Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF)
Group d’Endoscopie Thoracique Interventionnelle Francophone (GETIF)
World Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP)
European Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EABIP)
Basics and Technics
- Anatomy and Applied Physiology of the Pleura
- Chest ultrasound in the evaluation of the pleural cavity
- Radiological (non-chest U/S) imaging of the chest wall and pleural cavity
- Pleural Thoracentesis and Blind biopsy of the pleura
- Image-guided biopsy in pleural effusions
- Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) / Chest tubes
- Anesthesia
- Thoracoscopy
- Pleurodesis
Disease and management
- Undiagnosed pleural effusion
- Malignant pleural effusion
- Mesothelioma
- Pleural infection
- Pneumothorax
- Non-specific pleuritis
- Intrapleural novel treatments
Morning Session
8:15 Welcome (M. Froudarakis)
8:30 Anatomy and Applied Physiology of the Pleural Space (P. Astoul)
9:00 Place of Chest CT and MRI in the diagnosis of pleural effusion (K. Blyth)
9:30 Chest ultrasound in pleural disease: basics (J. Annema)
10:00 Thoracentesis in the management of pleural effusions (JM Porcel)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 Chest ultrasound in pleural disease: advances and innovations (N. Rahman)
11:30 Anaesthesia for pleural interventions (G. Mangiapan)
12:00 Imaging-guided pleural biopsies (JM Porcel)
12:30 Chest tubes: Which size, which position and how to remove (G. Mangiapan)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session
14:00 Thoracoscopy technique, complications and follow-up (M. Froudarakis)
14:30 Rigid, flex-rigid or mini thoracoscope? (J Janssen)
15:00 IPCs: technique, indications and complications (N. Maskell)
15.30 The place of thoracoscopy in the management of pleural effusion (J. Janssen)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30 Pleural effusion: rare things not to miss (N. Rahman)
17:00 Pleurodesis: which method in which patient (P. Astoul)
17:30 Management of pleural infections (M. Froudarakis)
18:00 Is still a place for VATS in the management of pleural disease? (O. Tiffet)
18:30 Respiratory insufficiency in pleural disease (CH Marquette)
Morning
8:30 Pathophysiology for pneumothorax (N. Rahman)
9:00 Current management of pneumothorax (N. Maskell)
9:30 Advanced techniques in pleural disease (J. Annema)
10:00 Carcinogenesis of mesothelioma: what we know so far (D. Sterman)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 Current management of mesothelioma (K. Blyth)
11:30 Local treatments (except pleurodesis) of malignancies (D. Sterman)
12:00 Education in pleural disease (N. Rahman)
12:30 Research in pleural disease (N. Maskell)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Afternoon
14:00-18:00 Hands-on workshop
Pr Jouke Annema, Amserdam NL
Professor of Pulmonary Endoscopy
Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, G5-247
Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
Pr Philippe Astoul, Marseille Fr
Chef de Service
Oncologie Thoracique – Maladies de la Plèvre – Pneumologie Interventionnelle
Pôle Cardio-Vasculaire et Thoracique – Aix-Marseille Université
Hôpital Nord
Pr Kevin Blyth, Glasgow UK
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow
Pr Marios Froudarakis, Saint-Etienne France
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
University Jean Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France
Democritus University, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Dr Julius Janssen, Nijmegen NL
Chief, Department of Pulmonary Disease
B70, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Dr Gilles Mangiapan
Unité de Pneumologie Interventionnelle, Groupe Echographie Thoracique
Service de Pneumologie
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil
Pr Charles-Hugo Marquette, Nice Fr
Chef de Service
Service de Pneumologie, Oncologie Thoracique, Allergologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires
Hôpital Pasteur. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Pr Nick Maskell, Bristol UK
Professor, Head
Academic Respiratory Unit
Second Floor, Learning and Research Building
Southmead Hospital
Pr José Manuel Porcel, Lleida S
Medical Director (CEO), Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Lleida, Spain
Professor of Medicine, University of Lleida
Chief, Department of Internal Medicine
Head, Pleural Medicine Unit, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Lleida, Spain
Section Editor, European Respiratory Journal
Associate Editor, ERJ Open Research
Editor in Chief, Spanish Journal of Medicine
Pr Najib Rahman, Oxford UK
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Director, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Consultant Respiratory and Pleural Physician, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine
Tutor in Clinical Medicine, University College, Oxford
Pr Daniel Sterman, New York USA
Thomas & Suzanne Murphy Professor of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Departments of Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Director, Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Oncology Program
Principal Investigator, NYU Pulmonary Oncology Research Team (NYU PORT)
NYU Grossman School of Medicine/ NYU Langone Health
Pr Olivier Tiffet, Saint Etienne Fr
Chef de Service Chirurgie Générale et Thoracique
Chef de pôle DOCP2
CHU Saint Etienne
Auditorium cité du design
42000 St-Etienne
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Scientific organization
Pr Marios Froudarakis, Saint-Etienne France marfroud@gmail.com
Logistic and event organization
Agence La Brune Qui Pétille estelle@labrunequipetille.fr
