
UEG Ultrasound Learning Area
ULTRASOUND LEARNING AREA – PROGRAMME
Saturday 8 October 2022
Ultrasonography for the Gastroenterologist
The Ultrasound Learning Area promotes the role of a major diagnostic and interventional tool in
gastroenterology: clinical ultrasonography in the hands of the gastroenterologist.
This year the Ultrasound Learning Area returns to the on–site format and offers basic and
postgraduate courses on ultrasonography, individual hands–on training and special lectures in
abdominal ultrasonography. The programme is designed for both young and senior
gastroenterologists, with or without experience in ultrasonography.
Main topics of the special lectures are the role of ultrasound in liver diseases and interventional
ultrasound.
The Ultrasound Learning Area is run in cooperation with EFSUMB.
Course Directors:
Alina Popescu, Timişoara, Romania
Christian Jenssen, Strausberg–Wriezen, Germany
Faculty
Dieter Nürnberg, Neuruppin, Germany
Ioan Sporea, Timişoara, Romania
Odd Helge Gilja, Bergen, Norway
Roxana Şirli, Timişoara, Romania
Thomas Müller, Wiesbaden, Germany
Kim Nylund, Bergen, Norway
Adrian Săftoiu, Romania
Zeno Spârchez, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Maria Nürnberg, Neuruppin, Germany
Basic Course – Part I – Basics and introduction in abdominal ultrasound examinations
- 9:00 – 10:30 Session 1
Moderation: Christian Jenssen, Alina Popescu - 09:00 – 09:10 Introduction and aims of the course
Christian Jenssen - 09:10 – 09:25 The view in the body – examination technique and Sonoanatomy
Alina Popescu - 09:25 – 09:40 Abdominal vessels – landmarks
Dieter Nürnberg - 09:40 – 09:50 Abdominal ultrasound examination (tips and tricks) – live demonstration
Christian Jenssen - 09:50 – 10:30 Hands–on Training: Focus abdominal vessels
Faculty - 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
- 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2
Moderation: Dieter Nürnberg, Ioan Sporea - 11:00 – 11:15 Examination of the liver
Ioan Sporea - 11:15 – 11:30 Examination of the gall bladder and bile ducts
Roxana Şirli - 11:30 – 11:45 Examination of the pancreas
Christian Jenssen - 11:45 – 12:30 Hands–on Training: Focus on liver, biliary system and pancreas
Faculty - 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
- 13:30 – 15:00 Session 3
Moderation: Kim Nylund, Thomas Müller - 13:30 – 13:45 How to adjust the ultrasound image and useful artefacts
Christian Jenssen (or Stefan Uebel) - 13:45 – 14:00 Where to check for free fluid and gas in the abdomen?
Thomas Müller - 14:00 – 14:15 Are the other abdominal organs important for the gastroenterologist? How we
examine the kidneys, spleen, pelvis
Dieter Nürnberg - 14:15 – 14:30 Ultrasound of the Thorax – what a gastroenterologist should know
Zeno Spârchez - 14:30 – 15:00 Hands–on Training
Faculty - 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
- 15:30 – 17:00 Session 4
Moderation: Dieter Nürnberg, Alina Popescu - 15:30 – 15:50 First look at stomach and bowel – typical positions
Kim Nylund - 15:50 – 16:00 Closing remarks for the first day. Certificates.
