FULL PROGRAMME FOR THE COURSES IS AVAILABLE HERE
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 1
ULTRASOUND IN LABOUR AND DELIVERY
Course Directors: Tornbjorn M. Eggebo (Norway); Karim Kalache (Qatar)
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 2
TECHNIQUES OF CESAREAN DELIVERY AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PPH
Course Directors: Vincenzo Berghella (USA); José M Palacios-Jaraquemada (Argentina)
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 3
ACUTE EMERGENCIES (DIC, AF EMBOLISM, HEART FAILURE, ANESTHESIA ETC)
Course Directors: Krzysztof Kuczkowski (USA); Luis Pacheco (USA)
09.00 – 13.00
COURSE 4
COMMON PROBLEMS IN LABOUR
Course Directors: Tim Draycott (UK);
13.30 – 17.30
COURSE 5
INTRAPARTUM FETAL MONITORING
Course Directors: Diogo Ayres De Campos (Portugal); Gerry H. Visser (The Netherlands)
13.30 – 17.30
COURSE 6
SIMULATION: TWIN VAGINAL DELIVERY; BREECH VAGINAL DELIVERY
Course Directors: Jon Barrett (Canada); Sarah Rae Easter (USA)
09.00 – 16.30
COURSE 7
SIMULATION SKILL COURSE: ULTRASOUND IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBSTETRICAL EMERGENCIES
Organized by: EGEO group (Ecografia Gestione Emergenze Ostetriche) and SIEOG
Faculty: Giuseppe Rizzo; Tullio Ghi; Bianca Masturzo; Alice Suprani; Arianne Kerner; Federica Bellussi; Filomena Aloisio
PHYSIOLOGY OF LABOR, MONITORING MOTHER AND FETUS, AND COMPLEX ISSUES ABOUT ABNORMAL LABOR PROGRESS AND INDUCTION OF LABOR AT TERM
08.00 – 10.30
SESSION 1
DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF NORMAL TERM LABOR – PART 1
Chairs: Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy; Roberto Romero, USA
08.00 – 08.30
Classical concepts of labor progress and nomenclature of labor disorders
Roberto Romero, USA
08.30 – 09.00
The diagnosis of labor at term: life must be lived forward but can only be interpreted backward
Roger Smith, Australia
09.00 – 09.25
Prolonged Latent Phase of Labor: diagnosis and management
Aaron Caughey, USA
09.25- 09.50
Friedman and Zhang: the labour curves’ debate
Emily Hamilton, Canada
09.50 – 10.00
Discussion
10.00 – 10.30
Special Lecture
The obstetrical dilemma: what is it and what does it mean for biology, evolution, and clinical obstetrics?
Mihaela Pavlicev, USA
10.30 – 10.50
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
10.50 – 12.45
SESSION 2
THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOR
Chairs: Aaron Caughey, USA; Tim Draycott, UK
10.50 – 11.05
Assessment of Progress in the Second Stage of Labor: Digital, Ultrasound, Magnetic Monitoring and Others
Dan Farine, Canada
11.05 – 11.25
Second Stage of Labor: Protracted Descent and Arrest – Diagnosis and Management
Aaron Caughey, USA
11.25 – 11.45
What is the real effect of epidural analgesia in the second stage of labor?
Krzysztof Kuczkowski, USA
11.45 – 12.05
When should women push and for how long in the second stage of Labor
Jon Barrett, Canada
12.05 – 12.25
Is there a role for episiotomy in modern obstetrics?
Anwar Nassar, Lebanon
12.25 – 12.45
Discussion
12.45 – 13.30
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
13.30 – 15.30
SESSION 3
MONITORING OF TERM LABOR
Chairs: Gerard H. Visser, the Netherlands; Daniel Surbek, Switzerland
13.30 – 13.50
Fetal heart rate assessment during labor
Diogo Ayres De Campos, Portugal
13.50 – 14.05
Simplifying EFM Interpretation
Emily Hamilton, Canada
14.05 – 14.25
How to monitor uterine contractions?
