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ESDE 2019 Congress President Theodore Liakakos invites you to attend this year's ESDE Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece on November 20-22, 2019.

The goal of this meeting is to present advances in the field of esophageal diseases and the scientific program features a range of multidisciplinary topics including:

Two (2) Pre-Courses

• Surgical course – live videos (MIE-abdominal, MIE-thoracic, Robotics)
• Endoscopy-hands on

The “Christophe Mariette” Lecture on Multimodality Treatment in esophageal cancer

Hot topics

• Is esophageal cancer the next malignancy that should be considered for screening: what is the evidence
• New technology, AI and robotics in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
• Robotic esophageal surgery: State-of-the-art
• Results from the International Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA)
• Immunotherapy: a panacea for the future?

Main topics

• Staging in esophageal cancer: Where are we heading
• Barrett’s esophagus
• GERD – Refractory GERD
• Optimizing outcomes in multimodality treatment of esophageal cancer
• Surgical strategies for esophageal cancer
• Joint session with IGCA
• Facing Achalasia
• Difficult cases and a step forward?
• Paraesophageal hernias
• Complications post esophagectomy

Challenging cases

• Management of refractory esophageal strictures
• Boerhaave syndrome
• Hiatal hernia with motility disorders
• Esophageal foreign bodies
• Eosinophilic esophagitis

The Preliminary Scientific Program can be found online.

See here for the list of confirmed Invited Speakers.

Reduced registration fees are available to ESDE Members.