Wormd International Liver Day WILD 2025

To mark World Liver Day, the Department of Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation at Liège University Hospital is organising a symposium on 17 April 2025 on modern preparation for major liver surgery, and the contribution of interventional radiology and nuclear medicine to the management of surgical liver diseases. 

Programme

Session 1: Major liver resection: volume, function, what else?
Chairmen : Pr Jean Delwaide, Pr Alban Denys, Dr Alexandre Jadoul 
14h00 : Welcome - Pr Olivier Detry - CHU Liege 
14h15-14h45 : Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure - Pr Alexandra Dili - CHU Namur 
14h45-15h15 : Liver functionnal scintigraphy - Dr Fenna van der Zijden - Amsterdam UMC
15h15-15h30 : History of imaging and interventions in the portal system - Pr Robert Dondelinger - CHU Liege 
15h30-16h00 : Pre-operative (double) embolization - Dr Sinead James - Maastricht UMC+
16h00-16h30 : Pause

Session 2 : What's hot for the liver ? 
Chairmen : Dr Christophe Valkenborgh, Dr Jean-Philippe Loly, Dr Morgan Vandermeulen
16h30-17h15 : Pre-hepatic portal hypertension: who and how to treat? - Pr Alban Denys - CHU Vaudois, Lausanne 
17h15-17h45 : Percutaneous biliary drainage for pCCA - Dr Victorien Van Verschuer - Erasmus RC, Rotterdam 
17h45-18h15 : Liver surgery 2035 - Pr Ronald M. Van Dam - Maastricht UMC+
18h15-18h30 : Conclusions - Pr Arnaud De Roover - CHU Liege 
18h30-19h00 : Verre de l'amitié

This event for healthcare professionals is accredited in ethics and economics.