Alina Popescu, Dieter Nürnberg - 16:00 – 17:00 Hands–on Training
Faculty
Sunday 9 October 2022
Ultrasonography for the Gastroenterologist
Advanced Course – Part II – Pathology and special topics in abdominal ultrasound
examinations
- 8:00 – 9:30 Session 1: Gallbladder and bile ducts
Moderation: Christian Jenssen, Thomas Müller - 08:00 – 08:05 Introduction and aims of the course
Roxana Şirli - 08:05 – 08:20 Incidental findings
Christian Jenssen - 08:20 – 08:35 Obstructive jaundice: levels and causes of obstruction
Thomas Müller - 08:35 – 08:50 Acute biliary diseases
Roxana Şirli - 08:50 – 09:30 Hands–on Training: Gallbladder and biliary system
Faculty - 9:30 – 10:00 Coffee break
- 10:00 – 11:30 Session 2: Pancreas
Moderation: Dieter Nürnberg, Roxana Şirli - 10:00 – 10:15 Acute pancreatitis: US–based algorithm, complications
Dieter Nürnberg - 10:15 – 10:30 Chronic pancreatitis: US and EUS
Adrian Săftoiu - 10:30 – 10:45 Pancreatic tumors: diagnosis, staging, resectability
Christian Jenssen - 10:45 – 10:55 Abdominal ultrasound examination (tips and tricks) – live demonstration
Odd Helge Gilja/Thomas Müller/Dieter Nürnberg - 10:55 – 11:30 Hands–on Training: Pancreas and portal system
Faculty - 11:30 – 12:00 Lunch break
- 12:00 – 13:00 Session 3: Liver
Moderation: Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu - 12:00 – 12:15 Parenchymal liver diseases
Ioan Sporea - 12:15 – 12:30 Vascular liver disease; TIPS
Zeno Sparchez - 12:30 – 12:45 Focal liver lesions
Alina Popescu - 12:45 – 13:00 Hands–on Training: Focus on the liver
Faculty - 13.00 – 13.30 Break
- 13.30 – 14.30 Opening Plenary Session of UEG Week
- 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
- 15:00 – 16:00 Session 4: GI tract
Moderation: Odd Helge Gilja, Adrian Săftoiu - 15:00 – 15:15 Inflammatory bowel diseases
Odd Helge Gilja - 15:15 – 15:30 Non–IBD inflammatory bowel diseases; ischemic colitis
Kim Nylund - 15:30 – 15:45 GI tract tumors: US and EUS
Adrian Săftoiu - 15:45 – 16:00 Hands–on Training: Focus on bowel
Faculty
- 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:30 – 17:30 Session 5
Moderation: Christian Jenssen, Dieter Nürnberg - 16:30 – 16:55 Interesting cases – (video demonstration)
Faculty - 16:55 – 17:00 Closing remarks, certificates
Christian Jenssen, Dieter Nürnberg - 17:00 – 17:30 Hands–on Training
Faculty
Monday 10 October 2022
- 8:00 – 9:00 Session 1
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 9:00 – 9:30 Coffee break
- 9:30 – 10:30 Session 2
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
- 11:00 – 12:00 Session 3
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch break
- 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch Session
Part III – Noon Lectures
Multiparametric ultrasound of the liver
Moderation: Ioan Sporea, Christian Jenssen - 13:00 – 13:20 Ultrasound based techniques for the evaluation of liver steatosis
Ioan Sporea, Romania - 13:20 – 13:40 Ultrasound based techniques for the evaluation of liver fibrosis
Alina Popescu, Romania - 13.40 – 14.00 Ultrasound based techniques for the evaluation of portal hypertension
Dieter Nürnberg, Germany - 14.00 – 14.20 US–guided biopsy in parenchymal liver disease and focal liver lesions
Thomas Müller, Germany - 14.20 – 14.40 Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the evaluation of focal liver lesions
Odd Helge Gilja, Norway (or Christian Jenssen, Germany) - 14.40 – 15.00 New developments in liver ultrasound: fusion, artificial intelligence
Adrian Săftoiu, Romania - 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
- 15:30 – 16:30 Session 4
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
- 17:00 – 18:00 Session 5
Hands–on Training
Faculty
Tuesday 11 October 2022
- 8:00 – 9:00 Session 1
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 9:00 – 9:30 Coffee break
- 9:30 – 10:30 Session 2
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
- 11:00 – 12:00 Session 3
Hands–on Training
Faculty - 12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch break
- 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch session
Part IV – Noon Lectures
Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS)
Moderation: Dieter Nürnberg, Adrian Săftoiu
- 13:00 – 13:20 Impact of INVUS in Gastroenterology
Christian Jenssen, Germany - 13:20 – 13:40 Basic Principles of INVUS and Needle Guidance
Thomas Müller, Germany - 13:40 – 14:00 Ultrasound in the management of liver abscesses
Alina Popescu, Romania - 14:00 – 14:20 Biliary Interventions – a Special Field in INVUS
Dieter Nürnberg, Germany - 14:20 – 14:40 Complications in INVUS
Zeno Spârchez, Romania - 14:40 – 15:00 Pancreatic interventions – US vs. EUS
Adrian Săftoiu, Romania