Scientific program
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony Dan Sebastian Dîrzu, Marc Van de Velde, Dmytro Dmytriiev, Răzvan Cherecheș |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | In depth anatomy for regional anaesthesia Andre Theron |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | The role of Nefopam in acute and chronic pain management Dan Sebastian Dîrzu State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Biocodex |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Comorbidities and Regional Anesthesia Moderator: Ștefan Frunză |
| Diabetic foot and regional anesthesia Serghei Șandru |
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| Scleroderma: what does it say to you, Doctor? Gabriel Gurman |
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| Regional anaesthesia in patients with liver disease: the jack in the box Mihai Popescu |
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| Choosing general or regional techniques of anaesthesia for elderly. Does it matter? Daniela Ologoiu |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Pain Management during war I Moderator: Dmytro Dmytriiev |
| Continuous peripheral nerve blocks: most useful approaches in patients with military trauma Andrii Khomenko |
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| ESP-block a mystery or rescue technique for chronic pain relief Maksym Barsa |
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| Regional anesthesia challenges in patients with war-related injuries Anastasiia Romanenko |
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| Acute leg compartment syndrome after blust injury: Is this a challenge for an anesthesiologist? Dmytro Dmytriiev |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Pro-Con debate: Spinal morfine for eras abdominal Moderator: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu PRO: Steve Coppens CON: Marc Van de Velde |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Pannel: Drugs Moderator: Virgil Poltorac |
| High dose dexamethasone as multimodal analgesia Steve Coppens |
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| Adjuncts to local anaesthetics Eric Albrecht |
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| Benzodiazepine as pre-medication - should we use them? Liliana Mirea |
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| 20:00 | Train the trainers workshop (Offered to faculty members by organizers / Dinner will be served during training) Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Lecturers: Horia Hasnas, Ovidiu Mate |
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Chronic pain - a public health problem Moderator: Anca Ionescu |
| Chronic pain - a public health issue in Romania Razvan Cherecheș |
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| Chronic pain curricula - a new hope Ovidiu Palea |
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| Chronic opioid therapy- long term sequelae Daiana Voiculescu |
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| Understanding the opioid epidemic in the US Daiana Voiculescu |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Update in chronic pain Moderator: Monica Papaianu |
| Interventional Management in Pelvic Pain Syndromes Ovidiu Palea |
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| Chronic abdominal wall pain - evaluation and management Aurel Neamțu |
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| Knee pain - diagnostic and minimally invasive treatment Anca Ionescu |
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| Update in cancer pain Arun Bhaskar |
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| Update in Pediatric pain Cristian Tănase |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | PBLD & Live Demo: Diagnosis & Ultrasound Interventions of shoulder disorders Raja Reddy |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Pro Con: Non Operative Management of Major Joint Osteoarthritis - Regeneration Vs Ablation Moderator: Brian Bruel Arun Bhaskar & Raja Reddy |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Chronic pain: advanced treatment Moderator: Ionut Branea |
| Migraines and botox Emanuel Narcis Husu |
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| Spinal sthenosis an use of interspinous spacers Jose de Andres |
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| Non invasive Neuromodulation Technics in the Treatement of Chronic Pain (rTMS, tDCS , tsDCS) Monica Papaianu |
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| Vertebrogenic pain due to vertebral colapse. Role of height restoration, and cement injection Jose de Andres |
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| Sacroiliac joint pain and emerging therapeutic options for stabilization and arthrodesis Brian Bruel |
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| Cryoneurolysis: techniques and indications Ionuț Branea |
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| Time | Session |
| Live Scanning sessions ALL Faculty ALL day Limited places available |
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| 09:00 - 09:18 | ENT Ștefan Frunză |
| 09:18- 09:36 | Facial nerve blocks Axel Sauter |
| 09:36- 09:54 | Interscalene Radu Tăbăcaru |
| 09:54- 10:12 | Supraclavicular Benjamin Matelich |
| 10:12- 10:30 | Infraclavicular Steve Coppens |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Live Scanning Session |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Axilary Carla Balaj |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Distal nerves upper limb Andre Theron |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Spine & Lumbar plexus Emmanuel Guntz |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Paravertebral & ESP Danny Hoogma |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Live Scanning Session |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | QL, TAP Claudiu Neamțu |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Femoral & Fascia iliaca Liliana Mirea |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Sciatic Denisa Anastase |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Ankle Virgil Poltorac |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Live Scanning Session |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Hip, knee (+PENG and geniculates) Anca Ionescu |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Thoraco-lumbar spine: medial branch, facet joint, selective root, costo-transverse Ovidiu Palea |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Cervical Spine Nerve Roots / Medial Branches / Cervical Plexus / Stellate Ganglion, GON Lucian Băilă |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Sacroiliac Joint, Caudal (depending on the model availability) Posterior pelvis: Gluteal Pain Syndrome, trochanteric bursae Anca Ionescu |
