ESGO 2025 Live Surgery Session

One of the ESGO Congress highlights you don't want to miss!

 

This year you will have an exclusive opportunity to view four live surgical techniques performed by world-renowned surgeons, transmitted from Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, a European Centre of recognised prestige in gynaecological cancer surgery. All four live surgeries will be shown parallel.

 

Join us for this exciting 3.5 hours Topnotch Live Surgery Session at ESGO 2025!

*This session is included in the registration fee.

Friday, February 21, 2025  |  08:30-12:00

  • Session Chair: Anna Fagotti (Italy)
  • Moderators: Maja Pakiz (Slovenia), Christina Fotopoulou (UK), Cagatay Taskiran (Türkiye), and Jordi Ponce (Spain)
  • Surgeons: Ursula Catena (Italy), Fabrice Lecuru (France), Henrik Falconer (Sweden), and Giovanni Scambia (Italy)
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Meet the Surgeons

Ursula Catena

Ursula Catena
Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

  • Hysteroscopic Resection of Endometrial Cancer

Dr. Catena will show the ultra-minimally invasive technique for a safe and effective conservative resection of early endometrial cancer/atypical hyperplasia, and the office hysteroscopic technique to perform a guided endometrial biopsy with LNG-IUD in the uterine cavity during follow-up.

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Fabrice Lecuru
Institut Curie, Paris, France

  • V-note Approach for Low-risk Endometrial Cancer

Dr. Lecuru's fields of interest and expertise are advanced laparoscopy for gynaecological malignancies, robotic surgery and radical surgery for advanced ovarian cancers.

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Henrik Falconer
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy

The live case will showcase a nerve sparing type C1 robotic-assisted radical hysterectomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy.

The various steps of the procedure will be demonstrated with emphasis on the parametrial structures and considerations for radicality.

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Giovanni Scambia
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

  • Interval Debulking Surgery + HIPEC

Dr. Scambia will show the challenges of Cytoreductive Surgery after Neo-Adjuvant ChemoTherapy, including prediction of Complete Gross Resection, randomization in the LANCE trial, complex surgical procedures in the upper abdomen, and HIPEC.

 

Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli

Department of Women's, Child and Public Health Sciences, Gynecological Oncology, Complex Operating Unit

Policlinico Gemelli is the teaching hospital of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and a research hospital of the Ministry of Health.

 

The Gynecological Oncology Unit at Policlinico Gemelli is a highly specialised structure within the Comprehensive Cancer Center, dedicated to prevention, diagnosis, surgical and medical treatment of women affected by gynecological neoplasms.

 

robotic surgery

The surgical activity is organised in different floors and includes 4 fully-integrated Operating Rooms with ICG, 3D and streaming connection for laparoscopy and laparotomy.

One Robotic Surgery Center  with 6 robotic platforms of three different brands, and a large Digital Hysteroscopic Clinic, made of 3 operating rooms in which endoscopy and 3D ultrasound are perfectly integrated.

Patients are directed to surgery after a multidisciplinary discussion, with the aim of individualising the treatment, favoring minimally invasive approaches and inclusion in clinical trials.

ESGO Accredited Centre

The Gynaecological Oncology Unit of Policlinico Gemelli has obtained accreditation from the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) as a reference centre for the treatment of malignant ovarian and endometrial neoplasms and recognition as ESGO training centre in gynaecological oncology.

Any Questions?

For questions related to the scientific programme,

please contact Lenka Hovorkova, Scientific Programme co-ordinator
E-mail: lenka.hovorkova@esgo.org