Steven Koenen, The Netherlands
[LECTURE PREVIEW]
14.25 – 14.45
The controversy about ST segment: randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses, and the way forward
Karl Rosen, Sweden
14.45 – 15.10
Umbilical cord pH gases and lactate: normal values, diagnosis of metabolic and respiratory acidemia, and clinical implications
Edwin Chandrahran, UK
15.10 – 15.20
Head station in labour monitoring
Irina Mogilevkina, Russia
15.20 – 15.30
Discussion
15.30 – 15.50
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
15.50 – 16.10
FIGO SPECIAL LECTURE
50 years of Rh disease prophylaxis: looking back and going forward
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
Introduced by: Gerry H. Visser, The Netherlands
16.10 – 18.20
SESSION 4
INDUCTION AND ACCELERATION OF LABOUR
Chairs: Mike Robson, Ireland; Ian Nijhuis, The Netherlands
16.10 – 16.30
What is new about Oxytocin: Physiology, Method of Administration and Adverse Events
Daniel Surbek, Switzerland
16.30 – 16.50
Prostaglandins for the Induction of Labor
Fabio Facchinetti, Italy
16.50 – 17.10
Mechanical methods for induction of labor
Janesh Gupta, UK
17.10 – 17.30
Definition of a failed induction of labor
Dan Farine, Canada
17.30 – 17.50
Should every women be induced at 39 weeks?
Aaron Caughey, USA
17.50 – 18.10
Incidence, risks, benefits and audit of acceleration of labour with oxytocin
Mike Robson, Ireland
18.10 – 18.20
Discussion
18.20 – 18.50
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Current understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the onset of labor
Roger Smith, Australia
Introduced by Roberto Romero, USA
19.00 – 20.00
OPENING CEREMONY
Introduction
Chairs: Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy; Roberto Romero, USA
Opening Lecture:
Labor and delivery through the centuries: the holistic view of a stakeholder
Donatella Lippi, James Newhouse, Italy
20.00 – 21.30
WELCOME RECEPTION
CHALLENGES IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE IN LABOR AND DELIVERY
08.00 – 10.20
SESSION 5
OPERATIVE DELIVERY
Chairs: Vincenzo Berghella, USA; Tim Draycott, UK
08.00 – 08.20
Why and when to intervene in the 2nd stage of labor
Aaron Caughey, USA
08.20 – 08.40
Teaching providers to self-regulate delivery force during shoulder dystocia
Edith Gurewitsch Allen, USA
08.40 – 09.00
Vacuum and forceps: pros and cons
Bruno Carbonne, France
09.00 – 09.15
Amniotic fluid lactate to monitor theuterine metabolic status and predict cesarean section
Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Sweden
09.15 – 09.25
POP-OUT Trial
Persistent Occiput Posterior position: OUT comes following manual rotation. A prospective double blinded RCT exploring the impact of prophylactic manual rotation on operative delivery rates
Hala Phipps & Bradley de Vries, Australia
09.25 – 09.45
Cesarean delivery in the 2nd stage: difficulties and tips
Vincenzo Berghella, USA
09.45 – 10.05
Breech deliveries: how to do it?
Frank Louwen, Germany
10.05 – 10.15
Short Video Communication: Managing uterine inversion
Sabrina Kuah & Hagar Haviv, Australia
10.15 – 10.20
Discussion
10.20 – 10.50
FIGO SPECIAL LECTURE:
Can the rate of cesarean delivery be reduced: why and how?
