VII ITALF NATIONAL CONGRESS
Alba (CN), Ferrero Foundation June 29-30 July 1, 2023
N.B. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SENDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF BOTH FREE COMMUNICATIONS, CLINICAL CASES AND POSTERS TO THE ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT EXPIRES ON APRIL 10, 2023
P R O G R A M M E P R E L I M I N A R Y
Thursday, 06/29/2023 – morning
09.30 – 11.00 AM NON-ECM WORK SHOP
11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. NON-ECM WORK SHOP
Thursday 29/06 – afternoon
13.30 – 14.30 Registration
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
14.30 – 15.00
Inaugural Ceremony – Opening of the proceedings.
Sandro Michelini, Giancarlo Rando, Massimo Veglio (DG ASL CN2)
15.00 – 15.20
READING: Role of the ILF towards the patient with Lymphedema
3:20 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM: EPIDEMIOLOGY Moderator: Giancarlo Rando
15.20 – 15.35 From current reality to future perspectives
15.35 – 15.50 The Rare Disease Network in the Piedmont Region and in Italy
15.50 – 16.05 The Piedmont Oncology Network
16.05 – 16.20 History of lymphology
16.20 – 17.45
ROUND TABLE 1: REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN ITALY AND DIFFERENT REGIONS, APPROPRIATENESS, APPROPRIATENESS, CARE SETTINGS, COMPARISON WITH INSTITUTIONS
Moderators : Giancarlo Rando, Maurizio Ricci
17.45: PRESCRIBABILITY OF PRESCRIPTIONS
18.00 – 19.15
ROUND TABLE 2: DISABILITY IN LYMPHEDEMA: Rehabilitation Project, Objectives, OutCome, Self Care, Follow Up
Moderators : Antonio Mander, Maria Pia Schieroni
18.00 – 19.15
SYMPOSIUM: LYMPHEDEMA AND DISABILITY
Introduction
Roundtable Discussion
Summary and operational perspectives
7:15 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS
Friday, 30/06 – morning-afternoon
8.00 – 8.30
POSTER SESSION (Parallel Room)
Moderators: Marina Cestari, Tiziana Galli
8.30 – 9.45
MISCELLANY: PRE-ARRANGED PAPERS
Moderators: Corrado Cesare Campisi, Alberto Macciò
08.30 Sports, Activity and Exercise and Lymphedema
08.40 Lymphostatic Ulcers, Wound Care
08.50 Breast Unit: Lymphedema And New Plastic Reconstructive Techniques, Scarring and Lymphedema
09.10 Radiotherapy and Lymphedema
09.20 Primary Lymphedema: Disability and Quality of Life, from Childhood to the Daily Life of
Youth
09.30 Scientific Aspects of Clinical Nutrition
09.40 Medical Therapy and Lymphedema
09.50 Discussion
10.00 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK
10.30 – 11.30
ROUND TABLE 3: LYMPHOSCOPY: Proposals for a Unified Protocol
Moderators: Sandro Michelini, Picciotto
11.30 – 12.40
ROUNDTABLE 4: PREVENTION OF LYMPHEDEMA IN SURGERY
Moderators: Stefano Gentileschi, Giancarlo Rando
12.40 – 13.00
READING : The complex lymphological patient
13.00 – 14.30
LUNCH SESSION OUTSIDE ECM: THE ELASTIC GARMENT: PROBLEMS FROM EVERY POINT OF VIEW
Companies, Practitioners, Patients, Patient Associations, Prosthetics Managers ASL Cuneo
Moderators: Sandro Michelini, Giancarlo Rando
14.30 – 15.30
WORKSHOPS (Parallel Room )(n. closed, reservation at registration)
1. ICF (Maurizio Ricci)
2. ULCERE AND WOUND CARE (Alberto Macciò)
3. LINFOFLUORESCENCE (Jean Paul Belgrado)
4. BENDING (PHYSICS, ERRORS, MATERIALS , NEW SCIENTIFIC ACQUISITIONS, MEASUREMENTS)(Giovanni Farina, Sara Troncon)
14.30 – 14.50
READING : Lymphedema and Metastasis
14.50 – 15.10
READING : Head/neck surgery, Laterocervical emptying, Adjuvant Rt.
