Program

Epic Lapland 2024 – Advanced Head & Neck Surgery and Reconstruction Symposium, March 20 – 22, 2024, Pyhä, Finland

Tuesday 19^th

19.30  Welcome dinner at Camp restaurant

Wednesday 20^th

8.30 - 10.30   Oropharyngeal Cancer

        Chair Mario Fernandez and Cesare Piazza

• Guidelines in Finland - P. Koivunen
• To surgery or not-surgery: De-Escalation Question, ongoing studies - Ch. Simon
• Robotic versus minimally invasive neck dissection – U. Duvvuri
• Evolving Beyond The “Unknown Primary”: diagnostic transoral robotic surgery reveals evidence of HPV “field-cancerization” – Ch. Holsinger

10.30 - 11.00   Coffee break

11.00 - 12.00   Salivary gland cancer
        Chair Francis Marchal and Leif Bäck

• A walk in salivary cancer park : ESMO guidelines illustrated, and pitfalls – V. Vander Poorten
• Salivary gland diseases, paradigm shift – F. Marchal

12.00 - 17.00   Lunch & workshops

17.00 - 18.15   Quality of life in head and neck surgery
        Chair Melonie Nance and Heikki Irjala

• Swallowing before and after HN surgery – G. Desuter
• What is my perspective to reconstruction in terms of QOL – M. Zabrodsky
• QOL measures in practice, does it change practice – M. Tedla

18.30   Gathering at Carlsberg bar

19.30   Dinner at Popolo

Thursday 21^st

8.30 – 10.30   Oral cavity

Chair Jason Newman and Tommy Wilkman

• Complex tongue reconstruction – S. Cannady
• Irish perspective in oral cavity cancer surgery-when to reconstruct  – P. Sheahan
• Management of the masticatory space in T4b oral cancer - C. Piazza
• Points to consider in total glossectomy – I. Kinnunen

10.30 - 11.00   Coffee break

11.00 - 12.00   Laryngeal cancer
Chair Elisabeth Sjögren and Gauthier Desuter

12.00 – 17.00   Lunch & workshops

17.00 – 18.15   Challenging surgery
        Chair Christian Simon and Patrik Lassus

• Advanced thyroid cancer involving the airway and digestive tract: my cook book! – C. Piazza

• Options for difficult midface reconstruction – P. Lassus

• Parapharyngeal space tumor surgery; with robot and without it – U. Duvvuri

18.30   Gathering at Carlsberg bar

19.30   Dinner at Mokkatupa (bus transportation from the square)

Friday 22^nd

8.30 - 10.30   Oropharyngeal cancer II

        Chair Steven Cannady and Umamaheswar Duvvuri

• Is the planet Earth a better place since TORS/TOUSS ? – M. Fernandez

• Treatment of advanced OPC – J. Newman

• In Jeopardy? The future of de-escalation clinical trials in the US for patients with HPV-mediated Oropharyngeal Cancer - Ch. Holsinger

• Reconstruction of oropharynx – S. Cannady

   

10.30 - 11.00   Coffee break

11.00 - 12.00   Palliative surgery
Chair Chris Holsinger and Jyrki Vuola

12.00 - 16.00   Lunch & workshops

16.00 - 18.30   The Best complication in the world -competition

Chair Jyrki Vuola and Leif Bäck

18.30   Gathering at Carlsberg bar

19.00   Dinner at Huttuhippu

...and the award of the best complication in the world goes to…
Jury: Jyrki Vuola, Leif Bäck, Mario Fernandez, Cesare Piazza