Gerry H. Visser, The Netherlands
Introduced by Carlos Fuchtner, Bolivia
10.50 – 12.20
SESSION 6
THE PELVIC FLOOR
Chairs: Corinne Hubinont, Belgium; Michael Stark, Germany
10.50 – 11.10
Pelvic floor childbirth injury: mechanisms, consequences, and long-term prognosis
Katariina Laine, Norway
11.10 – 11.30
The pelvic floor after spontaneous and operative delivery: insights deriving from imaging techniques
Jan Deprest, Belgium
11.30 – 11.50
How to repair 3rd or 4th degree lacerations
Michael Stark, Germany
11.50 – 12.10
Discussion
12.10 – 12.50
LUNCH TIME, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
12.50 – 14.10
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM
POST PARTUM HEMORRHAGE PREVENTION: INCREASING THE QUALITY OF EVIDENCE
Chairs: Loïc Sentilhes, France; Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
12.50 – 12.55
Introduction
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
12.55 – 13.15
CHAMPION: The largest prevention trial in postpartum hemorrhage
Mariana Widmer, WHO Switzerland
13.15 – 13.35
Impact of CHAMPION study on a Cochrane network meta-analysis
Ioannis Gallos, UK
13.35 – 13.55
IMax: Comparative clinical trial in the UK setting
Tim Draycott, UK
13.55 – 14.05
DISCUSSION
14.05 – 14.10
Closing remarks
Loïc Sentilhes, France
14.10 – 16.15
SESSION 7
CESAREAN DELIVERY : THE MOST COMMON OPERATION IN THE WORLD
Chairs: Dan Farine, Canada; Gerard H. Visser, The Netherlands
14.10 – 14.35
How to perform a Cesarean delivery: a critical appraisal of surgical technique
Michael Stark, Germany
14.35 – 15.00
Perioperative care of patients with Cesarean delivery (skin, antibiotics, catheterization, heparin, oxytocin vs prostaglandins)
Vincenzo Berghella, USA
15.00 – 15.20
Cesarean scar defects: implications and repair alternatives
José M. Palacios jaraquemada, Argentina
15.20 – 15.40
Anesthetic challenges for cesarean delivery: problems and complications
Krzysztof Kuczkowski, USA
15.40 – 16.00
Classification of Cesarean delivery and monitoring of utilization of the procedure around the world
Michael Robson, Ireland
16.00 – 16.15
Discussion
16.15 – 16.40
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
16.40 – 18.40
SESSION 8
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE, PLACENTAL IMPLANTATION DISORDERS AND SPECIAL CHALLENGES
Chairs: Eric Jauniaux, UK; Carlos Fuchtner, Bolivia
16.40 – 17.00
The prevention of postpartum hemorrhage – an evidence-based approach
Corinne Hubinont, Belgium
17.00 – 17.20
Anomalies of placenta implantations and risk of PPH
Eric Jauniaux, UK
17.20 – 17.40
Management of postpartum hemorrhage in cases of invasive implantation
Huixia Yang, China
17.40 – 18.00
The special challenge of Cesarean delivery in obese patients or those with leiomyomas
Dan Farine, Canada
18.00 – 18.10
Discussion
18.10 – 18.40
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Odon Device: a revolution in the vaginal assisted delivery
Tim Draycott, UK
Introduced by Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
18.40
ADJOURN
SPECIAL SESSIONS CELEBRATING THE “INTERNATIONAL PREMATURITY DAY”
08.00 – 10.00
SESSION 9
MECHANISMS OF DISEASE FOR THE PRETERM LABOR SYNDROME – Part 1
Chairs: Roberto Romero USA; Jerome Strauss III, USA