| Hour | Orthopedics Clinic |
| 8:00 | Clinical Workshop Adela Onuțu, Adrian Grunfeld maximum 10 delegates |
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Panel teaching and learning regional anesthesia Moderator: Maksym Barsa |
| Simulators use for regional anesthesia teaching Florin Puflea |
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| Which blocks should we all learn Danny Hoogma |
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| How much physics should I know? Adrian Grunfeld |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 | Pro-Con debate: Ultrasound for epidurals Moderator: Ophelia Grimaud Jason Habeck & Jacob Hutchins |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Panel Mixed content Moderator: Denisa Anastase |
| Spinal local anesthetics: how to choose Emmanuel Guntz |
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| Opioid-sparing anaesthesia Eric Albrecht |
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| Regional anesthesia in supraumbilical abdominal surgeries. An unreached goal? Luis Valdes |
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| Regional anesthesia and outcomes Alparslan Turan |
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| 12:30 - 13:10 | Insights into Remimazolam: From Molecule to Practical Application Marc Van de Velde Early Multimodal Vasopressor Strategy in Shock Liliana Mirea State of the Art presentations, organized with the support of Viatris |
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Panel Mixed content Moderator: Denisa Anastase |
| Spinal anesthesia: errors consequences and treatments Emmanuel Guntz |
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| Assassinated by ERAS, is Epidural death? Alparslan Turan |
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| Thoracic spinal anesthesia - is it worth having it in an armamentarium? Andrzej Daszkiewicz |
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| The Failed Spinal Anesthesia Denisa Anastase |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Single shot vs. continuous pro-con debate Moderator: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Luis Valdés - single shot André Theron - continuous |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Panel: Techniques Moderator: Eugen Oleineac |
| Upper trunk block Adela Onutu |
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| Stellate ganglion block, shining star in the hands of anesthesiologists Ivan Kostadinov |
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| Neuraxial block for neck surgery Ophelia Grimaud |
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| 20:00 | Networking event: PRO-CON debates ”This is how I do it” sessions. Clinical demonstrations. Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Registration required. Dinner will be served during the panel. Location: Courtyard by Marriott Cluj-Napoca Downtown |
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 18:00 | Obstetric Anesthetist Association full day course Speakers: Nuala Lucas, Marc Van de Velde, Nicoletta Filetici, Sarah Armstrong |
| Session 1: Labour analgesia Chair: Marc Van de Velde, Marius Păpurică |
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| Neuraxial labour: an update | |
| Managing intrapartum complications of neuraxial labour analgesia | |
| Non-neuraxial labour analgesia: an update | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2: Anesthesia for caesarean section Chairs: Nuala Lucas, Carla Balaj |
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| General Anesthesia for caesarean section: an update | |
| Regional anesthesia for caesarean section: an update | |
| Post-caesarean section pain relief: an update | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Session 3: Hemorrhage & preeclampsia Chairs: Nicoletta Filetici, Raluca Ungureanu |
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| Obstetric haemorrhage - recognition and resuscitation | |
| Obstetric haemorrhage - management | |
| Preeclampsia – an update | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 4: Complications Chairs: Marc Van de Velde |
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| PDPH: an update | |
| Obstetric palsies | |
| High spinal blocks | |
| Maternal mortality revisited | |
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Workshop: US for Pain procedures Ionut Branea, Anca Ionescu, Brian Bruel, Ovidiu Palea |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Workshop: Needling Hands-on targeting, needling with US guidance Radu Tăbăcaru, Virgil Poltorac, Denisa Anastase, Eugen Oleineac |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Hands-on Wokshop: Limbs - Ultrasound (Scanning on Volunteers) Liliana Mirea, Danieal Ologoiu, Raluca Ungureanu, Ana Maria Dumitriu |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Hands-on Workshop: Trunk and Spine - Ultrasound Radu Tabacaru, Lucian Baila, Claudiu Neamtu, Carla Balaj |
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Fluoroscopy Workshop (basic needling, interlaminar epidural, caudal, SI joint) Aurel Neamțu, Adrian Grunfeld |
| Time | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Safety Standards in Regional Anesthesia Moderator: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu |
| Safety challenges in ENT regional anesthesia Ștefan Frunză |
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| Pediatric acute pain management - regional anesthesia and safety Iris Aszalos |
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| What to consider for a safe peripheral nerve block Virgil Poltorac |
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| Safety standards in neuraxial anesthesia Dan Sebastian Dîrzu |
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| 10:00 - 10:10 | Lemod Solu - Advance Corticosteroid Management for Life-Sustaining Therapies Dan Sebastian Dîrzu State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Stada This is an activity held in Romanian language. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Pannel: Safety in regional anesthesia Moderator: Lucian Baila |
| Mechanism to explain neurologic damage after regional anaesthesia Eric Albrecht |
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| How to avoid nerve damages in regional anaesthesia Axel Sauter |
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| Enhancing patient safety: Implementation of Loco-regional Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy Janos Szederjesi |
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| Safe Regional Anesthesia in Physiologic Extremes Denisa Anastase |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Pain management during war II Moderator: Dmytro Dmytriiev |
