Introduction

• First held back in 2002 in Barcelona, hosted by the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA)

• Rio de Janeiro in 2006 hosted by the Latin American Society of Regional Anesthesia (LASRA)

• 3rd WCRAPT held in Sydney, February 2013 hosted by Asia-Oceania Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (AOSRA)

About the conference

• AFSRA is delighted to host The 4th World Congress of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (WCRAPT 2014) and bring it back to its quadrennial cycle

• WCRAPT 2014 is organised by a selected faculty of the Committees of ASRA, LASRA, ESRA, AFSRA, AOSRA societies

Objectives

• To establish cooperation and mutual exchange of information between the 5 regional anesthesia societies

• With such cooperation we ensure the advancement and application of safety and reliability technology in all areas of regional techniques and the management of acute and chronic pain

• To promote and ensure the transfer of relevant education and training standards in developed countries to the more deprived countries mainly in Africa and Asia.

 

Objectives (Contd)

• With the cooperation of the five societies we are aiming to be the leader in regional anesthesia and acute and chronic pain medicine through innovations in education and research. It is in our interest to advance the science and practice of regional anesthesia and pain medicine worldwide

• Finally, the ultimate goal of such a big event is to ensure the excellence in patient care utilizing the knowledge of the experts from the five continents and hence the welfare of the patients worldwide

Scientific committee

Representing all five continental societies

• At large: Narinder Rawal, Sweden - Scientific Committees Executive • At large: Chandra Kumar, Singapore - Scientific Chairman • AFSRA: Ezzat Samy Aziz, Egypt - Congress President and Convener • AFSRA: Milton Raffs, South Africa• AOSRA: Manoj Kumar Karmakar, Hong Kong - Workshops Chairman • AOSRA: Shahridan Fathil, Singapore • ASRA: Oscar De Leon Cassasola, USA • ASRA: Vincent Chan, Canada • ESRA: Marc Van de Velde, Belgium - Abstracts Chairman • ESRA: José de Andrés, Spain • LASRA: Daniel Monkowski, Argentina • LASRA: Juan Carlos De la Cuadra Fontaine, Chile

Plenary/Symposium Session Themes• Neurostimulation techniques in chronic pain management • Innovations in regional anaesthesia • Ultrasound in regional anaesthesia • Local anaesthesia toxicity & management • Managing chronic regional pain syndrome • Strategies in cancer pain management • Current consideration of RA in ophthalmic surgery • Recent advances in spinal anaesthesia • Long term complications and neuraxial block & their prevention • Radiofrequency in cancer pain treatment • Regional anaesthesia in ambulatory surgery • Litigations in regional anaesthesia and pain therapy • Recent consideration and applications of continuous spinal anaesthesia• Role of ultrasound in preventing complication of RA • Court drama & foetal distress • Regional anaesthesia improves myocardial ischaemia

Plenary/Symposium Session Themes (contd)

• Intraneural injection avoidance & prevention

• Pain management and postoperative outcome

• Newer technology in acute pain management

• Newer technology in chronic pain management

• Newer novel agents for acute pain management

• Newer pharmacological agents for chronic pain management

• Injection therapy and new release drugs for pain therapy

• Teaching & Training in RA

• Complications of obstetric analgesia

• Anaesthesia analgesia in high risk patients

• Considerations for anaesthesia for C section

• New frontiers in labour analgesia

• Impact of regional anaesthesia and stress response

• Regional anaesthesia, immune system and cancer recurrence

Refresher course sessions• Newer analgesic agents

• Multi-modal treatment of postoperative pain: An update

• Quality improvement & regional anaesthesia

• Regional anaesthesia and phantom pain

• Basics of ultrasound in regional anaesthesia

• Recent advances in paediatric pain management

• Radiofrequency & chronic pain management

• What is new in spinal cord stimulation?

• Anaesthesia and analgesic techniques for arthroplasties of the hip and knee

• Impact of RA on regional anaesthesia

• Guidelines and acute pain management

• Cancer growth and oipiods

• Spinal cord stimulation

• Chronic regional pain syndrome

Refresher course sessions (contd)• What is new in intrathecal therapy for non-cancer pain

• Pharmacological management of chronic pain

• Interventional techniques for cancer pain management

• Update on the pharmacological management of osteoarthritis pain

• Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia for eye surgery

• Regional anaesthesia and tonsillectomy

• Failed epidural spinal

• Basics of neuromodulation

• Lidocaine for postoperative pain relief

• Current status of epidural analgesia in postoperative pain control

• New anticoagulants and regional anaesthesia

• Peripheral neurostimulation for chronic pain

• What we all should know about preeclampsia and how to approach regional

anesthesia for preeclampsia • Current status of epidural analgesia for postoperative pain

Regional Anaesthesia workshops1. Brachial Plexus Block Techniques above the Clavicle: Interscalene and

Supraclavicular Approach.

2. Brachial Plexus Block Techniques below the Clavicle: Infraclavicular and

Axillary Approach.

3. Regional Anesthesia for Shoulder Surgery (Interscalene Brachial Plexus

Block, Axillary Nerve Block, Shoulder Block)

4. Lower Extremity Nerve Block I: Femoral Nerve block, Fascial Iliaca,

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve block, Obturator and Sub‐sartorial

Saphenous Nerve Block.