08.00 – 08.25
The preterm labor syndrome and the role of intra-amniotic infection
Roberto Romero, USA
08.25 – 08.50
The vaginal microbiota as a predisposing factor to preterm delivery: controversy, new findings, and the role of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics
Phillip R Bennett, UK
08.50 – 09.10
Uterine overdistension (multiple gestations, polyhydramnios, and Mullerian Duct abnormalities) and preterm labor
Dan Farine, Canada
09.10 – 09.30
Maternal anti-fetal rejection
Nardy Gomez-Lopez, USA
09.30 – 09.40
Discussion
09.40 – 10.00
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
10.00 – 11.30
SESSION 10
MECHANISM OF DISEASE FOR THE PRETERM LABOR SYNDROME -Part 2
Chairs: Hanns Helmer, Austria; Kristina Adams-Waldorf, USA
10.00 – 10.20
Vascular disorders and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth
Asma Khalil, UK
10.20 – 10.40
New developments in the diagnosis and management of patients with preterm PROM (induction of labor, new antibiotic regimens, magnesium sulfate)
Maria Teresa Gervasi, Italy
10.40 – 11.00
Gene-Environment interactions and Preterm Birth: the vaginal microbiome and fetal genome
Jerome Strauss III, USA
11.00 – 11.20
Genetic predisposition to preterm birth
Louis Muglia, USA
11.20 – 11.30
Discussion
11.30 – 13.00
SPECIAL SESSION
CHILDREN BORN TOO SOON IN THE WORLD: HOW MANY, WHERE AND WHY? WHAT DO THE POLICY MAKERS NEED TO KNOW AND DO
Chairs: Flavia Bustreo (FIGO); Stacey D. Stewart (March of Dimes)
13.00 – 13.30
LUNCH BREAK
13.30 – 15.00
SESSION 11
PREDICTION OF PRETERM LABOR AND BIRTH
Chairs: Yves Ville, France; Eduardo Fonseca, Brazil
13.30 – 13.50
Historical and clinical risk factors (history of preterm birth, body mass index, lifestyle, inter pregnancy interval)
Bo Jacobsson, Sweden
13.50 – 14.15
Insights into the mechanisms responsible for cervical remodeling
Gunter Wagner, USA
14.15 – 14.35
The uterine cervix and preterm birth risk assessment: new and emerging technologies
Sonia Hassan, USA
14.35 – 14.50
Biochemical markers in vaginal fluid and maternal blood (PaMG1, Fibronectin, phosphorylated IGFBP-1 and proteomic markers)
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
14.50 – 15.00
Discussion
15.00 – 16.45
SESSION 12
PREVENTION
Chairs: Sonia Hassan, USA: Jon Barrett, Canada
15.00 – 15.20
Progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth: 17OHP-C and vaginal progesterone in patients with a prior history
Eduardo Fonseca, Brazil
15.20 – 15.40
Vaginal progesterone for patients with a sonographic short cervix: singletons and twins
Roberto Romero, USA
15.40 – 16.00
The role of cerclage in the prevention of preterm birth
Vincenzo Berghella, USA
16.00 – 16.20
The role of cervical pessary in singletons and twins
María M. Goya Canino, Spain
16.20 – 16.40
How to deliver a malformed preterm fetus
Yves Ville, France
16.40 – 16.45
Discussion
16.45 – 17.00
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
17.00 – 18.20
SESSION 14
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PRETERM LABOR
Chairs: Asma Khalil, UK: Philip R. Bennett, UK
17.00 – 17.20
Tocolysis – is it worth it?
Hanns Helmer, Austria
17.20 – 17.40
Steroids: beneficial or poisons?
