HPB Great Debate: Chasing Intraoperative Margins During Pancreatoduodenectomy – Always or Never?

Moderator(s)

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  Julie Hallet, MD MSc FRCSC FSSO (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto
  Toronto, Canada

  Disclosure(s): Asana BioSciences, LLC; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; and Replimune Group Inc: Speaker (Ongoing); Ipsen: Speaker (Ongoing)

In this exciting debate, we pit two highly experienced HPB surgeons against each other in the age-old question of whether to chase intraoperative margins during a pancreatoduodenectomy. They will review the available data and seek to convince you of their viewpoint on this hot topic.

Presentations:

• 3:35pm – 3:45pm ET

  Never Chase Margins
  

  Debater: David A. Kooby, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Surgical Oncology, Emory University
• 3:45pm – 3:55pm ET

  Always Chase Margins
  

  Debater: Alice C. Wei, MD, MS, FRCSC (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• 3:55pm – 4:00pm ET

  Rebuttal - Never Chase Margins
  

  Debater: David A. Kooby, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Surgical Oncology, Emory University
• 4:00pm – 4:10pm ET

  Rebuttal - Always Chase Margins
  

  Debater: Alice C. Wei, MD, MS, FRCSC (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• 4:10pm – 4:20pm ET

  Q & A Session