2024 ASAN MEDICAL CENTER

Lymphedema Workshop
22 - 24 Oct. 2024

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Workshop
Overview

We invite you to the lymphedema workshop under the keywords of experience, learning, sharing, challenge, and friendship. It will be a place to share everything from basic knowledge about lymphedema’s science, diagnosis, mapping to practical information through live surgery.

DATES: 22-24 October 2024

COURSE VENUE: Asan Medical Center (Olympic-ro 43-gil 88, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea)

FACULTY:

Peter Neligan, David Chang, Jaume Masia, Erin Brown, Johnson Yang, John Tzou, Ed Chang, G Visconti, Takumi Yamamoto, HanGyu Cha, Akitatsu Hayashi, Nicolas Pereira, Feras Alshomer, Jaeho Jeong, Noon Tonaree, Gemma Pons, JP Hong, Peter Hyunsuk Suh, Changsik John Pak

REGISTRATION FEE: $ 1,100

DESCRIPTION
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PROGRAM
Day 1 (2024.10.22 Tue) Day 2 (2024.10.23 Wed) Day 3 (2024.10.24 Thu)

08:00 – 08:15

Opening Remarks and Introduction of faculty (JP Hong, Peter Suh, John Pak)

08:15 – 08:45

Participant Introduction: What I do and What I wish to do

08:45 – 09:15

Keynote Lecture (Chair: JP Hong)

  • My journey in treating lymphedema (David Chang)

09:15 – 09:45

Session 1. Basics of Lymphedema (Chair: Jaume Masia)

  • What is lymphedema : Anatomy, physiology, lymphangiogenesis and application (Jp Hong)
  • Clinical manifestation, Impact on Quality of life (Jin Geun Kwon)
  • Staging of lymphedema – still not ideal yet (Koenraad Van Landuyt)

09:45 – 10:40

Session 2. Pre-operative Planning : Imaging Modality (Chair: John Pak)

  • Lymphoscintigram (Sangwon Han)
  • ICG lymphangiogram (Takumi Yamamoto)
  • MR lymphangiogram (Sang-Hun Lee)
  • Ultrasound (Min-Jeong Cho)
  • Discussion

10:40 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:20

Session 3. Pre-operative Management and Analysis (Chair: Gemma Pons)

  • Risk factors, Conservative treatment and pre-operative compression protocol (Chul Jung)
  • Quantitative analysis tool for lymphedema: In-body, Circumference measure, Perometer, PROM (Seungwoo Cha)

11:20 – 12:30

Session 4. Surgical Treatment for Lymphedema I: LVA (Chair: Erin Brown)

  • Algorithm for Lymphedema treatment: A to Z (Jaume Masia)
  • Optimizing the outcome by choosing the best lymphatics and vein (Akitatsu Hayashi)
  • Various anastomosis methods of LVA (Johnson Yang)
  • What is the Venturi effect for LVA? (Jeongmok Cho)
  • Considering secondary surgical procedures (John Pak)
  • Importance of axillary scar release for upper extremity lymphedema (Hyunghwa Jeong)

12:30 – 13:30

Session 5. Surgical Treatment for Lymphedema II : VLNT – VIDEO Session (Chair: Koenraad Van Landuyt)

  • Groin lymph node transfer (VLNT) (John Pak)
  • Omental lymph node transfer (VLNT) (Edward Chang)
  • Submental lymph node transfer (VLNT) (John Tzou)
  • Reverse lymphatic mapping (Gemma Pons)

13:30 – 14:30

LUNCH

14:30 – 15:20

Session 6. Surgical Treatment for Lymphedema II : LNVA, Lymphatic Channel Transfer, Biobridge – VIDEO Session (Chair: Koenraad Van Landuyt)

  • Lymph node to vein anastomosis (Jp Hong)
  • Lymphatic channel transfer: Lymph interpositional flap transfer (LIFT) (Takumi Yamamoto)
  • Application of Biobridge with LVA/VLNT and prevention (Dung Nguyen)

15:20 – 15:50

Coffee Break (Group Photo)

15:50 – 16:20

Session 7. Surgical Treatment for Lymphedema III : Liposuction, Charles’ Procedure, Approach for Genital Lymphedema (Chair: Joh Tzou)