| Feofaniya hospital pain protocol for patients with combat-related injuries Andrii Strokan |
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| Target simultaneous pain & infection management fasters combat wound recovery and early rehabilitation Oleksander Nazarchuck |
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| Regional anesthesia for treatment of neuropathic pain in casualty Volodymyr Martsiniv |
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| Patient safety in regional anesthesia during wartime Dmytro Sazhyn |
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| Post-surgical hyperalgesia in children. Ways of prevention Yaroslav Semkovych |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Management of intracranial haemorrhage in patients treated with anticoagulants Speaker: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of AstraZeneca |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Complications, prevention and treatment in Regional Anesthesia Moderator: Raluca Ungureanu |
| How to manage peripheral block failures Raluca Ungureanu |
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| Erector Spine Plane block in pediatric scoliosis surgery Eugen Oleineac |
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| Postop cognitive dysfunction after regional anesthesia Ana Maria Dumitriu |
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| Postoperative delirium and prevention Danny Hoogma |
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| Time | Session |
| 09.00 | Ultrasonography in intensive care, urgent care, the critical patient Coordinators: Radu Badea, Adela Golea, Titus Șuteu, Monica Platon Lupșor |
| Theoretical Lectures Chairpersons: Radu Badea, Adela Golea, Titus Șuteu |
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| Ultrasonographic equipment. Modes and techniques of exploration. Current status Radu Badea |
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| Peripheral vascular ultrasonography. Arteries. Comes Sorin Crișan |
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| Ultrasonography in the assessment of volume and shock Adela Onuțu |
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| Exploring the heart. The role of ultrasonography in acute conditions and critical conditions. Preoperative diagnosis Sorin Pop, Mirela Stoia |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Exploring the heart. The role of ultrasonography in perioperative cardiac surgery Flaviu Ruben Mateas |
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| Ultrasonographic exploration of the respiratory tract Adela Golea |
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| Pleuropulmonary ultrasonographic exploration. Eco-guided procedures Adriana Parau |
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| Abdominal ultrasound evaluation. Applications in IT and UPU Radu Badea |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Ultrasound in trauma Adela Golea |
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| Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures for patients in critical condition Zeno Spârchez |
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| Echoendoscopic exploration in pleuropulmonary and mediastinal diseases Romeo Chira |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| Workshops Titus Șuteu, Zeno Spârchez |
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| Equipment. Portable vs. static. How does it work? Demo. Titus Șuteu |
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| Examination of the human body centered on anatomical topographical regions. Demo. Radu Badea |
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| Pleuropulmonary examination. Demo. Zeno Spârchez |
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| SOT-US examination (FAST and hemorrhagic shock- RUSH). Demo. Adela Golea |
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| Examination of the heart. Demo. Sorin Pop, Mirela Stoia |
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| Examining vessels. Demo Sorin Crișan |
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| Live scanning on mannequins | |
| SonoVasc. Supervision Sorin Crișan |
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| SonoCord. Supervision Mirela Stoia, Sorin Pop |
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| SonoPneumo. Supervision Zeno Spârchez |
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| Sono SOT-US Adela Golea, Titus Șuteu |
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| SonoAbdomen Radu Badea, Adela Onuțu |
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| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Hands-on Workshop: Nerve blocks without ultrasound Benjamin Matelich, Jacob Hutchins, Jason Habeck |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Hands-on Workshop: Trunk & spine Aurel Neamtu, Jason Habeck, Andre Theron, Andrzej Daszkiewicz |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Hands-on Workshop: Limbs - Ultrasound Axel Sauter, Benjamin Matelich, Jacob Hutchins, Danny Hoogma |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Hands-on Workshop: US for pain procedures Raja Reddy, Arun Bhaskar, Emanuel Narcis Husu, Ovidiu Palea |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Neuraxial Workshop Ophelia Grimaud |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Workshop: Research - How to critically read a research paper Alparslan Turan |
| 14.00-15.00 | The «Joint» Club: Everything You Need to Know for Shoulder Procedures Chair: Raluca Ungureanu |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Back to Basics: Shoulder Anatomy Răzvan Ene |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Evidence Based Practice: Regional Analgesia Application in Chronic Shoulder Pain Cosmin Panțu |
| 14.30- 15.00 | Live demonstration |
| 17:00 - 18:05 | Free Papers e-Posters Session |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Some Anesthesiology Considerations in Diabetic Foot Management: Present Status and Future Outlook Victor Iapăscurtă, Ivan Civirjic, Sergiu Șandru |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Comparative Evaluation of Opioid Free and Opioid Based Anaesthesia for Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial Kunal Singh, Vishnuraj K R |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Impact of tunneling on bacterial colonization of epidural catheter tip, a randomised controlled trial Nishant Sahay, Vivekanand, Shagufta Naaz, Rajnish Kumar, Poonam Kumari |
| 17:45 – 18:05 | e-Posters Session |
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Fluoroscopy Workshop: Spine procedures, facet joints, transforaminal Ovidiu Palea, Ionut Branea |