Gerard H. Visser, The Netherlands
17.40 – 18.00
Magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection: a critical appraisal of the evidence
Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Colombia
18.00 – 18.20
Antibiotic administration to treat intra-amniotic inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes, preterm PROM and acute cervical insufficiency
Roberto Romero, USA
18.20 – 19.30
SESSION 15
THE OUTCOME
Chairs: Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Greece; Patrick O’Brien, UK
18.20 – 18.40
Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord: life saving in preterm neonates – evidence from RCTs and meta-analyses
Enrico Lopriore, The Netherlands
18.40 – 19.00
Managing pregnancies at the limits of viability
Patrick O’Brien, UK
19.00 – 19.20
The “golden hour” – importance of resuscitation in the early preterm neonate
Despina Briana; Ariadne Malamitsi Puchner, Greece
19.20 – 19.30
Discussion
19.30 – 20.00
CLOSING LECTURE
Reflections on World Prematurity Day (Why to have it)
Gianpaolo Donzelli, Meyer Foundation, Italy
Introduced by Stacey D. Stewart, USA
20.00 – 20.10
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Roberto Romero and Gian Carlo Di Renzo
20.10
END OF THE CONGRESS
- + WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 1
ULTRASOUND IN LABOUR AND DELIVERY
Course Directors: Tornbjorn M. Eggebo (Norway); Karim Kalache (Qatar)
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 2
TECHNIQUES OF CESAREAN DELIVERY AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PPH
Course Directors: Vincenzo Berghella (USA); José M Palacios-Jaraquemada (Argentina)
09.00 – 17.30
COURSE 3
ACUTE EMERGENCIES (DIC, AF EMBOLISM, HEART FAILURE, ANESTHESIA ETC)
Course Directors: Krzysztof Kuczkowski (USA); Luis Pacheco (USA)
09.00 – 13.00
COURSE 4
COMMON PROBLEMS IN LABOUR
Course Directors: Tim Draycott (UK);
13.30 – 17.30
COURSE 5
INTRAPARTUM FETAL MONITORING
Course Directors: Diogo Ayres De Campos (Portugal); Gerry H. Visser (The Netherlands)
13.30 – 17.30
COURSE 6
SIMULATION: TWIN VAGINAL DELIVERY; BREECH VAGINAL DELIVERY
Course Directors: Jon Barrett (Canada); Sarah Rae Easter (USA)
09.00 – 16.30
COURSE 7
SIMULATION SKILL COURSE: ULTRASOUND IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBSTETRICAL EMERGENCIES
Organized by: EGEO group (Ecografia Gestione Emergenze Ostetriche) and SIEOG
Faculty: Giuseppe Rizzo; Tullio Ghi; Bianca Masturzo; Alice Suprani; Arianne Kerner; Federica Bellussi; Filomena Aloisio
- + THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
PHYSIOLOGY OF LABOR, MONITORING MOTHER AND FETUS, AND COMPLEX ISSUES ABOUT ABNORMAL LABOR PROGRESS AND INDUCTION OF LABOR AT TERM
08.00 – 10.30
SESSION 1
DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF NORMAL TERM LABOR – PART 1
Chairs: Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy; Roberto Romero, USA08.00 – 08.30
Classical concepts of labor progress and nomenclature of labor disorders
Roberto Romero, USA08.30 – 09.00
The diagnosis of labor at term: life must be lived forward but can only be interpreted backward
Roger Smith, Australia09.00 – 09.25
Prolonged Latent Phase of Labor: diagnosis and management
Aaron Caughey, USA09.25- 09.50
Friedman and Zhang: the labour curves’ debate
Emily Hamilton, Canada09.50 – 10.00
Discussion
10.00 – 10.30
Special Lecture
The obstetrical dilemma: what is it and what does it mean for biology, evolution, and clinical obstetrics?
Mihaela Pavlicev, USA10.30 – 10.50
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
10.50 – 12.45
SESSION 2
THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOR
Chairs: Aaron Caughey, USA; Tim Draycott, UK10.50 – 11.05
Assessment of Progress in the Second Stage of Labor: Digital, Ultrasound, Magnetic Monitoring and Others
Dan Farine, Canada11.05 – 11.25
Second Stage of Labor: Protracted Descent and Arrest – Diagnosis and Management
Aaron Caughey, USA11.25 – 11.45
What is the real effect of epidural analgesia in the second stage of labor?
Krzysztof Kuczkowski, USA
11.45 – 12.05
When should women push and for how long in the second stage of Labor
Jon Barrett, Canada12.05 – 12.25
Is there a role for episiotomy in modern obstetrics?
Anwar Nassar, Lebanon12.25 – 12.45
Discussion
12.45 – 13.30
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
13.30 – 15.30
SESSION 3
MONITORING OF TERM LABOR
Chairs: Gerard H. Visser, the Netherlands; Daniel Surbek, Switzerland13.30 – 13.50
Fetal heart rate assessment during labor
Diogo Ayres De Campos, Portugal13.50 – 14.05
Simplifying EFM Interpretation
Emily Hamilton, Canada14.05 – 14.25
How to monitor uterine contractions?
