A H Sayed-Hassen BA, MBChB, FRCS (Ed) FRACS is the Executive Director of Surgery at Eastern Health, Victoria. He qualified at Leeds University in 1985 and trained as a registrar in the Newcastle region in the late 1980s. Subsequently, he pursued further training in Upper GI and HPB surgery in Melbourne and a fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has worked as a transplant surgeon (Austin), trauma surgeon (Alfred) as well as at Eastern Health (Upper GI/HPB) since 1997. He currently only works at Eastern Health and Epworth (private hospital). He is the Chair of Surgeryand also the Upper GI/HPB multidisciplinary meeting. He has had multiple roles at the College of Surgeons including the Chair of the Board in General Surgery, Treasurer of General Surgeons Australia (GSA) and has been the scientific convener for the Congress of the RACS in Singapore in 2014. He had also been the General Surgery convener for Hong Kong 2008 and multiple local conferences for GSA and for the pre-exam course of the General Surgery exam. He remains as chair of SEAM (since 2011) on the Australian Board of General Surgery, which is the educational arm of the Board. He has authored/edited most of the modules of SEAM, which is also assessed by the Board for the purposes of training in the early phases of SET.Adrian Fox MBBS, FRACS is the Head of the Upper GI/HPB unit at Eastern health and also works at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He qualified MBBS at the University of Melbourne in 1998 and did his registrar training at St Vincent’s Hospital. He did his fellowship training in HPB at St Vincent’s, Box Hill (eastern health), and spent 2 years in Toronto where he was exposed to HPB and transplant surgery. He has been heavily involved as supervisor of training for trainees and fellows in HPB surgery. He has authored several publications and is an active member of the board of ANZHPBA (Australian and New Zealand Board of HPB surgeons).

• Section One: The Gallbladder1 - Acute Cholecystitis: Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy, A Multi-centre Randomized Trial2 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial3 - Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort studySection Two: Liver4 - Liver-directed surgery of neuroendocrine metastases: What is the optimal strategy?5 - The Brisbane 2000 Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections6 - Central venous pressure and liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis7 - Systematic extrahepatic Glissonean pedicle isolation for anatomical liver resection based on Laennec’s capsule: proposal of a novel comprehensive surgical anatomy of the liver8 - Liver transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma using poor tumour differentiation on biopsy as an exclusion criterion9 - Portal Vein Embolization Before Right Hepatectomy; a prospective clinical trial10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curveSection Three: Pancreas 10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curve11 - Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for resectable pancreatic cancer (DIPLOMA): an international randomised non-inferiority trial.12 - Dunking pancreatico-jejunostomy versus duct-to-mucosa anastomosis.13 - Endoscopic or surgical step-up approach for infected necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre randomised trial14 - Five-Year Outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial15 - International evidence-based Kyoto guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.16 - Short-term Outcomes After Spleen-preserving Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy With or Without Preservation of Splenic Vessels : A Pan-European Retrospective Study in High-volume Centres17 - Neoadjuvant therapy or upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials18 - Roux-en-Y versus single loop reconstruction in pancreaticoduodenectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis19 - Should non-invasive diffuse main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms be treated with total pancreatectomy?Section Four: Stomach 20 - Association between Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric cancer incidence: A systematic review and Meta-analysis21 - Clinical outcomes of a laparoscopic total vs a 270 posterior partial fundoplication in chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.22 - Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors23 - Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer.24 - Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer 5-Year Outcomes of the KLASS-02 Randomized Clinical Trial25 - Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer26 - Is Roux-en-Y or Billroth-II reconstruction the preferred choice for gastric cancer patients undergoing distal gastrectomy when Billroth I reconstruction is not applicable? A meta-analysisSection Five: Bile Duct 27 - An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy28 - Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas29 - Surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: French experience in a collective survey of 552 extrahepatic bile duct cancers30 - Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitisSection Six: Oesophagus 31 - Endoscopic or Surgical Myotomy in Patients with Idiopathic Achalasia32 - Endoscopic versus surgical approach in the treatment of Zenker’s1 diverticulum: systematic review and meta-analysis.33 - Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial34 - Sutured versus Mesh-augmented Hiatus Hernia Repair. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials35 - Intraoperative pyloric drainage is unnecessary during esophagectomies: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials36 - Adjuvant Nivolumab in resected oesophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.37 - Predictors of Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database38 - Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer.39 - Radiofrequency Ablation vs Endoscopic Surveillance for Patients with Barrett Esophagus and Low-Grade Dysplasia - A Randomized Clinical TrialSection Seven: Endoscopic Treatment 40 - Early Treatment of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Papillotomy41 - Endoscopic ultrasound- versus ERCP-guided primary drainage of inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials42 - Indomethacin with or without prophylactic pancreatic stent placement to prevent pancreatitis after ERCP: a randomised non-inferiority trial43 - Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign oesophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks.44 - Self-Expanding Metal Stents Versus Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy in Anastomotic Leak Treatment After Oncologic Gastroesophageal SurgerySection Eight: Obesity 45 - Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity: The SM-BOSS Randomized Clinical Trial46 - Results from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry: A narrative reviewSection Nine: General 47 - Advantages of enteral nutrition (EN) over parenteral nutrition (PN).48 - Reduction in mortality from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage49 - Splenic Salvage: Is There a Role for Splenorrhaphy in the Management of Adult Splenic Trauma?50 - Volume-Outcome Relationship in Surgery for Oesophageal malignancy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2000-2011

A H Sayed-Hassen BA, MBChB, FRCS (Ed) FRACS is the Executive Director of Surgery at Eastern Health, Victoria. He qualified at Leeds University in 1985 and trained as a registrar in the Newcastle region in the late 1980s. Subsequently, he pursued further training in Upper GI and HPB surgery in Melbourne and a fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has worked as a transplant surgeon (Austin), trauma surgeon (Alfred) as well as at Eastern Health (Upper GI/HPB) since 1997. He currently only works at Eastern Health and Epworth (private hospital). He is the Chair of Surgeryand also the Upper GI/HPB multidisciplinary meeting. He has had multiple roles at the College of Surgeons including the Chair of the Board in General Surgery, Treasurer of General Surgeons Australia (GSA) and has been the scientific convener for the Congress of the RACS in Singapore in 2014. He had also been the General Surgery convener for Hong Kong 2008 and multiple local conferences for GSA and for the pre-exam course of the General Surgery exam. He remains as chair of SEAM (since 2011) on the Australian Board of General Surgery, which is the educational arm of the Board. He has authored/edited most of the modules of SEAM, which is also assessed by the Board for the purposes of training in the early phases of SET.Adrian Fox MBBS, FRACS is the Head of the Upper GI/HPB unit at Eastern health and also works at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He qualified MBBS at the University of Melbourne in 1998 and did his registrar training at St Vincent’s Hospital. He did his fellowship training in HPB at St Vincent’s, Box Hill (eastern health), and spent 2 years in Toronto where he was exposed to HPB and transplant surgery. He has been heavily involved as supervisor of training for trainees and fellows in HPB surgery. He has authored several publications and is an active member of the board of ANZHPBA (Australian and New Zealand Board of HPB surgeons).

