The Report of The 20th LECS Study Group Seminar
At our 20th seminar which took place on the previous day of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Japan Digestive Disease Week, November 20, 2019, at The Marcus Square Kobe, Kobe city, drew 99 participants. This number represented a high level of support and interest among medical professionals toward the future of the LECS technique. We are happy to report that during this time, we have seen an increase in participation among professors of internal medicine.
Tetsuya Sumiyoshi
Department of Gastroenterology, Tonan Hospital		 Coordinator &
Seminar Chair


 Shuji Kitashiro
Department of Surgery, Tonan Hospital

Date
November 20, 2019
Venue The Marcus Square Kobe, Kobe city
Registration
fee		 ¥3,000. Entrance fee to be paid at the door.
No advanced reservations are required.
Coordinator &
Seminar Chair
 Shuji Kitashiro, Department of Surgery, Tonan Hospital
Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Department of Gastroenterology, Tonan Hospital
Program Organizing Committee:　17:30～18:00
Seminar: 18:00～20:50
Networking opportunity to exchange information: 20:50～21:30
Cosponsor The Study Group of Laparoscopy and Endoscopy Cooperative Surgery
Johnson & Johnson K.K
Seminar Program
(18:00~18:05) 【Opening Remarks】
  　Coordinator & Seminar Chair:
　Shuji Kitashiro, Department of Surgery, Tonan Hospital
　Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Department of Gastroenterology, Tonan Hospital
(18:05~18:25) 【Special Lecture】
  　"The future of LECS: flying high in the Reiwa era"
　　　Naoki Hiki, Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Kitasato University School of Medicine
  【A legend session】

  【Theme 1】 StomachーＬＥＣＳ
(18:25~18:45) (1) "Classical LECS "
　1-1: "Tips, preference and limitation of laparoscopic procedures for classical LECS"
　　　　Masanori Terashima, Division of Gastric Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center
　1-2: "Endoscopic procedures: points of particular about and limitations"
　　　　Yorimasa Yamamoto, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology
(18:45~19:45) (2) "Technical tips, pitfalls and limitations of LECS-related operations"
　2-1: "NEWS - Nonexposed endoscopic wall-inversion surgery"
　　　　Osamu Goto, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo
　2-2: "CLEAN-NET Technical tips, pitfalls and limitations of CLEAN-NET"
　　　　Manabu Onimaru, Haruhiro Inoue, Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital
　2-3: "Surgical techniques for Closed LECS"
　　　　Masahiko Nishizaki, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Hospital
　2-4: "Usefulness of Inverted LECS for gastric tumor"
　　　　Souya Nunobe, Cancer Institute Hospital, Department of Gastric Surgery
　2-5: "Procedures and outcomes of endoscopic full-thickness resection"
　　　　Nobutsugu Abe, Department of Gastroenterological and General Surgery, Kyorin University
　2-6: "Percutaneous endoscopic intragastric surgery: History and current technique"
　　　　Eiji Kanehira, Department of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka
(19:45~19:55) Coffee break (10 min.)

(19:55~20:10) (3) Legends general discussion:
　 "Choice of the operation procedure according to the tumor location"
　　　　Moderator: Naoki Hiki, Shuji Kitashiro, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi

(20:10~20:20) 【Theme 2】 "Current Status of D-LECS"
　　　Ken Ohata, Endoscopy Division, NTT Medical Center Tokyo
(20:20~20:30) 【Theme 3】 "Surgical outcomes of laparoscopy endoscopy cooperative surgery-colorectal (LECS-CR) for colorectal tumor"
　　　Yosuke Fukunaga, Cancer Institute Hospital, Gastroenterological Center

(20:30~20:40) 【Theme 4】 "Current status of LECS for gastric cancer treatment"
　　　Hiroya Takeuchi, Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka
(20:40~20:45) 【Special remarks】
　　　Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Emeritus Director, Cancer Institute Hospital
(20:45~20:50) 【Closing remarks】
 
Call for
Abstracts		 The Abstract Submission period is now closed.
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＜20th LECS Study Seminar Sponsors＞
　MC Medical, Inc 　Olympus Corporation
　Kaken Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd. 　Camel Coffee Co., Ltd.
　Covidien Japan Inc.
　Teleflex Medical Japan, Ltd.
 
 

Contact Information
Secretariat, LECS Study Group
Dr. Souya Nunobe
Vice Director of Gastric Cancer Division,
Gastroenterological Surgery,
Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research