Steven Koenen, The Netherlands
[LECTURE PREVIEW]14.25 – 14.45
The controversy about ST segment: randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses, and the way forward
Karl Rosen, Sweden14.45 – 15.10
Umbilical cord pH gases and lactate: normal values, diagnosis of metabolic and respiratory acidemia, and clinical implications
Edwin Chandrahran, UK15.10 – 15.20
Head station in labour monitoring
Irina Mogilevkina, Russia15.20 – 15.30
Discussion
15.30 – 15.50
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
15.50 – 16.10
FIGO SPECIAL LECTURE
50 years of Rh disease prophylaxis: looking back and going forward
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
Introduced by: Gerry H. Visser, The Netherlands
16.10 – 18.20
SESSION 4
INDUCTION AND ACCELERATION OF LABOUR
Chairs: Mike Robson, Ireland; Ian Nijhuis, The Netherlands16.10 – 16.30
What is new about Oxytocin: Physiology, Method of Administration and Adverse Events
Daniel Surbek, Switzerland16.30 – 16.50
Prostaglandins for the Induction of Labor
Fabio Facchinetti, Italy16.50 – 17.10
Mechanical methods for induction of labor
Janesh Gupta, UK17.10 – 17.30
Definition of a failed induction of labor
Dan Farine, Canada17.30 – 17.50
Should every women be induced at 39 weeks?
Aaron Caughey, USA
17.50 – 18.10
Incidence, risks, benefits and audit of acceleration of labour with oxytocin
Mike Robson, Ireland
18.10 – 18.20
Discussion
18.20 – 18.50
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Current understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the onset of labor
Roger Smith, AustraliaIntroduced by Roberto Romero, USA
19.00 – 20.00
OPENING CEREMONY
Introduction
Chairs: Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy; Roberto Romero, USAOpening Lecture:
Labor and delivery through the centuries: the holistic view of a stakeholder
Donatella Lippi, James Newhouse, Italy20.00 – 21.30
WELCOME RECEPTION
- + FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16
CHALLENGES IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE IN LABOR AND DELIVERY
08.00 – 10.20
SESSION 5
OPERATIVE DELIVERY
Chairs: Vincenzo Berghella, USA; Tim Draycott, UK08.00 – 08.20
Why and when to intervene in the 2nd stage of labor
Aaron Caughey, USA08.20 – 08.40
Teaching providers to self-regulate delivery force during shoulder dystocia
Edith Gurewitsch Allen, USA08.40 – 09.00
Vacuum and forceps: pros and cons
Bruno Carbonne, France09.00 – 09.15
Amniotic fluid lactate to monitor theuterine metabolic status and predict cesarean section
Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Sweden09.15 – 09.25
POP-OUT Trial
Persistent Occiput Posterior position: OUT comes following manual rotation. A prospective double blinded RCT exploring the impact of prophylactic manual rotation on operative delivery rates
Hala Phipps & Bradley de Vries, Australia09.25 – 09.45
Cesarean delivery in the 2nd stage: difficulties and tips
Vincenzo Berghella, USA09.45 – 10.05
Breech deliveries: how to do it?
Frank Louwen, Germany10.05 – 10.15
Short Video Communication: Managing uterine inversion
Sabrina Kuah & Hagar Haviv, Australia10.15 – 10.20
Discussion
10.20 – 10.50
FIGO SPECIAL LECTURE:
Can the rate of cesarean delivery be reduced: why and how?
