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A N N I V E R S A R Y 11-14 MARCH - INTERCONTINENTAL, DFC P a rt n e ri n g W it h E x c e lle n c e www.gulfthoracic.com • Aendance is limited to 50 parcipants. • Pre-registraon is required, seats are limited, will be reserved on first come first served basis. • Registraon is FREE for all who register for the GulfThoracic Congress 2020. • GT2020 Registraon opens on Wed., 11 March 2020 at 10:00am. Please present your congress badge. The workshop is designed for the praccing Pulmonologists, Chest Surgeons and Intervenonal Bronchoscopy Assistants. The course is intenonally limited in the number of parcipants (maximum of 50) in order to allow for maximum benefit of small group instrucon and interacon with faculty in the hands-on sessions. • To inform the delegates about the exact role of EBUS and briefly review the literature. • To provide a clear understanding of the tools and techniques involved. • To demonstrate the pracce of EBUS-TBNA and provide an opportunity for delegates to perform the procedure on a phantom. • To demonstrate the pracce of other convenonal bronchoscope procedures such as convenonal TBNA, TBN core biopsies and others. • At the conclusion of the workshop the parcipant will have a good understanding of basic principles of skills required to safely begin performing EBUS and other convenonal bronchoscopic procedures in a clinical seng. In the last year’s Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) has revoluonized the world of bronchoscopy. EBUS is a minimally invasive technique that allows visualizaon of tracheobronchial in all structures and other structures adjacent to the airway such as blood vessels or lymphadenopathy. There are two types of EBUS: linear and Radial. The linear EBUS consists of several transductors forming a curve in the distal extreme of the flexible bronchoscope that generates an image of 50 degrees in relaon to the major axis of the bronchoscope, which allows for a puncon to be directly observed in real-me. The radial EBUS consists of a rotatory transductor in the distal extreme of a mini probe that generates an image of 360 degrees around the major axis of the bronchoscope, but does not allow for real-me samples. The main indicaon of the radial EBUS is the diagnosis of peripheral lung opacies. EBUS should be considered as a primary method of evaluaon of lymph nodes seen to be posive in PET scan and may replace the majority of surgical mediasnal staging /diagnosc procedures. Linear EBUS has become the heart of lung cancer staging avoiding the comorbidity of mediasnoscopy. Nevertheless, pulmonologists should remain competent in performing convenonal TBNA as a supplementary skill that is needed especially in the absence of newer technology at local hospitals. S a u d i G r o u p f o r I n t e r v e n t i o n a l P u l m o n o l o g y SGIP PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Prof. Ahmed A. Aljohaney Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 | Time: 14:30-19:00 | Meeng Room: Al Amwaj CONDUCTED BY: SPONSORED BY: GENERAL: RATIONALE: OBJECTIVES: SUMMARY: Page 1/2
