Program
Topics
- General updates on pelvic floor dysfunctions
- Gender identity and gender affirming surgery
- Life events impact on pelvic floor dysfunction
- Women’s health
- Menopause
- Endometriosis
2nd June 2024
19.00 – 23.00
Social gathering
3rd June 2024
08.30 – 08.40
Welcome
Lotte Lindstrøm.
Head of National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health. Norway.
08.40 – 09.20
Continence by design: a teleological approach to understanding incontinence
Charles H. Knowles. Professor, MA, PhD, FRCS, honFACCRS.
Chief Academic Officer and Clinical Director of Research at the Cleveland Clinic London. Professor of Surgery at Queen Mary University of London. Consultant Colorectal surgeon at Bart’s Health NHS Trust and St Mark’s Hospitals
09.20 – 09.40
Sacral neuromodulation: how it works and who should benefit
Charles H. Knowles.
09.40 – 10.10
The role of hyperbaric oxygen treatment in pelvic floor dysfunctions
Bernd Mueller. MD, PhD. Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Dept. of Occupational Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
10.10 – 10.40
10.40 – 11.00
What do we know about the effect of weight reduction on bladder and bowel dysfunctions in obese people?
Kari Bø. PhD, Professor. Physical therapist. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
11.00 – 11.20
Hypogonadism and male menopause
Knut Klem, MD, Urologist. Dr. Klem’s clinic. Surgery and urology, Arendal, Norway.
11.20 – 11.40
Is there evidence for pelvic floor muscle training for female bladder outlet obstruction?
Kari Bø.
11.40 – 11.45
Best Poster Award
11.45 – 12.30
Lunch / Exhibition
12.30 – 12.50
Poster Session
Life events impact on pelvic floor dysfunction
12.50 – 13.30
How chronic stress becomes toxic and informs the entire human body
Anna Luise Kirkengen, Professor emerita, dr.med., Senior advisor. General Practice Research Unit, Dept. for Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
13.30 – 13.50
Adverse life experiences and relational trauma transforms into illness and affects encounters with medical services
Anders Lundesgaard, Clinical Psychologist Specialist. Regional Resource Center on Violence and Traumatic stress in Northern Norway.
13.50 – 14.10
Presentation of bodily-based interpretations and approaches to explore manifestations of habitual reactions and their relevance to symptoms
Cathrine Maria Boge-Olsnes. MSc, PhD, Specialist in Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy. University Hospital of North Norway/Associate professor, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
14.10 – 14.40
Break / Exhibition
14.40 – 15.00
Is there still a role for sphincteroplasties?
Stig Norderval. Head of department, professor. Dep. Of Gastroenterological Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway/ Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
15.00 – 15.20
Multidisciplinary decision making
Mona Rydningen. MD, PhD, Colorectal Surgeon. Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Health, Norway/Dep. of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway / Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
15.20 – 15.50
Panel discussion: Management of complex pelvic floor dysfunction
Chair: Stig Norderval
Panel: Charles Knowles, Mona Rydningen, Anna Luise Kirkengen, Kari Bø
15.50
Closing remarks
Stig Norderval. Head of department, professor. Dep. Of Gastroenterological Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway/ Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.
20.00
Conference Dinner
4th June 2024
08.30 – 09.30
Oral abstract presentations
Sacral neuromodulation for neurogenic lower urinary tract, bowel and sexual dysfunction for patients with multiple sclerosis. A single-center pilot trial for a multicenter double-blinded randomized controlled trial
Hanne Kobberø. Consultant urologist, PhD-student. Research Unit of Urology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Fecal incontinence is associated with poorer work ability in middle-aged women – a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study
Helena Komokallio. Med.stud. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Surgery, Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Dorsal Genital Nerve stimulation in patients with overactive bladder syndrome. A feasibility study with the novel UCon neurostimulator
Meryam El Issaoui. MD, PhD Fellow. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Female Functional Fitness Exercisers – An Assessor-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Kristina Lindquist Skaug. Ph.D., M.Sc., PT. Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Beyond pain: an interdisciplinary approach to chronic pain management following female-to-male gender reassignment surgery
Laura Pelizzari. M.D. Pelvic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Doctor, Autonomic Dysfunctions Unit. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine AUSL Piacenza, Italy.
09.30 – 10.00
How to understand transgender identity and what is important to know?
Maria Lucia Pop. Senior M.D.
Specialist in psychiatry Center for Gender Identity, Sexological Center, Aalborg University, Denmark
10.00 – 10.30
Break / Exhibition
10.30 – 10.50
My life as a woman
Marianne Nordli. Senior Project Manager in Rud Pedersen Public Affairs, Norway. Author.
10.50 – 11.30
Surgical techniques, outcomes and common complications on urinary, fecal and sexual function in gender affirming genital constructive surgery
Marlon Buncamper. MD, PhD, Professor. Plastic, reconstructive and Gender Surgery, Ghent
11.30 – 12.30
Lunch / Exhibition
12.30 – 12.50
The Big Difference: The importance of sex perspectives in women’s health. Lessons learned from the recent Norwegian report on Women’s Health (NOU)
Heidi Tiller. Professor, Consultant obstetrics/fetal medicine. University Hospital of North Norway/ The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø
12.50 – 13.20
Updates on hormone therapy in menopausal women
Nora Johansen. Gynecologist and postdoc. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sørlandet Hospital Arendal.
13.20 – 13.40
Complex pelvic pain – validation and use of a new questionnaire
Signe Stafne. Physical Therapist. St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
Cecilie Therese Hagemann. Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology. University Teacher St. Olav’s University Hospital / Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway.
13.40 – 14.05
Break / Exhibition
14.05 – 14.55
Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of endometriosis in a multidisciplinary perspective
Andrew Horne. Professor of Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
14.55 – 15.00
Closing remarks and Adjourn
Stig Norderval/ Lotte Lindstrøm.