Gerry H. Visser, The NetherlandsIntroduced by Carlos Fuchtner, Bolivia
10.50 – 12.20
SESSION 6
THE PELVIC FLOOR
Chairs: Corinne Hubinont, Belgium; Michael Stark, Germany10.50 – 11.10
Pelvic floor childbirth injury: mechanisms, consequences, and long-term prognosis
Katariina Laine, Norway11.10 – 11.30
The pelvic floor after spontaneous and operative delivery: insights deriving from imaging techniques
Jan Deprest, Belgium11.30 – 11.50
How to repair 3rd or 4th degree lacerations
Michael Stark, Germany11.50 – 12.10
Discussion
12.10 – 12.50
LUNCH TIME, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
12.50 – 14.10
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM
POST PARTUM HEMORRHAGE PREVENTION: INCREASING THE QUALITY OF EVIDENCE
Chairs: Loïc Sentilhes, France; Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy12.50 – 12.55
Introduction
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy12.55 – 13.15
CHAMPION: The largest prevention trial in postpartum hemorrhage
Mariana Widmer, WHO Switzerland13.15 – 13.35
Impact of CHAMPION study on a Cochrane network meta-analysis
Ioannis Gallos, UK13.35 – 13.55
IMax: Comparative clinical trial in the UK setting
Tim Draycott, UK13.55 – 14.05
DISCUSSION
14.05 – 14.10
Closing remarks
Loïc Sentilhes, France14.10 – 16.15
SESSION 7
CESAREAN DELIVERY : THE MOST COMMON OPERATION IN THE WORLD
Chairs: Dan Farine, Canada; Gerard H. Visser, The Netherlands14.10 – 14.35
How to perform a Cesarean delivery: a critical appraisal of surgical technique
Michael Stark, Germany14.35 – 15.00
Perioperative care of patients with Cesarean delivery (skin, antibiotics, catheterization, heparin, oxytocin vs prostaglandins)
Vincenzo Berghella, USA15.00 – 15.20
Cesarean scar defects: implications and repair alternatives
José M. Palacios jaraquemada, Argentina15.20 – 15.40
Anesthetic challenges for cesarean delivery: problems and complications
Krzysztof Kuczkowski, USA
15.40 – 16.00
Classification of Cesarean delivery and monitoring of utilization of the procedure around the world
Michael Robson, Ireland16.00 – 16.15
Discussion
16.15 – 16.40
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
16.40 – 18.40
SESSION 8
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE, PLACENTAL IMPLANTATION DISORDERS AND SPECIAL CHALLENGES
Chairs: Eric Jauniaux, UK; Carlos Fuchtner, Bolivia16.40 – 17.00
The prevention of postpartum hemorrhage – an evidence-based approach
Corinne Hubinont, Belgium17.00 – 17.20
Anomalies of placenta implantations and risk of PPH
Eric Jauniaux, UK17.20 – 17.40
Management of postpartum hemorrhage in cases of invasive implantation
Huixia Yang, China17.40 – 18.00
The special challenge of Cesarean delivery in obese patients or those with leiomyomas
Dan Farine, Canada18.00 – 18.10
Discussion
18.10 – 18.40
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Odon Device: a revolution in the vaginal assisted delivery
Tim Draycott, UKIntroduced by Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy
18.40
ADJOURN
- + SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
SPECIAL SESSIONS CELEBRATING THE “INTERNATIONAL PREMATURITY DAY”
08.00 – 10.00
SESSION 9
MECHANISMS OF DISEASE FOR THE PRETERM LABOR SYNDROME – Part 1
Chairs: Roberto Romero USA; Jerome Strauss III, USA08.00 – 08.25
The preterm labor syndrome and the role of intra-amniotic infection
Roberto Romero, USA
08.25 – 08.50
The vaginal microbiota as a predisposing factor to preterm delivery: controversy, new findings, and the role of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics
Phillip R Bennett, UK08.50 – 09.10
Uterine overdistension (multiple gestations, polyhydramnios, and Mullerian Duct abnormalities) and preterm labor
Dan Farine, Canada09.10 – 09.30
Maternal anti-fetal rejection
Nardy Gomez-Lopez, USA09.30 – 09.40
Discussion
09.40 – 10.00