  • Liposuction and potential regeneration of lymphatics? (Gemma Pons)
  • Excisional approach, Charles’ procedure (John Pak)
  • Genital lymphedema – what works? (Usama Abdel Fattah)

16:20 – 17:00

Session 8. Surgical Prevention of Lymphedema: Prophylactic Lymphedema Surgery (Chair: Jaume Masia)

  • LYMPHA for upper extremity (David Chang)
  • LVA and potential outcome for extremity (Noon Tonaree)
  • LNVA for lower extremity (Hyunghwa Jeong)

17:00 – 17:30

Session 9. Post-operative Management (Chair: Hari Venkatramani)

  • Post-operative rehabilitation (Jae Yong Jeon)
  • Discussion on weaning protocol (Jaume Masia, JP Hong, David Chang, Jae Yong Jeon)

17:30 – 18:00

Session 10. Lymphedema Research (Chair: Peter Hyunsuk Suh)

  • Outcome of surgical lymphedema : the latest evidence (Jaeho Jeong)
  • Proper research model for lymphedema outcome analysis (Jin Geun Kwon)

18:00 – 18:30

Session 11. Live Surgery Case Review (Tae Hyung Kim)

18:30 ~

Official Dinner

Live Surgery

09:15 ~

Room 1 : Lymphedema, Lt. arm – LVA, Ometnal LN transfer, liposuction

Operator

  • LVA : Takumi Yamamoto
  • VLNT : John Pak, Chung Sik Gong
  • Liposuction : Tae Hyung Kim
  • 1st assistant : Tae Hyung Kim

09:15 ~

Room 2 : Lymphedema, Rt. arm – LVA, SCIP LN transfer, biobridge

Operator

  • LVA : John Tzou
  • SCIP : JP Hong, Jaume Masia
  • Biobridge : Dung Ngyuen
  • 1st assistant : HanGyu Cha

09:15 ~

Room 2 : Lymphedema, Rt. leg : LVA, LNVA, Biobridge

Operator

  • LVA : Akitatsu Hayashi
  • LNVA : Jeongmok Cho
  • Biobridge : Dung Nguyen
  • 1st assistant : Jeongmok Cho

Moderator

JP Hong, Jaume Masia, Erin Brown, Hyunsuk Peter Suh, Koenraad Van Landuyt, Dung Nguyen, Johnson Yang, Edward Chang, Gemma Pons

Topics throughout the day

8:45 – 9:15

Godina Traveling fellow lecture (Chair: Peter Suh, Edward Chang)

Free time between live surgery

Evolution of My Experience About Lymphedema Surgery (Chair: Jp Hong, HyungJoo Noh)

  • How to set up lymphedema service (Erin Brown)
  • Evolution of lymphedema practice (Jaume Masia)
  • The evolutionary changes in incisional site placement for supermicrosurgical lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA), my personal experience (Johnson Yang)
  • Pushing the limits for LVA with advances in lymphatic imaging (Akitatsu Hayashi)
  • How & Why My Approach Changed? Lessons Learned from 20,000+ LVAs (Takumi Yamamoto)
  • (R)Evolution of my Approach to Lymphedema Surgery (Nicolas Pereira)

13:30 – 14:30

Recommended Lunch Time (The workshop will continue regardless of the lunch break)

14:00 – 14:30

Asan Medical Center Tour Program – Applicant only

15:30 – 16:30

How Far Lymphedema Surgery Can Go?: Innovation to Expand New Fields with Lymphedema Surgery (Chair: Erin Brown)

  • Treating chylothorax with lymphedema surgery (Feras Alshomer)
  • Treating protein losing enteropathy with lymphedema surgery (Feras Alshomer)
  • Localized Eyelid lymphedema (HanGyu Cha)
  • Lymphedema surgery on venous ulcer patients (Sung Chan Jimmy Chao)
  • One-stage Curative Surgery for Elephantiasis: RRR Procedure (Takumi Yamamoto)

16:30 – 17:00

How Delicate Microsurgery Can Go?: The Role of Robots in Microsurgery – Symani (Chair: Jaume Masia)

