The ESSIC Annual Meeting 2012 wild be held in Porto, Portugal, 10-12 May 2012.
President of the Meeting: Paulo Dinis.

Latest update: 6 May 2012

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Go to the ESSIC memberpage for a detailed programme including the content (authors and titles) of the two scientific presentations sessions.

Registration for the meeting and hotel reservation
Registration for the meeting and reservation of hotel rooms is handled by SKYROS CONGRESSOS.
For all questions on registration and hotel reservation do not contact ESSIC but SKYROS.

The ESSIC Annual Meeting 2012 has been accredited with 12 credits by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).

Programme of the Meeting

Thursday 10 May 2012

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

Friday 11 May 2012

08.00-09.00 ESSIC General Assemby Meeting (for full members)

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
11.00-11.30 New approaches for studying mechanisms underlying afferent sensitization 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 biologicic views. FC Burkhard, K Monastyrskaja

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)
15.30-18.00 Research presentations (2)

Saturday 12 May 2012

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. JP van de Merwe
10.20-10.30 Questions. Moderator: P Dinis

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. P Hanno
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: P Dinis

NEW - 22 March 2011

The American Urological Association (AUA) announced its first guideline for the condition the AUA now refers to as interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).

Go to the AUA 2011 Guidelines

NEW - 26 January 2011

Bladder Pain Syndrome. Symptoms, quality of life, treatment intensity, clinical and pathological findings, and their correlations.
PhD thesis 2010 of Benedikte Richter.
Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

NEW - 27 September 2011

The Bladder Pain/Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score (BPIC-SS)
The Bladder Pain/ Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score (BPIC-SS) is a reliable, valid and discriminative screening tool which might aid identification of BPS patients for inclusion in trials. 
Copies of the BPIC-SS, including translations, will be available free of charge.

Humphrey L, Arbuckle R, Moldwin R, Nordling J, van de Merwe JP, Meunier J, Crook T, Abraham L. The bladder pain/interstitial cystitis symptom score: development, validation, and identification of a cut score. Eur Urol 2012;61:271-9.

Click here for a review copy of the BPIC-SS.

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