Dear Member, Dear Colleague,
I am proud to announce our Licage Congress taking place in Leuven Belgium 19th-20th of September 2024. The theme this year is: “Innovations and Challenges in Liver Transplantation”. We have a great program lined up and hope you participate in numbers.
As a member, you can register on the website. Click on the Licage Leuven Congress logo to access the registration page. Once registered, you will receive a booking confirmation. As a trainee or nurse please remember provide a certificate on site.
Not yet a member? Please register as a member first and then go to the event page to register for the congress. As a non-member we ask you to pay this extra fee ( 100 euro as a registered physician, 30 euro as a nurse or trainee). This way you also receive the benefit of a full year membership with access to the Licage Academy page.
If you have any question, contact us at licage@uzleuven.be
We hope to see you in Leuven next September!
Program Schedule
Thursday 19/09/2024
| 08:00-08:25 | Registration and welcome coffee | |
| 08:25-08:30 | Welcome and opening | Koen Reyntjens |
| 08:30-10:00 | Hemodynamic monitoring | Geertrui Dewinter – Koen Reyntjens |
| 08:30-08:40 | To Swan or not to Swan? PRO | Gert-Jan Eerdekens |
| 08:40-08:50 | To Swan or not to Swan? CON | Alessandro Maria Galli |
| 08:50-09:00 | Use of TEE in liver transplantation | Dmitri Bezinover |
| 09:00-09:10 | Going minimally invasive in hemodynamic monitoring | James Bennett |
| 09:10-09:20 | Vasoplegia management: what if (nor)adrenalin just doesn’t cut it? | Jaap-Jan Vos |
| 09:20-10:00 | Vasoplegia case discussion: round table | All speakers |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30-12:15 | ERAS in OLTx | Annabel Blasi – Diethard Monbaliu |
| 10:30-10:55 | Prehab/rehab | Joost Klaase |
| 10:55-11:20 | Early extubation after OLTx | Vilma Traskaite |
| 11:20-11:45 | Analgesia for ERAS | Steve Coppens |
| 11:45-12:05 | Implementing an ERAS pathway in your hospital | Michael Spiro |
| 12:05-12:15 | Questions and discussion | |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | Industry session* |
| 13:30-15:00 | Management of early postoperative complications | Jan Gunst – Constantine (Dean) Karvellas |
| 13:30-13:55 | Approach to altered mental status in the perioperative setting | Wim Laleman |
| 13:55-14:20 | Early allograft dysfunction | Dana Tomescu |
| 14:20-14:45 | How to deal with the MDR positive donor/recipient? | Fuat Saner |
| 14:45-15:10 | AKI pre/post transplant | Greet De Vlieger |
| 15:10-15:30 | Questions and discussion | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-17:30 | Increasing comorbidities in liver TX candidates | Alexander Wilmer- Dana Tomescu |
| 16:00-16:20 | Intraoperative CRRT: for who and how? | Constantine (Dean) Karvellas |
| 16:20-16:40 | Cardiovascular risk factors (CAD, valve, …) | James Findlay |
| 16:40-17:00 | ACLF 3: bridging to transplant | Philippe Meersseman |
| 17:00-17:20 | Pro/Con: should we transplant patients with a BMI>40? | Wim Laleman (pro) Luc de Baerdemaker (con) |
| 17:20-17:30 | Frailty in pediatric transplant candidates | James Bennett |
| 17:30-17:45 | Questions and discussion |
Friday 20/09/2024
| 08:00-08:25 | Registration and welcome coffee | |
| 08:25-08:30 | Welcome and opening | |
| 08:30-10:00 | Coagulation management | Annabel Blasi – Gert-Jan Eerdekens |
| 08:30-08:55 | Antifibrinolytics | Ecaterina Scarlatescu |
| 08:55-09:20 | Advanced Anticoagulation Therapies and Reversal Techniques in Cirrhotic Patients | Fuat Saner |
| 09:20-09:45 | What to do about intraoperative thrombosis? | Ton Lisman |
| 09:45-10:00 | Questions and discussion | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Interactive clinical case session (mentor/mentee) | Yves Debaveye – Gianni Biancofiore |
| 10:30-10:55 | Case 1: EAD | Dana Tomescu + mentee |
| 10:55-11:20 | Case 2: transplantability | Alexander Wilmer + mentee |
| 11:20-11:45 | Case 3: thrombosis | Emma Vanderschueren |
| 11:45-12:00 | Questions and discussion | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Coffee break | Industry session* |
| 12:30-14:00 | Surgical updates in OLTx | Koen Reyntjens – Diethard Monbaliu |
| 12:30-12:55 | EX vivo Machine Perfusion: implications for the anesthetist/intensive care specialist | Bianca Lascaris |
| 12:55-13:10 | Use of Venovenous bypass: con | Olga Ciccareli |
| 13:10-13:25 | Use of venovenous bypass: pro | Jacques Pirenne |
| 13:25-13:45 | Use of temporary portocaval shunt | Hasan Eker |
| 13:45-14:00 | Questions and discussion | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Closing remarks and lunch |
* Session registration on site
Venue
Faculty Club
Groot Begijnhof 14
3000 Leuven
https://www.facultyclub.be
Accommodation
Look for Leuven hotels nearby the congress location. If you have any question, contact us at licage@uzleuven.be.
How to get there?
Address: Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JkXABBArxGdD4syf6
Description: The Faculty Club in Leuven is a unique event location. The breathtaking setting of the restored buildings of the Grand Beguinage make it the ideal place for all your meetings, receptions and (staff) parties. There is a good reason why the site was made UNESCO World Heritage in 2000.
The historic setting of the Grand Beguinage is situated in the centre of Flemish Brabant, close to Brussels and Mechelen and a stone’s throw from Antwerp and Limburg. It is within walking distance of Leuven’s lively city centre too.
Faculty Club is easy to access via the ring road round Leuven. Close to the E40 and E314, it is only 15 minutes from the airport. There is a free car park for 250 vehicles.
By car: E40 Brussels>Liège or E314 –exit Leuven –keep following Leuven –keep right at the end of the exit (after several traffic lights) and at the beginning of the ring road around Leuven (viaduct) –make a U-turn to the left on the ring road at the second traffic lights (Park Poort) –turn right after 1 km
GPS address: Tervuursevest 70, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
By public transport: Bus numbers 2 or 600 (ringbus) from the Leuven railwaystation. Busstop bus N° 2: “Naamse Poort” –Busstop bus N° 600: ‘University Sports centre’. For more information about the busses : www.delijn.be
From the airport: Train Airport –Leuven/Luik: stop Leuven. Then take bus nrs. 2 or 600.