OESO-SEMPIRE 17th World Conference | Esophagus 2026 | Versailles | June 14-17, 2026

Session 32: Challenging Cases in Surgery

Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 am – 3:30 pm
Auditorium Richelieu

ChairsMedhat Fanous (USA) – Dagmar P. Kollmann (Austria)

  1. A minimalist surgical approach to iatrogenic esophageal perforation following balloon dilation for achalasia. – Medhat Fanous (USA)
  2. Single stage definitive surgical repair of an aortoesophageal fistula. – Adam Zeyara (Sweden)
  3. Visualization of the antireflux wrap using Navicam technology in an awake patient. – Yaniv Cozacov (USA)
  4. Surgical approach to post-fundoplication outflow obstruction. – Renato Soares (Brazil)
  5. The fate of TIF fasteners for large hiatal hernia: fire and forget? – Michael Murray (USA)
  6. Re-operative para-conduit hernia repair after esophagectomy. – Ealaf Shemmeri (USA)
  7. Minimally invasive resection of a GIST of the gastroesophageal junction. – Stella Mantziari (Switzerland)
  8. When experts say “I Don’t Know”: A post esophagectomy paraesophageal hernia with intrathoracic bowel obstruction. – Phillip Woodworth (USA)
  9. Pericardial tracheoplasty with or without esophagectomy for chronic foreign-body induced tracheoesophageal fistula. – Russell White (Kenya)
  10. Dysphagia because of a localized mass - how to proceed? – Dagmar P. Kollmann (Austria)