Early bird registration deadline: February 28, 2025 | Congress start date: April 30, 2025

Hands On Courses

Thoracoscopy Course on 3-D Printed Materials

Chairs: Oliver Muensterer, Mohammed Abdel Aziz, Sherif Shehata, Mohammed El-barbary, Müjdem Nur Azılı, Rahşan Özcan

  • Basic Thoracoscopic Skills
  • Esophageal Atresia Model
  • Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair
  • Other Upper GI Anomalies

Fee: 100 Euros

Endoscopy and Endoscopic Interventions

Chairs: Mutaz Sultan, Gökhan Baysoy, Özlem Kalaycık

Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Dr. Ozlem Kalaycik

  • Technical knowledge of an endoscope including different sizes
  • Choosing the correct endoscope size in the child
  • Correct handling of an endoscope
  • Correct placement of the patient, endoscopist, tower and video monitor
  • Checking the instruments before starting endoscopy
  • Perform an upper endoscopy on a model

Foreign Body Extraction
Dr. Mutaz Sultan

  • Know indications and time point for endoscopic FB removal
  • Train the use of different types of instruments for FB removal
  • Know and practice techniques for removal of button batteries, magnets, sharp objects, large objects, coins, food bolus etc. (overcap, overtube etc. included)

PEG Insertion
Dr. Gokhan Baysoy

  • Know indications and contraindications for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
  • Know the possible complications and how to treat them
  • Discuss advantage/ disadvantage of the different techniques
  • Practice on a model: pull through technique, one-step button PEG

Fee: 100 Euros

High Resolution Esophageal Manometry

Chairs: Thomas Ciecierega, Ersin Gümüş, Bengi Öztürk

  • Basic Principles of HREM
  • Patient Selection and Application
  • Interpretation of Results and Case Discussions

Fee: 100 Euros

Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing

Chairs: Numan Demir, Kimberly Morris

  • Basic Principles
  • Practice on Volunteers
  • Case Discussions

Fee: 100 Euros

Interventional Pulmonology

Chairs: Kim Kaspy, Paul Boesch, Mikhail Kazachkov, Sara Zak

Fee: 100 Euros

You may complete your course registration by filling out the registration form available on the Registration and Accommodation page.