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| SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH | ||
08:30-10:00 |
ENDOMETRIOSIS Chair: C. Sutton, K. de Mezo Morais, J. Bouquet de Jolinière |
HALL A |
| Capsule: A perplexing, poorly understood disease of the female reproductive system. | ||
| MEDICAL VS. SURGICAL TREATMENT P. Koninckx, Belgium |
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| CAN SURGERY RELIEVE PAIN AND
SEXUAL ACTIVITY? C. Sutton, UK |
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| RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS -
SURGERY VS. MEDICAL TREATMENT. P.R. Koninckx, Belgium |
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| CAN WE PREVENT ENDOMETRIOSIS? A. Audebert, France |
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| 10:30-12:30 | FERTILITY PRESERVING IN GYNECO-ONCOLOGY Chair: U. Beller, P. Bosze |
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| Capsule: Delayed marriage and birthing combined with improved fertility treatment fuel the development of fertility preserving treatment | ||
| CONIZATION AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY F. Landoni, Italy |
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| ABDOMINAL TRACHELECTOMY L. Ungar, Hungary |
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| LAPAROSCOPIC VAGINAL
TRACHELECTOMY D. Dargent, France |
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| BORDERLINE OVARIAN TUMORS -
CONSERVATIVE OR RADICAL TREATMENT F. Lecuru, France |
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| ENDOMETRIAL CA - CAN FERTILITY
BE PRESERVED? T. Levy, Israel |
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| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch session | |
| ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION Chair: S. Corson, P. Brooks |
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| Capsule: Complying with the trend of mimimally invasive procedures and with so many new hi-tech means of ablation, the question remains - What is the evidence for any of these fancy technologies? | ||
| LEADING CLINICIANS IN THE FIELD OF ABLATION WILL DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES: | ||
| FIRST CHOICE (CRYOGEN) Cryoblation: A safe and effective method of controlling Abnormal Uterine Bleeding D. Townsend, USA |
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NOVASURE (NOVACEPT) The NovaSure Global Endometrial Ablation System: An Innovative Technology for the treatment of DUB J. M. Cooper, USA |
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| THERMACHOICE BALLOON ABLATION: LONG-TERM
FOLLOW-UP STUDIES (GYNECARE) N. Amso, UK |
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HTA DEVICE (BEI MEDICAL SYSTEMS) Hydro ThermAblator™ - A unique form of endometrial ablation utilizing direct visualization FDA 12 -month registration trial results P. Brooks, USA |
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ELITT (tm) (KARL STORZ) Laser Ablation J. Donnez, Belgium |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | PROGRESS IN HYSTEROSCOPY | |
| Chair: J.E. Hamou, R. Frydman | ||
| HYSTEROSCOPY IN IVF TREATMENT. WHAT IS ITS
IMPORTANCE? B. Van Herendael, Belgium |
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| DOES INTERSTITIAL MYOMA HAVE AN EFFECT ON
INFERTILITY? J.B. Dubuisson, France |
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| IS ENLARGEMENT OF THE UTERINE CAVITY IN DES
CASES APPROPRIATE? F.X. Aubriot, France |
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| ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION VS. HYSTERECTOMY.
SELECTING THE BEST APPROACH J.E. Hamou, France |
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| ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION IN METRORRAGIA
ACCORDING TO SURGICAL APPROACH H. Fernandez, France |
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| 08:30-10:00 | LAPAROSCOPIC AND ADVANCED
PROCEDURE Chair: M. Surrey, T. Falcone, M. Pansky |
HALL B |
| Capsule: Improving technology - from major operations to minimally invasive procedures. | ||
| RCT - LAPAROTOMY VS.
LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY T. Falcone, USA |
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| TOTAL VS SUBTOTAL HYSTERECTOMY -
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES J. Donnez, Belgium |
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| IS THERE ANY LIMITATION TO
LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY? L. Mettler, Germany |
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| FERTILOSCOPY OR LAPAROSCOPY FOR PELVIS EXAMINATION C. Racinet France, Vs. A. Watrelot France |
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| CAN LAPAROSCOPIC VISUAL PORT INSERTION IMPROVE SAFETY? A. Ternamian, Canada |
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| 10:30-12:30 | MYOMECTOMY Chair: V. Gomel, K. Diedrich, B. Van Herendael |
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| Capsule: Preservation of fertility in the fourth decade of life is becoming more common. | ||
| LAPAROSCOPY VS LAPAROTOMY J. Dubuisson, France |
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| LIMITATION OF UTERINE
EMBOLIZATION W. Walker, UK |
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| ROLE OF GNRH AGONISTS AND
ANTAGONISTS BEFORE MYOMECTOMY R. Felberbaum, Germany |
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| SHOULD FIBROIDS AND HRT GO
TOGETHER OR NOT? P. Koninckx, Belgium |
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| 14:30-16:00 |
PELVIC PAIN Chair: W. Stones, T. Falcone, C. Sutton |
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| Capsule: Chronic Pelvic pain is one of the most frustrating problems in gynecology. | ||
| LAPAROSCOPY VS MINIENDOSCOPY -
WHEN TO DO IT R. Campo, Belgium |
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| THE PAINFUL RETROVERSION - DOES
IT EXIST? A. Fauconnier, France |
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| ARE MYOMA PAINFUL? H. Foulot, France |
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| DYSPAREUNIA C. Sutton, UK |
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| EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PELVIC
PAIN W. Stones, UK |
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| 08:30-10:00 |
INTERNET INFORMATION IN THE NEW
MILLENIUM: IS PUBLISHING ON THE NET REPLACING THE HARD COPY? Chair: Roberta Speyer (USA), David Bloomer (UK) |
HALL C |
| Capsule: Disseminated information over the internet will effect our practice and patients relationship. Is printing textbooks and journals passe? | ||
| THE PUBLISHERS' PERSPECTIVE THE MERGING OF ONLINE AND OFF LINE; THE CHALLENGES R. Speyer, USA, President of OBGYN.net D. Bloomer, UK, Publisher, Parthenon Publishers |
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| THE PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVE IS FREE ACCESS TO ON-LINE INFORMATION KILLING THE PATIENT SUPPORT ASSOCIATIONS? B. Nesbitt, USA, Publisher, OBGYN.net L. Hummelshoj, UK, Representative of the International Endometriosis Association |
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| THE AUTHORS' PERSPECTIVE SHOULD THE RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BE PUBLISHED FREE? J. Thornton, UK, Editor in Chief, European Journal of Obs & Gyn J.W. Van Der Slikke, The Netherlands, Editor in Chief, OBGYN.net Europe |
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| THE SOCIETIES-AND-THEIR-JOURNALS'
PERSPECTIVE WOMEN'S HEALTH JOURNALS ONLINE AND OFF LINE J.J. Sciarra, USA, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Obs & Gyn T. Cherrington, The Netherlands, Publisher, Elseviers Science |
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| DISCUSSION | ||
| 10:30-12:30 |
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Chair: L. Mastroianni, A. DeCherney, J. G. Schenker |
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| Capsule: Evidence-based Medicine is replacing Experience-based medicine: Should we disregard experience when evidence is lacking or in conflict? | ||
| RCT - WHEN AND WHY WE NEED IT? S. Daya, Canada |
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| META-ANALYSIS - THE ROLE OF
COCHRANE COLLABORATION. WILL IT CHANGE FUTURE MEDICAL STUDIES? E. Hughes, Canada |
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| WILL IT INFLUENCE THE NUMBER OF
PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS? A. Decherney, USA |
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| CONCENSUS BASED MEDICINE OR
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE J. Cohen, France |
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| ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF OBSTETRICS
AND GYNECOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES F. Chervenak, USA |
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