15.10 – 15.30
READING: Medico-Legal Aspects
15.30 – 16.30
ROUND TABLE 5: MULTI SPECIALISTIC INSTRUMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE (Ultrasound, Lymphoscintigraphy, Lymphofluorescence, Bioimpedance Imaging, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Perometry )
Moderators: Francesco Boccardo, Marina Cestari
16.30 – 17.30
ROUNDTABLE 6: THE FUTURE OF COMPRESSION, INNOVATIONS , TECHNOLOGIES, RESEARCH
Moderators : Manuela Sciuscio, Giancarlo Rando
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
CLINICAL CASES: Presentation , Voting and Discussion.
Moderators : Antonio Mander, Piantadosi Angela
Speakers (with televoting):
Upper limbs: 1. Primitive, 2. Secondary: 1, 2a, 2b
Lower limbs: 1. Primitive, 2. Secondary: 1, 2a, 2b
Saturday 01/07 – Morning
8.00 – 9.00
SPECIAL INTER-SOCIETY SESSION: MANAGEMENT OF EDEMA IN THE COMPLEX VASCULAR PATIENT
Moderators: Romeo Martini, Sandro Michelini
Speakers: (ITALF, SIAPAV, SIF, AIFI, SIMFER)
8.00 – 8.30
POSTER SESSION (Parallel Room)
Moderators: Alfredo Leone, Giovanni Moneta
09.00-12.30
LIPEDEMA SESSION: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND NEW PROSPECTS IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT (Patients’ Needs, State of Research, Conservative Therapy, Liposuction, Nutrition)
Moderators: Jean Paul Belgrado, Sandro Michelini
09.00 Research and basic science
10.00 Conservative approach
11.00 Surgical approach
12.00 Elastic restraint in lipedema
12.10 Nutrition, physical activity and quality of life
12.30 p.m. ITALF General Assembly
ACCREDITATION – ECM CREDITS
The Provider will accredit the Congress with the Ministry of Health for:
Surgeons specializing in: Angiology, Cardiology, General and Vascular Surgery, Dermatology and Venereology, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Geriatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, General Medicine-MMG, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Physiotherapists | Nurses | Psychologists | Orthopedic Technicians.
Issuance of Credits will be contingent upon verification of 100% attendance of all Sessions as well as passing 75% of the Questions in the CME Questionnaire.
Please note that the Questionnaire will be distributed half an hour before the end of the Event.
CONGRESS PRESIDENT
Dr. Giancarlo Rando
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
ITALF Board of Directors
DEADLINE free communications, clinical cases and posters: April 10, 2023 to the organizing secretariat
WEBSITE.
www.italf.org for updates on the 7th ITALF Congress
HEADQUARTERS
Ferrero Foundation Auditorium
Via Vivaro, 49 – Alba (CN)
The entrance reserved for the public is the one on Strada di Mezzo
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Companies wishing to host Participants and individual Participants are advised to
begin the search for suitable hotel accommodations as soon as possible given the location of high tourist attraction and the scarcity of hotels.
They can check with Dr. Daniela Carletti, logistics manager of the Organizing Secretariat: segreteria2@gccongressi.it; tel.06-3729466
REGISTRATION FEES
ITALF MEMBERS (in good standing with the 2022 membership fee): € 120.00 (VAT included)
NON-ITALF MEMBERS € 150.00
PATIENTS free of charge
PROVIDERS (282) and ORGANIZATIONAL SECRETARIAT.
CONGRESS MANAGEMENT SRL
Via P. Borsieri, 12 – 00195 Rome
Tel. 06-3729466 – e-mail: segreteria@gccongressi.it; segreteria2@gccongressi.it
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