
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10:00 |
Empyema: revision of pathology and natural history |
Paul Cane |
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10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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Session 8 |
Empyema management |
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Chair |
Tom Treasure, |
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11:00 |
Management: from medical, through VATS to thoracostomy. |
Raj Rajesh |
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11:30 |
Decortication: when and how? |
Jean-Marie Wihlm |
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12:00 |
Interactive evaluation: SWOT style analysis |
Tom Treasure |
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End of course |
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Programme |