Portovenous Interventions of the Liver Düsseldorf/DE, April 24-25, 2025
Portovenous interventions like TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) and portal vein embolization are one of the most challenging procedures in adults and children performed by interventional radiologists, both from a technical and clinical point of view. To ensure the procedure’s success, strong cooperation between interventional radiologists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists and surgeons is vital. This ESIR course will equip its participants with the necessary technical knowledge about TIPS in adults and children, Portal vein thrombosis and portal vein embolization and give them a thorough understanding of the clinical aspects involved, including indications, contraindications and managerial considerations. A select multidisciplinary faculty will provide attendees with useful knowledge from their respective fields. Course content will cover theoretical and practical knowledge with hands-on device trainings including the range of devices used for performing TIPS in adults and children, thrombectomy recanalization catheters for portal vein thrombosis and portal vein embolization procedures.
What will you learn?
- Patient selection for TIPS procedures in adults and children
- Technical features of how to perform a TIPS in adults and children
- Management of complex diseases: hepatorenal syndrome, Budd-Chiari syndrome, bilharzia
- Alternatives to TIPS (e.g. BRTO, PRTO, …)
- How to deal with portal vein cavernomatosis and occlusion
- How to deal with TIPS occlusions in adults and children
- Deep dive into management and treatment of portal vein thrombosis
- Post-procedural management after TIPS and portal vein thrombosis
- Portal vein embolization: when and how to do it
- Case discussions with experts
- Opportunity to explore the technical characteristics of various devices with simulators
Who should attend?
This Fundamental Course covers basic chapters on Portal and Hepatic Venous Interventions in the European Curriculum and Syllabus for Interventional Radiology (p. 53, chapter 2.2.1.3.4). It will give participants the opportunity to learn basic knowledge, but will also delve deeper into technical aspects that should be considered, such as indications, complication management, complex cases and other relevant topics.
Preliminary Programme
Thursday, April 24, 2025
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome and Faculty Introduction, Course Objective and Schedule
09:15-10:45 TIPS I
TIPS in Adults – Indications and Contraindication for TIPS
TIPS in Children – Indications and Contraindications
Post procedural Management and Outcome of TIPS (Adults + Children)
TIPS in Adults – How I do it
TIPS in Children How I do it
Discussion
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:15 TIPS II plus alternatives
Management of complex diseases
TIPS: Lessons learned from complex cases
Alternative to TIPS – BRTO/PARTO/CARTO
Outcome of BRTO vs. TIPS
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-16:15 Hands-on device training (rotating groups)
TIPS – device training and models
TIPS in children – device training and technique
BRTO/PARTO/CARTO – technique, material and sclerosants
TIPS simulator training
16:15-16:30 Working Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Interactive video case discussion
TIPS in Adults
TIPS in Children
BRTO
Friday, April 25, 2025
08:30-09:30 Portal vein thrombosis
Pathophysiology of PVT
To TIPS or not to TIPS – IR management of PVT
Thrombectomy – overview of thrombectomy devices
PVT in Children – What is different?
09:30-10:00 Portal Vein Embolization (PVE): Technical Lectures
Indications and contraindications for PVE
Technical aspects of embolization (Cyanoacrylate, Microspheres, Coils, Plugs)
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:05 Portal Vein Embolization (PVE): Technical Lectures continued
PVE: From a hepatology point of view
PVE: How I do it (and why)
Why not surgery? PVE vs. Surgery
11:05-11:50 Interactive case discussion I
PVE case discussion and deep dive
11:50-12:30 Lunch
12:30-15:30 Hands-on device training (rotating groups)
Thrombectomy devices
Coils and Plugs – device training and simulator
Glue for PVE
Microspheres and sclerosants
15:30-15:35 Working Coffee Break
15:35-16:15 Interactive case discussion II
PVE: When things go wrong
PVT: Lessons learned from complex cases
16:15-16:30 Final Discussion, course wrap up and remarks
Local host
![Peter Minko](https://www.cirse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/portrait_Minko_Peter_092022_website_color-375x600.jpg)
Preliminary Faculty
TBD
Venue
University Hospital Düsseldorf
Moorenstrasse 5
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany
CME Accreditation
The ESIR 2023 Portovenous interventions of the liver, June 15-16, 2023 course has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 11 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
Registration
Please note that this course is open only to interventional radiologists who have completed their radiology training.
The registration fees are as follows:
Early Fee (Until February 27, 2025) | Regular Fee (as of Feburary 28, 2024) |
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Course registration (CIRSE Member)* | €610 | €710 |
Course registration | €710 | €920 |
Nurse/radiographer *** | €710 | €710 |
Reduced registration fees are only available for members of CIRSE in good standing.
Upon approval, (interventional) radiologists attending the course may bring with them a colleague from the same hospital but a different medical specialty, with whom they work together in a multidisciplinary team which is relevant for the treatment of the patient. These two physicians will then be able to attend the ESIR course under the “team registration”. Just choose the “team registration” and contact [email protected] with details regarding your non-IR colleague.
These fees include:
- Course attendance
- Teaching material for the course
- Coffee breaks and lunch on both days
General Information
- Please note that this course is limited to 30 participants and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- To attend the ESIR courses as a member, CIRSE membership fee for the year of the course must be settled.
- Please note that your registration becomes valid only after receipt of payment and after confirmation by the CIRSE Central Office.
- When making your flight bookings, please make sure that you will be able to stay for the entire course.
Cancellation of course registration
The CIRSE Foundation offers all participants the possibility of purchasing insurance with our partner “Europäische Reiseversicherung” via this link. Thus, the CIRSE Foundation itself will not refund any amount after a cancellation of registration. All requests have to be issued to the “Europäische Reiseversicherung” directly. Refunds will be given within the terms and conditions of the “Europäische Reiseversicherung”. Name changes will be handled as a cancellation and new registration. Please note that CIRSE offers just a platform to affect a policy between you and “Europäische Reiseversicherung”.
Invoices will be issued by the CIRSE Foundation, Neutorgasse 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
CIRSE Foundation
Neutorgasse 9
1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: 0043 1 904 2003
Email: [email protected]
Accommodation
Below is a list of recommended hotels within the vicinity of the course venue. To proceed with booking your rooms for the course duration, please get in touch with the hotels directly. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and course delegates shall bear all costs in this context themselves.
Ruby Luna Hotel & Bar
Kasernenstrasse 39
40213 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 260 063 70
www.ruby-hotels.com
Hotel Kö59 Düsseldorf
Member of Hommage Luxury Hotels Collection
Königsallee 59
40215 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 8285 0
www.hommage-hotels.com
Hotel Favor
Shadowplatz 7
40212 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 447 6990
www.hotel-favor.de
Steigenberger Parkhotel
Königsallee 1A
40212 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 1381 0
www.steigenberger.com
Hyatt Regency
Speditionsstrasse 19
40221 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 9134 1234
www.hyatt.com
Innside Düsseldorf Hafen
Speditionstrasse 9
40221 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 2 11 44717 0
www.melia.com
Boutique Hotel Villa Oberkassel
Düsseldorferstrasse 93
40545 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 585 8690
www.hotel-villaoberkassel.de