13.00

Welcome

J Nordling

 

13.05 - 13.25

Introduction pain meeting concept.

J Castro-Lopes

 

13.25 - 15.30

Harmonization of guidelines and nomenclature.

USA: P Hanno, Asia: T Ueda, Europe: M Fall

 

16.00 - 16.30

Evaluation and treatment including physical therapy of BPS

A Glas

 

16.30 - 16.50

Future therapeutic targets

S Malaguti

 

16.50 - 18.00

Treatment based on patient histories

Panel: M Cervigni, P Hanno, M Fall, P Dinis, J Castro Lopez

Moderator: J Nordling

08.00 - 09.00

ESSIC General Assemby Meeting

(for full members only)

 

09.00 - 10.30

Workshop on afferent processing from the periphery to the central nervous system in BPS

LA Birder LA, MO Fraser, JJ Wyndaele

 

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee Break

 

11.00 - 11.30

New approaches for studying mechanisms underlying afferent sensization and pelvic pain

AJ Kanai

 

11.30 - 12.30

Epigenetic and molecular alterations in the bladder wall in BPS: an interactive presentation with clinical and molecular biologic views

FC Burkhard, K Monastyrskaja

 

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch

 

13.30 - 13.45

Pain from patient perspective

JM Meijlink

 

13.45 - 14.00

Social costs of BPS

L Nasta

 

14.00 - 15.00

Research Presentations (1)

 

15.00 - 15.30

Coffee Break

 

15.30 - 18.00

Research Presentations (2)

 

Dinner

ESSIC Course on Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome

 

Welcome

J Nordling

 

09.00 - 09.20

Nomenclature, Definition, Epidemiology (prevalence, prognosis)

P. Hanno

 

Diagnosis and confusable diseases: patient evaluation

 

09.20 - 09.35

Diagnosis: history, questionnaires and voiding diary, physical exam and pelvic floor evaluation

J. Nordling

 

09.35 - 09.50

Diagnosis: endoscopic findings; Pathology

M. Fall

 

09.50 - 10.05

Additional diagnostic procedures: urodynamics, vulvoscopy, laparoscopy, KCl testing, biomarkers, pain mapping

M. Cervigni

 

10.05 - 10.20

Criteria and confusable diseases. Associated disorders

J.P. van de Merwe

 

10.20 - 10.30

Questions

Moderator: Paulo Dinis

 

10.30 - 10.50

Coffee Break

 

Management

 

10.50 - 11.05

Principles of management

P Hanno

 

11.05 - 11.20

Conservative: behavioral modification, sexual and psychological counseling, stress reduction, diet, physiotherapy, OTC medications

K Whitmore

 

11.20 - 11.40

Oral therapy including pain management

 

11.40 - 12.00

Intravesical, intradetrusor therapy; neuromodulation (TENS, PTNS, Interstim)

JJ Wyndaele

 

12.00 - 12.20

Treatment of Hunners lesion

M. Fall

 

12.20 - 12.40

Surgery diversion, cystectomy, substitution cystoplasty

J. Nordling

 

12.40 - 12.50

Treatment algorithm and future perspectives

P. Hanno

 

12.50 - 13.00

Questions

Moderator: Paulo Dinis