  • Insight after preclinical studies (Tae Hyung Kim)
  • Refining precision in robotic-assisted LVA (Gemma Pons)

17:00 – 17:30

Round table : Bring your case…..(Chair: JP Hong, Panel: All faculty)

  • Case report (Pujisriyani Prawoto Soegiarto)
  • Lymphedema in special zones (Zhegang Zhou)
  • Morbid obesity with lymphedema complications (Hayder Al Saffar)
  • Transforming Lymphedema Care in Uzbekistan: Pioneering LVA Surgery, CDT, and Liposuction (Avaz Ismailov)
  • Management of refractory genital lymphedema (Chi-Chien HUNG)
  • Please help, I am searching for answers I haven’t found (Alanna Rebecca)

Reserved personal time

Hands-on session 1 : Sewing with the masters (All faculty)

Reserved group time

Hands-on session 2 : Ultrasound for lymphatic mapping (Akitatsu Hayashi, Yamamoto Takumi, Jin Geun Kwon, John Tzou, Min-Jeong Cho, Sung Chan Chao, Noon Tonaree, Tea Hyung Kim, Nicolas Periera, Ben Moodie)

Reserved personal time

Hands-on session 3 : Symani (TRM Korea, MMI)

Faculty Dinner (By invitation only)

Live Surgery

09:15 ~

Room 1 : Lymphedema, both leg – Charles’ procedure or massive liposuction

Operator

  • John Pak, John Tzou
  • 1st assistant : Tae Hyung Kim

09:15 ~

Room 2 : Lymphedema both leg – LVA, LNVA, liposuction, biobridge

Operator

  • LVA uni : JP Hong
  • LVA uni : Johnson Yang
  • LNVA : Jin Geun Kwon
  • Liposuction : Jin Geun Kwon
  • Biobridge : Dung Nguyen
  • 1st assistant : Jin Geun Kwon

09:15 ~

Room 2 : Lymphedema, Rt. Leg – Liposuction

Operator

  • Peter Hyunsuk Suh
  • 1st assistant : HanGyu Cha

Moderator

JP Hong, Jaume Masia, Erin Brown, Hyunsuk Peter Suh, Koenraad Van Landuyt, Dung Nguyen, Johnson Yang, Nicolas Periera, Gemma Pons

Topics throughout the day

7:30 – 8:30

Hands-on session 4: Bandaging and right compression methods (Jung Hwa Do, Healing Solution)

8:45 – 9:15

Keynote lecture (Chair: Peter Hyunsuk Suh)

  • The Future of the Lymphedema Surgery: Exploring Cutting-Edge Treatments for Improved Patient (Jaume Masia)

Free time between live surgery

How to build the lymphedma practice (Chair: Peter Suh)

  • Building up lymphedema practice: Challenges and opportunities (Usama Abdel Fattah)
  • Lymphedema Clinic from Scratch (Nicolas Pereira)
  • Setting up of Lymphedema practice in India centre (Hari Venkatrami)
  • Lymphedema Surgery in Private Practice (Mehmet Altiparmak)
  • How to effectively collaborate with a pre-existing lymphedema management team (Young Chul Suh)
  • Building a Lymphedema Practice and Patient Flow Optimization in Resource-Limited Institute (Wananya Phochai)

13:30 – 14:30

Recommended Lunch Time (The workshop will continue regardless of the lunch break)

15:30 – 16:30

Round table : personal thoughts on the controversies surrounding LVA (Chair: Erin Brown, Speakers: Nicolas Pereira, Minjeong Cho, Gemma Pons, Koen V Landyut, Johnson Yang, Takumi, Hayashi, John Pak)

  • Q1. Ideal point to make LVA
  • Q2. Single LVA vs Multiple LVA
  • Q3. Anastomosis fashion : End-to-end vs Side-to-end
  • Q4. Technical tips for LVA

16:30 – 17:30

New Frontier in Lymphedema surgery : Dementia and Lymphatic Surgery (Chair: Jp Hong)

  • Overview of Alzheimer disease (Jae-Sung Lim)
  • Rewiring the Brain (Qinping Xie)
  • The evidence pushing for LVA in Dementia (Tae Hyung Kim)
  • Uncovering the Missing Link Between Lymphedema, Chronic inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Alzheimer’s disease, and the Role of Supermicrosurgical Lymphatic Anastomosis. (Johnson Yang)

