Ablation from A to Z: Lung and MSK, Strasbourg/FR, November 6-7, 2025

Preliminary programme | Local host | Faculty | Venue | Registration | Accommodation

The ESIR 2025 course on Ablation from A to Z: Lung and MSK offers a comprehensive overview and in-depth learning experience on ablation techniques and monitoring.

Limited to 21 attendees, the course provides an opportunity for hands-on ex-vivo and in-vivo animal lab training under the guidance of expert faculty.

Organized by Prof. Afshin Gangi and Dr. Roberto Luigi Cazzato, the programme includes lectures and video case presentations to enrich the learning experience.

This course is designed for interventional radiologists who wish to fine-tune their practical skills and explore current treatment options using ablation techniques and advanced image guidance.

Check out the programme below to discover what you could learn and which experts will be leading the sessions. Places for this ESIR course are limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

Join us at the IHU – Institute of Image-Guided Surgery, Strasbourg, for this exciting course!

Who should attend?

This course is designed for interventional radiologists who have completed their radiology training and are interested in fine-tuning their practical skills and learning more about the current treatment options for routine as well as technically challenging cases.

Preliminary programme

Thursday, November 6, 2025

08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:15 Welcome and faculty presentation

09:15-10:15 Epidemiologic facts

Lung tumours ablation: Patients’ selection within the MDTB
Bone tumours: Epidemiology, current treatments, and patients’ selection within the MDTB
Soft-tissue ablation: Desmoid tumours, parietal endometriosis & vascular malformations
Q&A

10:15-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:30 Ablation technologies, imaging guidance, and protective measures

Ablation technologies relevant to lung and MSK Ablation
Imaging guidance and techniques of protection in lung ablation
Imaging guidance and techniques of protection in MSK ablation
Q&A

11:30-12:15 Complications and their management

Expected complications in lung ablation and their management
Expected complications in MSK ablation and their management
Q&A

12:15-13:15 Lunch

13:15-15:15 Hands-on device training (rotating groups)

Cryoablation I & Radiofrequency ablation I
Radiofrequency ablation II
Cryoablation II
Electrochemotherapy

15:15-16:15 Coffee break

16:15-17:30 Interactive video case discussions

How do I plan bone ablation: Case review of OO and bone metastasis ablation
How do I plan a desmoid tumour ablation
How do I plan lung tumours ablation
Recorded interventions
Wrap-up

Friday, November 7, 2025

08:30-10:30 Hands-on in-vivo animal lab training (rotating groups)

Lumbar Spine radiofrequency ablation
Peripheral bone cryoablation
Soft-tissue Cryoablation

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:45 Hands-on in-vivo animal lab training (rotating groups)

Lumbar Spine electrochemotherapy
Lung radiofrequency ablation
Lung cryoablation

12:45-13:00 Course wrap-up

Local host

Faculty

X. Buy (Bordeaux/FR)
J. Palussiere (Bordeaux/FR)
P. Rao (Colmar/FR)
G. Tsoumakidou (Lausanne/CH)

Venue

IHU – Institute of Image-Guided Surgery
1 place de l’Hôpital
Strasbourg 67091
France

Registration

Please note that this course is open only to interventional radiologists who have completed their radiology training.

The registration fees are as follows:

These fees include:

• Course attendance
• Teaching material for the course
• Coffee breaks
• Lunch on the first day

General information

• Please note that this course is limited to 21 participants and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
• To attend the ESIR courses as a member, CIRSE membership fee for the year of the course must be settled.
• Please note that your registration becomes valid only after receipt of payment and after confirmation by the CIRSE Central Office.
• When making your flight bookings, please make sure that you will be able to stay for the entire course.

Cancellation of course registration

The CIRSE Foundation offers all participants the possibility of purchasing insurance with our partner “Europäische Reiseversicherung” via this link. Thus, the CIRSE Foundation itself will not refund any amount after a cancellation of registration. All requests have to be issued to the “Europäische Reiseversicherung” directly. Refunds will be given within the terms and conditions of the “Europäische Reiseversicherung”. Name changes will be handled as a cancellation and new registration. Please note that CIRSE offers just a platform to affect a policy between you and “Europäische Reiseversicherung”.

Invoices will be issued by the CIRSE Foundation, Neutorgasse 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria.

CIRSE Foundation
Neutorgasse 9
1010 Vienna
Austria

Phone: 0043 1 904 2003
Fax: 0043 1 904 2003 30
Email: [email protected]

Accommodation

Please note that the following are only suggestions. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee for ESIR courses. CIRSE supports compliance with ethical standards. Therefore, CIRSE emphasises that the participants shall bear any and all costs in this context themselves.

Upon booking your room, please inform the hotel that you are attending an event at IHU (Institute of Image-Guided Surgery) to secure special booking rates.

Hôtel du Dragon
3*, 7 min. walk from the venue
12, rue du Dragon
Phone: +33 3 88 35 79 80
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.dragon.fr/en/rooms.html

**Please double check that you have selected the Strasbourg hotel before booking – a hotel with the same name and street name exists in Paris.

Hôtel Au Cerf d’Or
3*, 8 min. walk from the venue
6 Place de l’Hôpital
Phone: +33 3 88 36 20 05
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.cerf-dor-strasbourg.fr/

Holiday Inn Express
3*, 15 min. walk from the venue
Rue de la Corderie
Phone: +33 3 88 10 99 99
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/strasbourg/sxbex/hoteldetail

Les Haras
4*, 6 min. walk from the venue
23 Rue des Glacières
Phone: +33 3 90 20 50 00
E-mail: [email protected]
https://les-haras.fr/?lng=en

Cour du Corbeau
4*, 12 min. walk from the venue
7 Rue des Couples
Phone: +33 3 90 00 26 26
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.cour-corbeau.com/en/

Régent Petite France
4*, 12 min. walk from the venue
5 rue des Moulins
Phone: +33 3 88 76 43 43
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.regent-petite-france.com/?lang=en