• Section One: The Gallbladder1 - Acute Cholecystitis: Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy, A Multi-centre Randomized Trial2 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial3 - Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort studySection Two: Liver4 - Liver-directed surgery of neuroendocrine metastases: What is the optimal strategy?5 - The Brisbane 2000 Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections6 - Central venous pressure and liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis7 - Systematic extrahepatic Glissonean pedicle isolation for anatomical liver resection based on Laennec’s capsule: proposal of a novel comprehensive surgical anatomy of the liver8 - Liver transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma using poor tumour differentiation on biopsy as an exclusion criterion9 - Portal Vein Embolization Before Right Hepatectomy; a prospective clinical trial10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curveSection Three: Pancreas 10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curve11 - Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for resectable pancreatic cancer (DIPLOMA): an international randomised non-inferiority trial.12 - Dunking pancreatico-jejunostomy versus duct-to-mucosa anastomosis.13 - Endoscopic or surgical step-up approach for infected necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre randomised trial14 - Five-Year Outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial15 - International evidence-based Kyoto guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.16 - Short-term Outcomes After Spleen-preserving Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy With or Without Preservation of Splenic Vessels : A Pan-European Retrospective Study in High-volume Centres17 - Neoadjuvant therapy or upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials18 - Roux-en-Y versus single loop reconstruction in pancreaticoduodenectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis19 - Should non-invasive diffuse main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms be treated with total pancreatectomy?Section Four: Stomach 20 - Association between Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric cancer incidence: A systematic review and Meta-analysis21 - Clinical outcomes of a laparoscopic total vs a 270 posterior partial fundoplication in chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.22 - Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors23 - Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer.24 - Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer 5-Year Outcomes of the KLASS-02 Randomized Clinical Trial25 - Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer26 - Is Roux-en-Y or Billroth-II reconstruction the preferred choice for gastric cancer patients undergoing distal gastrectomy when Billroth I reconstruction is not applicable? A meta-analysisSection Five: Bile Duct 27 - An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy28 - Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas29 - Surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: French experience in a collective survey of 552 extrahepatic bile duct cancers30 - Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitisSection Six: Oesophagus 31 - Endoscopic or Surgical Myotomy in Patients with Idiopathic Achalasia32 - Endoscopic versus surgical approach in the treatment of Zenker’s1 diverticulum: systematic review and meta-analysis.33 - Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial34 - Sutured versus Mesh-augmented Hiatus Hernia Repair. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials35 - Intraoperative pyloric drainage is unnecessary during esophagectomies: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials36 - Adjuvant Nivolumab in resected oesophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.37 - Predictors of Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database38 - Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer.39 - Radiofrequency Ablation vs Endoscopic Surveillance for Patients with Barrett Esophagus and Low-Grade Dysplasia - A Randomized Clinical TrialSection Seven: Endoscopic Treatment 40 - Early Treatment of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Papillotomy41 - Endoscopic ultrasound- versus ERCP-guided primary drainage of inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials42 - Indomethacin with or without prophylactic pancreatic stent placement to prevent pancreatitis after ERCP: a randomised non-inferiority trial43 - Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign oesophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks.44 - Self-Expanding Metal Stents Versus Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy in Anastomotic Leak Treatment After Oncologic Gastroesophageal SurgerySection Eight: Obesity 45 - Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity: The SM-BOSS Randomized Clinical Trial46 - Results from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry: A narrative reviewSection Nine: General 47 - Advantages of enteral nutrition (EN) over parenteral nutrition (PN).48 - Reduction in mortality from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage49 - Splenic Salvage: Is There a Role for Splenorrhaphy in the Management of Adult Splenic Trauma?50 - Volume-Outcome Relationship in Surgery for Oesophageal malignancy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2000-2011

A H Sayed-Hassen BA, MBChB, FRCS (Ed) FRACS is the Executive Director of Surgery at Eastern Health, Victoria. He qualified at Leeds University in 1985 and trained as a registrar in the Newcastle region in the late 1980s. Subsequently, he pursued further training in Upper GI and HPB surgery in Melbourne and a fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has worked as a transplant surgeon (Austin), trauma surgeon (Alfred) as well as at Eastern Health (Upper GI/HPB) since 1997. He currently only works at Eastern Health and Epworth (private hospital). He is the Chair of Surgeryand also the Upper GI/HPB multidisciplinary meeting. He has had multiple roles at the College of Surgeons including the Chair of the Board in General Surgery, Treasurer of General Surgeons Australia (GSA) and has been the scientific convener for the Congress of the RACS in Singapore in 2014. He had also been the General Surgery convener for Hong Kong 2008 and multiple local conferences for GSA and for the pre-exam course of the General Surgery exam. He remains as chair of SEAM (since 2011) on the Australian Board of General Surgery, which is the educational arm of the Board. He has authored/edited most of the modules of SEAM, which is also assessed by the Board for the purposes of training in the early phases of SET.Adrian Fox MBBS, FRACS is the Head of the Upper GI/HPB unit at Eastern health and also works at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He qualified MBBS at the University of Melbourne in 1998 and did his registrar training at St Vincent’s Hospital. He did his fellowship training in HPB at St Vincent’s, Box Hill (eastern health), and spent 2 years in Toronto where he was exposed to HPB and transplant surgery. He has been heavily involved as supervisor of training for trainees and fellows in HPB surgery. He has authored several publications and is an active member of the board of ANZHPBA (Australian and New Zealand Board of HPB surgeons).

