08:30 - 13:00 SURGICAL WORKSHOP for Non-Surgeons
(Policlinico Hospital)

08:30 - 10:30 Early Stage and Locally Advanced Thymoma
Chairs: Chairs: Giuseppe Cardillo (Rome, Italy), Filippo Tommaso Gallina (Rome, Italy)

08:30 - 09:15 Part 1 - Early Stage Thymoma
Complete thymectomy for early stage thymoma: technical aspects and oncological implications (Lecture + Clinical case presentation), Francesco Guerrera (Turin, Italy), 15 min 
Limited thymectomy for early stage thymoma: technical aspects and oncological implications (Lecture + Clinical case presentation), Emanuele Voulaz (Milan, Italy), 15 min 

DISCUSSANT: Christopher Nabel (Boston, USA), 5 min
Q&A, Discussion, 10 min 


09:15 - 10:30 Part 2 - Locally Advanced Thymoma
Extended resections for locally advanced thymoma: technical aspects and surgical outcomes (Lecture + Clinical case presentation), Giovanni Comacchio (Padova, Italy), 15 min 
Q&A, Discussion, 15 min 

Extended resections for locally advanced thymoma: implications of induction treatment
PRO: Giovanni Leuzzi (Milan, Italy), 10 min 
CON: Luigi Ventura (Sheffield, UK), 10 min 

Q&A, Discussion, 35 min

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45 Metastatic Thymoma and Surgical Techniques
Chairs: Lorenzo Rosso (Milan, Italy), Stylianos Korasidis (Pisa, Italy)

11:00 - 11:45 Part 3 - Metastatic Thymoma
Surgery of pleural metastases: technical aspects and long-term outcome (Lecture + Clinical case presentation), Vittorio Aprile (Pisa, Italy), 15 min 
Surgery of distant metastases: technical aspects and long-term outcome (Lecture + Clinical case presentation), Charalambos Zisis (Athens, Greece), 15 min 

DISCUSSANT: James Wilson (London, UK), 5 min 
Q&A, Discussion, 10 min 


11:45 - 12:45 Part 4 - Surgical Techniques: How to navigate technological advances
VATS thymectomy (lateral approach), Joshua Sonett, (New York, USA), 10 min 
RATS thymectomy (lateral approach), Luca Luzzi (Siena, Italy), 10 min
RATS thymectomy (subxiphoid), Alessio Mariolo (Paris, France), 10 min
RATS thymectomy SP, Edoardo Mercadante (Rome, Italy), 10 min
Q&A, Discussion, 20 min

12:45 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30 - 16:30 ITMIG Committee Meetings
All ITMIG members are welcome!