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| May 8, Wed | May 9, Thu | May 10, Fri | May 11, Sat | May 12, Sun |
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| Pre-Congress Course | ILLS2019 | ILLS2019 | ILLS2019 | Post-Congress Course (Hands-On Seminars) |
| Post-Congress Course (Hands-On Seminars) Reception |
Pre-Congress Course
The Basics and Further Steps of Laparoscopic Liver Resection
Co-sponsored with Japanese Endoscopic Liver Surgery Study Group
| Date: | May 8 (Wed), 2019 |
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| Venue: | Nakamura Memorial Hall, Ageo Central General Hospital Click HERE! |
*Shuttle buses will be arranged from Shinjuku. (Details are to follow.)
Courses for participation
Plan 1: Whole-day Lecture
Plan 2: Half-day Lecture+Half-day Suture*
*Suture is limited to up to 30 persons.
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Program at a glance
| Whole-day Lecture course | Half-day Lecture + Half-day Suture course | ||
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| Morning | Basic LLR Lecture
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15 persons | 15 persons |
| Advanced Suturing session | Basic LLR Lecture | ||
| Satellite Symposium | |||
| Afternoon | Advanced LLR Lecture
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Advanced LLR Lecture | Basic Suturing session |
Program information
Seminar Description and Objectives
This seminar is a one-day teaching program organized for doctors who wish to contribute in advancing LLR one step further, and who have plans to start LLR.
In the lecture session, experts will present broad topics about LLR, including everyday tips and pitfalls.
In suturing session, experts will teach their suturing techniques to participants using dry box.
Through this session, participants will be able to boost their knowledge and technique regarding LLR.
Seminar Directors

Go Wakabayashi
Minoru Tanabe
Hironori Kaneko
Instructors for Lectures
Presentation Title *tentative
- ・Short and long term results of LLR
- ・Patient and port position-1
- ・Patient and port position-2
- ・Pneumoperitoneal and intratracheal pressure
- ・Bleeding control and parenchymal transection
- ・How to use CUSA
- ・Stapler hepatectomy
- ・Tips for Clamp crush
- ・Right and left hepatectomy
- ・Posterior sectionectomy
- ・Central hepatectomy
- ・Robotic hepatectomy
- ・Diamond hepatectomy
- ・Vein-guided anatomical resection
- ・Anatomical resection from the hilar plate
- ・Donor hepatectomy
Satelite Symposium
Presentation Title *tentative
- ・How to use Thunderbeat
- ・IR guided LLR
Instructors for Suturing sessions
Access
From Keio Plaza Hotel
Via Train: About 40min.
Take the JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line from JR Shinjuku Station to JR Ageo Station.
*Shuttle buses will be arranged from Keio Plaza Hotel.
From Haneda Airport
Please take the Keikyu Kuko Line to Shinagawa Station and then switch to the JR Ueno Tokyo Line for JR Ageo Station.
Details will be sent to each participant via e-mail.
ILLS2019
Click HERE! → Registration
| Date: | May 9 (Thu) – May 11 (Sat), 2019 |
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| Venue: | Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, Japan Click HERE! |
| Address: | 2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8330 Japan |
Program at a glance:
| Date | May 9, Thu | May 10, Fri | May 11, Sat |
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| Morning | Scientific Program | Scientific Program | Scientific Program |
| Afternoon | Scientific Program | Scientific Program | Best Video Awards |
| Evening | Reception | Gala Dinner | - |
Post-Congress Course
(Hands-On Seminars)
| Date: | May 11 (Sat) - 12 (Sun), 2019 |
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| Venue: | A: Johnson & Johnson Institute B: Medtronic Innovation Center C: Olympus Medical Training and Education Center D: Intuitive dry lab *Shuttle buses will be arranged from Keio Plaza Hotel. |
Program at a glance:
| Date | May 11, Sat | May 12, Sun |
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| Morning | - | Hands-On Seminars A: Johnson & Johnson Institute *Click HERE B: Medtronic Innovation Center *Click HERE C: Olympus Medical Training and Education Center *Click HERE D: Intuitive dry lab *Click HERE |
| Afternoon | - | |
| Evening | Theoretical session Reception @Keio Plaza Hotel |
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Program information
Seminar Description and Objectives
This seminar is intended for residents, fellows, and HBP surgeons who actually perform minimally invasive HBP surgery; and it will be conducted in lecture form and practical wet-lab form for two days. It will provide guidance and strategies of leading world surgeons for performing lap-hepatectomy, biliary-jejunostomy, and other procedures safely.
At the conclusion of this seminar, participants will have familiarized themselves with the current techniques of minimally invasive hepatectomy and will have acquired the ability to manage perioperative complications of surgical approaches.
Seminar Directors
Hironori Kaneko, Go Wakabayashi, Minoru Tanabe

Go Wakabayashi
Minoru Tanabe
Hironori Kaneko
Program information
Day-1_11, May, Saturday
| 17:00-18:00 | Post-Congress Lectures “All about LLR”
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| 18:00-19:00 | Post-Congress Lectures “Further steps for LLR”
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| 19:00-21:00 | Theoretical session Reception |
Day-2_12, May, Sunday *Shuttle buses will be arranged from Keio Plaza Hotel to each venues.
A. Johnson & Johnson Institute Tokyo
B. Medtronic Innovation Center Japan
C. Olympus Medical Training and Education Center
D. Intuitive dry lab
Activity Outline
Product introduction / Lecture / Lunch / Wet Lab work
(Lap partial hepatectomy, Lap large hepatectomy, Lap stapler hepatectomy, HALS, Lap cholecysto-jejunostomy, Lap anatomical hepatectomy with Glissonian approach)
A) Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Institute Tokyo
Venue: Click HERE!
Scheduled Time: 8:30 – 16:30
Program: Click HERE!
Product:
Harmonic / ENSEAL / Powered Echelon Flex / CUSA®Excel+ / Echo / IR system scope(Stryker) / Microwave ablation device(Microtaze) / VIO®300D ERBEJET®2, and general equipment for Laparoscopic surgery
B) Medtronic

Medtronic Innovation Center JAPAN
Venue: Click HERE!
Scheduled Time: 8:00 – 16:00
Program: Click HERE!
Product:
Signia / LigaSure・Sonicision / Valleylab FT10 / Emprint Ablation System / Microtaze / Echo, IR system scope (Storz) /
and general equipment for Laparoscopic surgery
C) Olympus

Olympus Medical Training and Education Center
Venue: Click HERE!
Scheduled Time: 8:00 – 16:00
Program: Click HERE!
Product:
STMS / ThunderBeat / SonicBeat / SonoSurg-USU(CUSA) / ECho(HITACHI), IR system scope /
and general equipment for Laparoscopic surgery
D) Intuitive ※ Dry Lab
This Seminar Will Feature a Keynote Lecture by Dr. John Martinie.

Venue: Intuitive Tokyo Training Center
Scheduled Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Program: Click HERE!
Product: Da Vinci Surgical System