• Section One: The Gallbladder1 - Acute Cholecystitis: Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy, A Multi-centre Randomized Trial2 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial3 - Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort studySection Two: Liver4 - Liver-directed surgery of neuroendocrine metastases: What is the optimal strategy?5 - The Brisbane 2000 Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections6 - Central venous pressure and liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis7 - Systematic extrahepatic Glissonean pedicle isolation for anatomical liver resection based on Laennec’s capsule: proposal of a novel comprehensive surgical anatomy of the liver8 - Liver transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma using poor tumour differentiation on biopsy as an exclusion criterion9 - Portal Vein Embolization Before Right Hepatectomy; a prospective clinical trial10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curveSection Three: Pancreas 10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curve11 - Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for resectable pancreatic cancer (DIPLOMA): an international randomised non-inferiority trial.12 - Dunking pancreatico-jejunostomy versus duct-to-mucosa anastomosis.13 - Endoscopic or surgical step-up approach for infected necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre randomised trial14 - Five-Year Outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial15 - International evidence-based Kyoto guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.16 - Short-term Outcomes After Spleen-preserving Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy With or Without Preservation of Splenic Vessels : A Pan-European Retrospective Study in High-volume Centres17 - Neoadjuvant therapy or upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials18 - Roux-en-Y versus single loop reconstruction in pancreaticoduodenectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis19 - Should non-invasive diffuse main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms be treated with total pancreatectomy?Section Four: Stomach 20 - Association between Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric cancer incidence: A systematic review and Meta-analysis21 - Clinical outcomes of a laparoscopic total vs a 270 posterior partial fundoplication in chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.22 - Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors23 - Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer.24 - Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer 5-Year Outcomes of the KLASS-02 Randomized Clinical Trial25 - Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer26 - Is Roux-en-Y or Billroth-II reconstruction the preferred choice for gastric cancer patients undergoing distal gastrectomy when Billroth I reconstruction is not applicable? A meta-analysisSection Five: Bile Duct 27 - An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy28 - Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas29 - Surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: French experience in a collective survey of 552 extrahepatic bile duct cancers30 - Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitisSection Six: Oesophagus 31 - Endoscopic or Surgical Myotomy in Patients with Idiopathic Achalasia32 - Endoscopic versus surgical approach in the treatment of Zenker’s1 diverticulum: systematic review and meta-analysis.33 - Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial34 - Sutured versus Mesh-augmented Hiatus Hernia Repair. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials35 - Intraoperative pyloric drainage is unnecessary during esophagectomies: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials36 - Adjuvant Nivolumab in resected oesophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.37 - Predictors of Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database38 - Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer.39 - Radiofrequency Ablation vs Endoscopic Surveillance for Patients with Barrett Esophagus and Low-Grade Dysplasia - A Randomized Clinical TrialSection Seven: Endoscopic Treatment 40 - Early Treatment of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Papillotomy41 - Endoscopic ultrasound- versus ERCP-guided primary drainage of inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials42 - Indomethacin with or without prophylactic pancreatic stent placement to prevent pancreatitis after ERCP: a randomised non-inferiority trial43 - Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign oesophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks.44 - Self-Expanding Metal Stents Versus Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy in Anastomotic Leak Treatment After Oncologic Gastroesophageal SurgerySection Eight: Obesity 45 - Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity: The SM-BOSS Randomized Clinical Trial46 - Results from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry: A narrative reviewSection Nine: General 47 - Advantages of enteral nutrition (EN) over parenteral nutrition (PN).48 - Reduction in mortality from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage49 - Splenic Salvage: Is There a Role for Splenorrhaphy in the Management of Adult Splenic Trauma?50 - Volume-Outcome Relationship in Surgery for Oesophageal malignancy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2000-2011