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
10.00 – 11.30
SESSION 10
MECHANISM OF DISEASE FOR THE PRETERM LABOR SYNDROME -Part 2
Chairs: Hanns Helmer, Austria; Kristina Adams-Waldorf, USA10.00 – 10.20
Vascular disorders and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth
Asma Khalil, UK10.20 – 10.40
New developments in the diagnosis and management of patients with preterm PROM (induction of labor, new antibiotic regimens, magnesium sulfate)
Maria Teresa Gervasi, Italy10.40 – 11.00
Gene-Environment interactions and Preterm Birth: the vaginal microbiome and fetal genome
Jerome Strauss III, USA11.00 – 11.20
Genetic predisposition to preterm birth
Louis Muglia, USA11.20 – 11.30
Discussion
11.30 – 13.00
SPECIAL SESSION
CHILDREN BORN TOO SOON IN THE WORLD: HOW MANY, WHERE AND WHY? WHAT DO THE POLICY MAKERS NEED TO KNOW AND DO
Chairs: Flavia Bustreo (FIGO); Stacey D. Stewart (March of Dimes)13.00 – 13.30
LUNCH BREAK
13.30 – 15.00
SESSION 11
PREDICTION OF PRETERM LABOR AND BIRTH
Chairs: Yves Ville, France; Eduardo Fonseca, Brazil13.30 – 13.50
Historical and clinical risk factors (history of preterm birth, body mass index, lifestyle, inter pregnancy interval)
Bo Jacobsson, Sweden13.50 – 14.15
Insights into the mechanisms responsible for cervical remodeling
Gunter Wagner, USA14.15 – 14.35
The uterine cervix and preterm birth risk assessment: new and emerging technologies
Sonia Hassan, USA14.35 – 14.50
Biochemical markers in vaginal fluid and maternal blood (PaMG1, Fibronectin, phosphorylated IGFBP-1 and proteomic markers)
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy14.50 – 15.00
Discussion
15.00 – 16.45
SESSION 12
PREVENTION
Chairs: Sonia Hassan, USA: Jon Barrett, Canada15.00 – 15.20
Progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth: 17OHP-C and vaginal progesterone in patients with a prior history
Eduardo Fonseca, Brazil15.20 – 15.40
Vaginal progesterone for patients with a sonographic short cervix: singletons and twins
Roberto Romero, USA15.40 – 16.00
The role of cerclage in the prevention of preterm birth
Vincenzo Berghella, USA16.00 – 16.20
The role of cervical pessary in singletons and twins
María M. Goya Canino, Spain16.20 – 16.40
How to deliver a malformed preterm fetus
Yves Ville, France16.40 – 16.45
Discussion
16.45 – 17.00
BREAK, POSTER VIEW, EXHIBITS
17.00 – 18.20
SESSION 14
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PRETERM LABOR
Chairs: Asma Khalil, UK: Philip R. Bennett, UK17.00 – 17.20
Tocolysis – is it worth it?
Hanns Helmer, Austria17.20 – 17.40
Steroids: beneficial or poisons?
Gerard H. Visser, The Netherlands17.40 – 18.00
Magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection: a critical appraisal of the evidence
Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Colombia18.00 – 18.20
Antibiotic administration to treat intra-amniotic inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes, preterm PROM and acute cervical insufficiency
Roberto Romero, USA18.20 – 19.30
SESSION 15
THE OUTCOME
Chairs: Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Greece; Patrick O’Brien, UK18.20 – 18.40
Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord: life saving in preterm neonates – evidence from RCTs and meta-analyses
Enrico Lopriore, The Netherlands18.40 – 19.00
Managing pregnancies at the limits of viability
Patrick O’Brien, UK19.00 – 19.20
The “golden hour” – importance of resuscitation in the early preterm neonate
Despina Briana; Ariadne Malamitsi Puchner, Greece19.20 – 19.30
Discussion
19.30 – 20.00
CLOSING LECTURE
Reflections on World Prematurity Day (Why to have it)
Gianpaolo Donzelli, Meyer Foundation, ItalyIntroduced by Stacey D. Stewart, USA
20.00 – 20.10
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Roberto Romero and Gian Carlo Di Renzo20.10
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