5. Lower Extremity Nerve Block II: Popliteal Sciatic NerveBlock,

Saphenous nerve and Ankle Block.

6. Peripheral Nerve Blocks that every Anaesthesiologist Should be able to

Perform: Brachial Plexus (Interscalene and Axillary), Femoral Nerve and

Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block.

7. Thoracic Paravertebral Block Workshop.

8. Lumbar Paravertebral Sonography and Its Applications for Lumbar

Paravertebral and Lumbar Plexus Block.

9. Spinal Sonography and Ultrasound for Central Neuraxial Blocks – The Basics.

Regional Anaesthesia workshops (contd)10. Central Neuraxial Blocks in Patients with Difficult Spine

(Obesity, Scoliosis and Spinal Instrumentation).

11. Master Class: Regional Anesthesia for Major Breast Surgery (Multilevel

Thoracic Paravertebral with PECS Blocks).

12. Spinal Sonography and Ultrasound Guided Central Neuraxial Blocks in

Young Children.

13. Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Young Children.

14. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy.

15. Regional Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery.

16. Major Obstetric Neuraxial Blockade – Ultrasound Workshop.

17. Ultrasound Guided Abdominal Wall Blocks:TAP(subcostaland

Posterior), Ilioinguinal Iliohypogastric Nerve Block, Rectus Sheath Block).

18. Ankle Block: Sonoanatomy and Injection Techniques.

19. Master Class: Airway Ultrasound.

20. Master class: Sciatic Nerve Block Techniques – From Parasacral to

Popliteal.

21. Workshop on CPR in pregnancy

Regional Anaesthesia workshops (contd)22. Cadaver Workshop: Eye Blocks

23. Cadaver Workshop: USG Peripheral Nerve Blocks – Upper limb

24. Cadaver Workshop: USG Peripheral Nerve Blocks – Lower limb

25. Cadaver Workshop: USG Central Neuraxial Blocks

26. Cadaver Workshop: Basic Pain Blocks

27. Cadaver Workshop: Advanced Regional Anesthetic Blocks

(Thoracic Paravertebral and Lumbar Plexus Block)

28. Live Anesthetized Pig Workshop – USG Peripheral Nerve Blocks

29. Live Anesthetized Pig Workshop – USG Central Neuraxial Blocks

30. Pig Carcass Phantom: Skills Station for USG Central Neuraxial Blocks

Pain Medicine workshops1. Cervical Spine Ultrasound Imaging (includes Cervical Epidural, Cervical

Facet, Medial branch and Greater Occipital Nerve Block).

2. Ultrasound Imaging of Sacral Spine and Sacroiliac Joint and Injection

Techniques for Chronic Pain Interventions.

3. Ultrasound imaging of the Thoracolumbar Spine, Intercostal and

Paravertebral Space and Injection Techniques for Chronic Pain

Interventions.

4. Common Head and Neck Blocks for Pain Medicine.

5. Common Musculoskeletal Injections for Pain Medicine at the Shoulder,

Hip and Knee joints.

6. Ultrasound Guided Sympathetic Block for Pain Medicine: Stellate

ganglion, Superior hypogastric plexus, Lumbar sympathetic and

Ganglion Impar.

7. Imaging of the epidural, subdural & intradural spaces using

epidurography.

8. Interventional Techniques in Pain Medicine I: Cervical spine, facet and

nerve root injection.

Pain Medicine workshops (contd)9. Interventional Techniques in Pain Medicine II: Thoracic Paravertebral,

Intercostal and Suprascapular nerve.

10. Interventional Techniques in Pain Medicine III: Cervical Sympathetic

Trunk, Cervical Plexus and Occipital Nerves

11. Cadaver Workshop: Basic Musculoskeletal Injections Lower Limb (Hip,

Knee and Ankle joints)

12. Cadaver Workshop: Basic Musculoskeletal Injections Upper Limb

(Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist joints)

Industry support opportunities

• Parallel company supported symposium

• Ultrasound workshop support

• Individual Ultrasound machine in workshop

• Speaker’s support

• E-Posters

• Educational grant in support of existing sessions

• Thanksgiving networking reception

• Many other promotional support opportunities available

Why should you support ? To…..

• Demonstrate your company’s leadership in the fields of Regional Anaesthesia

and Pain Therapy

• Reach key thought leaders academic and industry researchers and clinicians

• Raise your company’s visibility in the field

• Exhibit and distribute your marketing and promotional materials

• Convene a corporate symposium

Supporter levels and benefits

Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)

Upon its opening in 2003, the state-of-the-art Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) was recognised by the South African Institute of Architects as “flexible, modern, international and cool...made for its varied purposes”. Since then, thanks to its size and sophistication, the CTICC has put Cape Town on the map as a major international Congress destination.

Ideally located on Cape Town's foreshore, adjacent to the Waterfront, the central business district and leading hotels, the CTICC is an exceptional facility that meets the expectations of delegates and organisers alike.

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Join us in Cape Town at WCRAPT 2014

WCRAPT 2014 is a unique opportunity to enhance your practice by partaking in the top caliber scientific programme and discussing the latest advances in anaesthesia with leading specialists from all five continental societies and around the world.

On behalf of our scientific committee, representing all five continental societies, we look forward to your participation and the opportunity to share your global perspectives on Regional Anesthesia with colleagues from around the world in this unique location that is Cape Town, South Africa.