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26th European Congress on Surgical Infections

Surgical Infection Society – Europe

Final program - 9 – 11 May 2013 Thursday 9 May 2013 08.00-18.00 Registration 08.15-08.30 Presidential Welcome 08.30-10.00 Free Paper Session 1 – “Infectious Diseases”

S. Gans: The predictive value of CRP and WBC in the clinical diagnosis of acute abdominal pain

R. Luketina: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a challenge in surgery: Infectious disease consultation improves patients outcome and survival

S. Sinha: Clostridium difficile infection: How Much do Hospital Staff Know About it? L. Daniels: Faecal microbiota composition in patients with a first episode of acute

uncomplicated diverticulitis M. Luperto: Are the golden 72 hours a limit for early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis? T. Mayumi: Tokyo Guidelines 2013: Revised International Guidelines for diagnosis and

severity grading of acute cholangitis Chairs: Gurlich + Sautner

10.00-10.30 Coffee Break 10.30-12.00 Symposium I – “Intra-abdominal infections”

V. Adámková: State of the art: Multidrug resistance patterns in Europe with focus on intra-abdominal and skin soft tissue infections

Ch. Eckmann: The surgeons perspective: Treatment of MDR pathogens in intra-abdominal infections

M. Sanchez-Garcia: Empirical or targeted antibiotic therapy for complex patients in the ICU Chairs: Eckmann + Adámková

12.00-12.30 Young Investigator Lecture

B. van de Wall: Update on the treatment of diverticulitis Introduction: M. Boermeester

12.30-13.30 Lunch 13.30-15.00 Free Paper Session 2 – “Abdominal Sepsis”

K. Ram: Improving implementation of the ‘relaparotomy on demand’ strategy in patients with secondary peritonitis.

Baturshin: Risk factors of NDM-1 producing Kl. pneumoniae in patients with peritonitis Finka Jelic: "Over the Scope Clips" (OTSC) to treat anastomotic leakage in visceral surgery P. Brandão: Determinants of outcome after pancreatic necrosectomy

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Thursday 9 May 2013 continued

A. Bellés: Assessment of Clinical Risk Factors in the Perforated Appendicitis M. Yokoe: Tokyo Guidelines 2013: Revised International Guidelines for diagnosis and severity

grading ofacute cholecystitis Chairs: Ferko + Boermeester

15.00-16.30 Symposium II “Keeping Ahead of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the Surgical

Setting” V. Adámková: Welcome and Introduction P. Gastmeier: Epidemiology of CDI: Quantifying an Ill-defined Problem D. Charvát: Addressing the Hidden Burden of CDI S. Homer-Vannasinkam: Keeping One Step Ahead of CDI: The Role of the Surgical Team V. Adámková, P. Gastmeier, D. Charvát, S. Homer-Vannasinkam: Panel discussion and Closing

Remarks Chair: Adámková

16.30-17.00 Coffee Break/snacks 17.00-18.30 Free Paper Session 3 – “Surgical site infections”

Mattavelli: Effect of Triclosan-coated suture on surgical site infection after colorectal surgery: final results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.

C. Charbonneau: An Indirect Comparison of Clinical Success of Antimicrobial Agents for Confirmed Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Complicated Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections (cSSTI).

Y. Boo: Higher intra-abdominal surgical infection and readmission rates after laparoscopy in pediatric complicated appendicitis.

L. Poch: Efficacy of a bundle of preventive measures to reduce surgical site infections in a Colorectal Surgery Unit.

S. Amador: Effect of topical antibiotic on the rate of postoperative wound infection after emergent dirty surgery.

J. Maris: A Simple Intervention to Improve Wound Healing: Targeted Amino Acid Supplementation in Diabetic Foot Wounds

Chairs: Štefka + Rasa 18.30 – 20.00 Get-together 20.00 Speakers’ Dinner

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Friday 10 May 2013 08.00-18.00 Registration 08.30-09.30 Symposium III – “Appendicitis”

M. Leeuwenburgh: Imaging in acute appendicitis K. Rasa : Appendicitis is not a clinical diagnosis – CON Ch. van Rossem : Antibiotics or surgery Chairs: Vyhnánek + Cainzos

09.30-10.30 Symposium IV - “Diverticulitis”

B. vdWall: Do abcesses in diverticular disease prelude surgery? M. Stam: Risk factors of recurrent diverticulitis C. Unlu: What determines the disease course? Chairs: Lisý + Schroeder

10.30-11.00 Coffee break 11.00-11.30 Invited Lecture

B. Cheadle, SIS-NA: Intestinal fistulas Introduction: H. Van Goor

11.30-12.00 Semmelweis Lecture

B. Allegranzi, World Health Organization: Global reduction of surgical infections from WHO perspective

Introduction: J. de Waele 12.00-12.45 Presidential Address

T. Sautner Introduction: R. Andersson

12.45-13.45 Lunch + Poster Rounds 13.45- 15.00 Symposium V - “Peritonitis”

V. Adámková: Epidemiology of peritonitis N. Demartines: The treatment of bacterial peritonitis E. Mueller: The fungal site of peritonitis Chairs: Adámková

15.00-16.30 Free paper session 4 – “Abdominal Surgery”

Chaturvedi: Ultrapure alginate based anti-adhesion gel does not further increase Carprofen induced anastomotic complications in rat ileum.

Ch. Binner: Clostridium difficile in heart surgery: increased risk for mortality or an overestimated problem?

N. Tamini: Single-incision versus standard multiple-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy.A meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies

S. Coppola: Biologic meshes in the management of high-risk patients and abdominal wall defects. A single center study

V. Costa Simões: Lessons learned from surgical management of liver hydatidosis E. Boeker : A practical tool to reduce adverse drug events in surgical patients, validation of

surgical drug rules.

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Friday 10 May 2013 continued

Chairs: Lisý + Gianotti 16.30-17.00 Coffee Break/Snacks 17.00-18.00 Business Meeting 20.00 Gala Dinner Saturday 11 May 2013 09.00-10.30 Symposium VI - “Complicated intra-abdominal infections and global guideline SSI”

X. Guirao: Approaches to guidelines when there are no RCTs J. de Waele: Antibtiotic resistance J. Solomkin: US CDC guideline update Chairs: Třeška + Andersson

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-12.30 Symposium VII - Sepsis and Foreign Material “Vascular graft infection”

M. Špaček, V. Jindrák, O.Bělohlávek, J. Lindner: Detection of vascular graft infection – current trends in diagnostic techniques and microbiology

R.Kolvenbach: Role of Silver Grafts in the Increasing Number of Vascular MRSA Patients V. Třeška, B. Čertík, J. Moláček, K. Houdek: Aortic graft infections J. Hrubý, M. Špaček, P. Mitáš, T. Klika, J. Lindner: Vascular surgeon´s choice in a patient with

high risk of infection Chairs: Lindner + Kolvenbach

12.30 – 13.00 Closing Ceremony

President of the SIS-E, Professor T. Sautner, President and organizer of the next European Congress on Surgical Infection 2014 - Vienna

President of the 26th European Congress on Surgical Infection, Professor J. Lindner 13.00 Lunch