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MEETING REPORT
The 6th Russian School of Colorectal Surgery meeting
5–6 April 2012, Moscow, Russia
N. Stojanovic • M. Janic
Published online: 17 May 2012
 The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
The capital of Russia these days is a metropolis with 12
million people. Two million people daily enter and leave
Moscow!
The last time we participated in this meeting was 3 years
ago. Our first impression this time was that the meeting had
tripled in size under the leadership of Prof. V.P. Tsarkov. He
and his team spread their arms and gave a warm welcome to
more than 1,500 participants.
In the early spring of this year,for the sixth time, the
Russian School of Colorectal Surgery offered a very inter-
esting and busy program. The conference was divided into
2 days and two important and fascinating topics. The first
day was dedicated to benign pathology of the rectum and
pelvic floor. Hemorrhoidal disease was a popular topic for
live surgery and problem solving. G. Millito, M. Janic, and
S. Regadas demonstrated hemorrhoidectomy with Ligasure,
hemorrhoidectomy with monopolar electrocautery, and sta-
pled hemorrhoidopexy. It was concluded that surgical
hemorrhoidectomy should be reserved for patients who do
not respond to outpatient treatment and those who have large
external hemorrhoids, or combined internal and external
hemorrhoids with significant prolapse (grades III–IV).
E. Rullier performed laparoscopic ventral recto-
sacropexy for descending perineum syndrome with new
mesh and a new method for securing it. This session was
chaired by M. Pescatori and moderated by V.P. Tsarkov,
I. Nechai, D. Khubezov, and V. Egiev, all of whom stim-
ulated the discussion with their comments.
The following session consisted of lectures on
another interesting topic: diagnosis and treatment of pelvic
floor dysfunctions. With his fascinating presentation,
M. Pescatori opened another perspective on this problem
and spoke about the iceberg syndrome and treatment
solutions. S. Regadas gave a masterly lecture based on
several years of experience with a novel 3-D dynamic
anorectal ultrasoound technique for the assessment of
perineal descent. A.A. Popov made an important contri-
bution with his talk on pelvic floor descent from a gyne-
cologist’s point of view. The session closed with an
interesting lecture by J. Korcek on transvaginal procedures
in the treatment of rectocele and pelvic floor syndrome.
The next day in the Congress Hall of the Hotel Radisson
Slavyanskaya, the seats were rapidly taken and even
standing room was at a premium as the hall filled with
curious surgeons.
Live surgery began in two operating theatres simulta-
neously. R. Bergamaschi, A. Parvajz, and V.P. Tsarkov
masterfully demonstrated their techniques in laparoscopic
and open colectomy. The next session was devoted to new
perspectives in the treatment of colon cancer. The series of
lectures began with R. Bergamaschi examining the issue
of laparoscopic colon cancer surgery as a new standard of
care, followed by E. Rullier speaking about issues in lap-
aroscopic treatment of colon cancer and then E. Tiret, who
covered the current standards of care. C.G. Fu presented an
impressive case series of hand-assisted laparoscopic sur-
gery. The session closed with a very interesting lecture by
K. Maeda on the pros and cons of lymph node dissection in
colon cancer.
The last session was dedicated to various themes: from a
surgical view of colon cancer metastases, presented by V.P.
Tzarkov, through questions about when and how to treat
dehiscence of colonic anastomoses, discussed by Y. Panis.
A. Zakharenko described some very complicated cases of
colon cancer. A. Parvajz stressed the importance of a
training program for surgeons in the colorectal field. A
N. Stojanovic (&)  M. Janic
General Hospital, Pancevo, Serbia
e-mail: stornen@yahoo.com
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DOI 10.1007/s10151-012-0841-6
young yet very experienced hepaticobiliary surgeon from
Liverpool, S. Fenwick, gave an exciting talk on new hope
for the treatment of liver metastatic colorectal cancer.
An impressive master class on the first day was given by
S. Regadas, with a helping hand from the staff of the
Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Surgery of the
Russian National Center of Surgery.
This very successful meeting wound to an end on the
evening of the second day, as the Moscow river flowed into
the night, quietly singing ‘‘Kalinka’’.
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