17:30 – 18:00

Round table : The future of lymphedema surgery (Chair : JP Hong, Speaker: David Chang, Jaume Masia, Erin Brown, Hyunsuk Peter Suh, John Pak, Aki, Takumi, Xie, Koenraad, Johnson Yang)

Reserved personal time

Hands-on session 1 : Sewing with the masters (All faculty)

Reserved group time

Hands-on session 2 : Ultrasound for lymphatic mapping (Akitatsu Hayashi, Yamamoto Takumi, Jin Geun Kwon, John Tzou, Min-Jeong Cho, Sung Chan Chao, Noon Tonaree, Tea Hyung Kim, Nicolas Periera, Ben Moodie)

Reserved personal time

Hands-on session 3 : Symani (TRM Korea, MMI)

Official dinner with karaoke night (All participants )

PAST
WORKSHOP

FAculty

Joon Pio (JP) Hong

Korea

Peter Neligan

USA

Jaume Masia

Spain

David Chang

USA

Erin Brown

Canada

Johnson Chia-Sen Yang

Taiwan

Peter Hyunsuk Suh

Korea

Chieh-Han John Tzou

Austria

Edward Chang

USA

Changsik John Pak

Korea

Giuseppe Visconti

Italy

Takumi Yamamoto

Japan

HanGyu Cha

Korea

Akitatsu Hayashi

Japan

Nicolas Pereira

Chile

Gemma Pons

Spain

Feras Alshomer

Arabia

Jaeho Jeong

Korea

Noon Tonaree

Thailand

Hari Venkatramani

India

Min-Jeong Cho

USA

Koenraad Van Landuyt

Belgium

Jae Yong Jeon

Korea

Qingping Xie

China

Usama Abdel Fattah

Egypt

Sang-Hun Lee

Korea

Sangwon Han

Korea

Young Chul Suh

Korea

Wananya Phochai

Thailand

Mehmet Altiparmak

Turkey

HyungJoo Noh

UAE

Dung Nguyen

USA

Jae-Sung Lim

Korea

Jung Hwa Do

Korea

Hyung Hwa Jeong

Korea

Jeongmok Joe

Korea

The Venue

Asan Medical Center in Seoul has been selected as a ‘The most respected hospital in Korea’ for 18 consecutive years. We are moving forward with the mission of ‘contributing to the healthy life of humanity by achieving high levels of medical care, education, and research with constant challenge and passion.’ Also, It is located close to the Han River, which flows through the middle of Seoul, so you will be able to experience Korea’s beautiful autumn.

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FEE (Lecture + Live Surgery)

Early Bird Registration

Until Sep 15, 2024

$ 800
Late Registration

Sep 16- Oct 22, 2024

$ 1,100
IMC Premium Membership

Until Oct 22, 2024

$ 880

 The registration fee includes:

  •  Conference kit
  •  Access to all sessions on October 22-24, 2024
  •  Coffee breaks & lunches

 Payment Options:

 Cancellations and Refunds:

All cancellation requests must be sent to the Congress Secretariat: ps@amc.seoul.kr

  • Cancellations received on or before Aug 31, 2024

 An administration fee of USD 200 will be due and deducted from any refund issued.

  • Cancellations received after Aug 31, 2024 & No shows

Full payment is due and no refunds will be issued.

Please allow four to six weeks for your refund to be processed.

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Call for abstracts

Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 20th, 2024 11:59 pm (CT)

The Scientific Committee invites authors to submit abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the program. Please read all of the following important key points:

  • Abstracts must be 400 words or less. Images can be included but may reduce the allowable word count. (Figures and tables are considered equivalent to 50 words each.)
  • Prepare a Word document with following format.
  • Title, Authors(presenting author must be underlined), Affiliations, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
  • The general criteria for consideration of abstracts by the Scientific Program Committees are originality, clarity, creativity and concise presentation.
  • Submit the abstract file through the email.(ps@amc.seoul.kr)
  • The presenting author will be notified of the acceptance status of the abstract via email.

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