ESAO 2007 meeting in Krems

One Day on the Liver

Final program - May, 12^th, 2007 - status post meeting in Krems

The ESAO One Day on the Liver 2007 (ODOL) will take place Thursday, Sept. 6^th, 2007 - if necessary, additional oral presentations (abstracts) will be given on Friday, Sept. 7^th, 2007:

Thursday, Sept. 6

1. What´s new in the world of liver support?

10:00 - 10:10: Brief report from the USA (Ash)

10:10 - 10:20 : Brief report from Japan (Kazuaki)

10:20 - 10:30 : Brief report from Europe (Sauer)

2. Aspects concerning the (patho)physiology of the failing liver

10:30 - 10:50 : Toxins in liver failure - what is relevant, what do we have to remove? (Joannidis)

10:50 - 11:10 : Coagulation, anticoagulation, and the failing liver (Falkenhagen or Weber)

11:10 - 11:30 : Alcoholic liver cirrhosis: successful Treatment with novel autologous liver cell transplantation procedure (Lindl)

 

3. Clinical application of liver support systems - where do we stand today?

14:00 - 14:15 : Prometheus: impact on pruritus (Rifai)

14:15 - 14:30 : MARS - first clinical results of the ALF-study (Wilmer)

14:30 - 14:45 : Selective Plasma Filtration Therapy [SEPET] for Liver Failure - Early Clinical Experience (Rozga)

14:45 - 15:00 : Plasmapheresis in cases of liver failure - a simple but effective concept (Kazuaki)

15:00 - 15:15 : Bioartificial Liver Support for Acute Decompensation of Chronic Liver Disease: Clinical Results (Millis)

 

17:00 - 18:00 (60 min) Chair: Sauer, Weber

4. Concepts and Technologies

17:00 - 17:15 : Cells for bioartifcial liver support (Hoekstra)

17:15 - 17:30 : Development and evaluation of a new whole-blood perfused bioreactor (Kobayashi)

17:30 - 17:45 : Hepa Wash (Kreymann)

17:45 - 18:00 : Carbon Block vs. Granular Columns for Binding of Liver Failure Toxins (Ash)

 

Friday, Sept. 7

Abstract 59, 60, 62, 65, 70, 205

 

Abstracts 150, 132, 69, 146, 214, 66