Friday, 5 March 2027
VIII - PEDIATRIC AIRWAY SURGERY
(9:00-10:30 am)
Chairs: Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert & Olaf Mercier, Paris
Open and endoscopic treatment of Laryngotracheal clefts
Kishore Sandu, Lausanne
Subglottic stenosis – Resections and/or Grafting?
Christopher Wootten, Nashville
Airway tumors in children
Thomas Schweiger, Vienna
Establishing an Aeordigestive Board – Vanderbilt Experience
Christopher Wootten, Nashville
Tracheo-esophageal fistula in pediatric patients
Kishore Sandu, Lausanne
Tracheobronchomalacia in pediatric patients
Michele Torre, Genua
Discussion
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IX - BAD NEIGHBORS
(10:30-11:10 am)
Chairs: Mohsen Ibrahim, Rome & Christoph Arnoldner, Vienna
Tracheo-esophageal fistula in adult patients
Hasan Batirel, Istanbul
Extra-tracheal tumors invading the airways
Ad Verhagen, Nijmegen
Vascular anomalies affecting the airway
Daniel Zimpfer, Vienna
Discussion
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COFFEE BREAK
(11:10-11:30 am)
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X - MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS I
(11:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Chairs: Michele Torre, Genova & Veronika Kranebitter, Vienna
Incidence of complications and Risk factors - Evidence from literature
Konrad Hoetzenecker, Nashville
Redo- Surgery
Mohsen Ibrahim, Rome
Avoiding complications – Intra-operative and Peri-operative Management
Alexander Gelbard, Nashville
Discussion
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LUNCHBREAK & POSTERWALK
(12:30 - 1:40 pm)
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XI - BEYOND THE OPERATING ROOM: LONG-TERM CARE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE
(1:40 - 2:30 pm)
Chairs: Justin Roe, London & Christopher Wootten, Nashville
Quality of life aspects in voice and swallowing function
Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert, Vienna
Long-term management of patients with tracheostomy
Alexander Hillel, Baltimore
A patient’s perspective
undisclosed
The caregivers’s perspective in pediatric patients
undisclosed
Discussion
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XII - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS
(2:30 - 3:30 pm)
Chairs: Hasan Batirel, Istanbul & Thomas Schweiger, Vienna
Robotic airway procedures
Michele Torre, Genova
Biografts for airway replacement
Mohsen Ibrahim, Rome
Tracheal transplantation: an overview
Mercier Olaf, Paris
Discussion
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CLOSING REMARKS