Programme
Workshop: ICG-guided decisions and visualization of lymphedema – Hands-on
The lymphatic system is invisible to the human eye because of its transparency. After an intradermal injection of highly diluted ICG, a vital dye, the superficial lymphatic System draining the injected area appears visible. Thanks to a special near-infrared camera the lymph passing into the collectors is also visible.
The workshop aims to show in real time, on volunteers, one affected with lymphedema and one without, typical steps of an ICG lymphography exam. Based on observable evidence, we will show and discuss: the diffusion of the dye from the injection point, the lymph Progression in normal and pathological conditions, the contingencies of lymphangion valves and other characteristics of updated knowledge of lymphatic physiology and physiopathology.
The different manual lymph drainage methods can be tested under the eyes of fluoroscopy in real time by the participants if they want.
Jean-Paul Belgrado, PhD, Brussels, Belgium
Velika Stoichkova, Brussels, Belgium
Assoc. Prof. PD Dr. Chieh-Han John Tzou, MBA, Vienna, Austria
Duration of workshop sessions: 01:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. |
Target group: Physicians and surgeons
Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop.
Language: English
Room: Park Suite 7 on the 1st floor
With kind support of: Fluoptics – Part of Getinge
Workshop: ICG-guided decisions and visualization of lymphedema – Hands-on
The lymphatic system is invisible to the human eye because of its transparency. After an intradermal injection of highly diluted ICG, a vital dye, the superficial lymphatic system draining the injected area appears visible. Thanks to a special near-infrared camera, the lymph passing into the collectors is also visible.
The workshop aims to show in real time, on volunteers, one affected with lymphedema and one without, typical steps of an ICG lymphography exam. Based on observable evidence, we will show and discuss: the diffusion of the dye from the injection point, the lymph progression in normal and pathological conditions, the contingencies of lymphangion valves and other characteristics of updated knowledge of lymphatic physiology and physiopathology.
The different manual lymph drainage methods can be tested under the eyes of fluoroscopy in real time by the participants if they want.
Jean-Paul Belgrado, PhD, Brussels, Belgium
Velika Stoichkova, Brussels, Belgium
Assoc. Prof. PD Dr. Chieh-Han John Tzou, MBA, Vienna, Austria
Duration of workshop sessions: 03:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m. |
Target group: Therapists and healthcare professionals
Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop.
Language: English
Room: Park Suite 7 on the 1st floor
With kind support of: Fluoptics – Part of Getinge
Morning run
We welcome you to join our morning run with OÄ Dr. med. Ines Tinhofer on the Ring. The Ring is a 5.3 km circular grand boulevard around the historic city centre and was built where the city walls once stood. It accompanies historical grand buildings and amazing sights.
You will receive a limited edition running shirt at the start. Please contact the conference office for registration and further information.
Leaders
OÄ Dr. med. Ines Tinhofer, Vienna, Austria
MiRun, OTA, Vienna, Austria
Workshop: CDT in lymphedema – An interdisciplinary exchange
How can we achieve successful therapy using the CDT method – even in cases of complex lymphedema? Join us and our patients on-site for a journey through medicine, therapy, and medical supply stores, and experience the interdisciplinary exchange among experts from these three fields.
The workshop is designed to be interactive, allowing both patients on-site and the audience to be actively involved in the process.
Some of the demonstrations will be with edema patients.
Time frame: 08:00 a.m. to 09:30 a.m.– You can freely schedule your personal participation time and attend additional workshops in parallel.
Room: Park Suite 3 on the 1st floor
Language: German and English
Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop.
Christine Hemmann-Moll, Bad Rappenau, Germany
Dr. Markus Killinger, Angerberg, Austria
Meadbh Mac Sweeney, RGN MPH, Cork, Ireland
Katrin Männel-Emra, Neumarkt, Germany
Michaela Moser, Wörgl, Austria
Workshop: Sewing with the masters – Hands-on
Perfect your supermicrosurgical techniques during a live scope session. Under the guidance of experts, you will have the opportunity to develop your surgical skills in this hands-on workshop. Take the opportunity to learn about and discuss today’s international standard. Interested participants from other disciplines are also welcome to see how today’s surgical techniques are implemented in LVAs and how promising the results are.
Chairs / The common faculty of masters
OÄ Dr. med. Tina Deutinger, Vienna, Austria
Ahmed M. Gad, MD, PhD, Cairo, Egypt
Akitatsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kamogawa, Japan
Joon Pio Hong, MD, PhD, MBA, Seoul, Korea
Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Elisabeth A. Kappos, FMH(Plast), Basel, Switzerland
Balázs Mohos, MD, Budapest, Hungary
Dung Nguyen, MD, PharmD, MBA, FACS, Stanford, USA
Gemma Pons, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain
OÄ Dr. med. Julia Roka-Palkovits, Vienna, Austria
OA Dr. med. Johannes Steinbacher, Vienna, Austria
OÄ Dr. med. Ines Tinhofer, Vienna, Austria
Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop.
Target group: Surgeons
Participants from other disciplines are welcome to consider attending.
Room: Park Suite 9 and 10 on the 1st floor
Time per participant: approx. 20 minutes. We will inform you about your allocation.
With kind support of:
B. Braun Austria GmbH | CROWNJUN KONO Company, Limited Tokyo | Medtronic Austria
GmbH | Microsure | NEUMED AG / Leica Mikrosysteme | S&T AG, STILLE Group |
SYNOVIS MCA | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, ZEISS Group
Workshop: Ultra-high-frequency ultrasound in lymphology – Hands-on
In many cases, lymphedema can be diagnosed clinically with sufficient confidence, based on medical history, inspection and palpation, while taking relevant differential diagnoses into account. Ultrasound complements clinical assessment by visualizing dermal and subcutaneous tissue changes, fluid accumulation, signs of fibrosis and findings relevant for differential diagnosis. It thereby supports diagnostic assessment, treatment planning and follow-up.
Using high-frequency or ultra-high-frequency ultrasound, superficial lymphatic vessels and accompanying veins can also be visualized. Ultra-high-frequency ultrasound plays a particularly important role in surgical planning: it enables the preoperative localization of suitable lymphatic vessels and venous recipient vessels, supports the selection of appropriate incision sites and thereby contributes to the targeted planning of lymphovenous anastomoses.
Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop.
Target group: medical doctors and surgeons.
Participants from other disciplines are welcome.
Time per round: approx. 40 minutes
The workshop takes place with patients.
Room: Park Suite 7 on the 1st floor
Language: English
Akitatsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kamogawa, Japan
Dr. Aaron Antaeus Metz, Vienna, Austria
Balázs Mohos, MD, Budapest, Hungary
Workshop: Physical therapy and self-management for edema patients
Patient-oriented, individual therapy, guided self-management and adherence of our patients are decisive factors for the success of treatment. The focus of this workshop is on practical demonstrations in the context of CDT (Complete Physical Decongestive Therapy) and functional physiotherapy on patients.
Therapists and experts provide differentiated insights into manual lymph drainage, bandaging, taping and intermittent pneumatic compression. Several options for compression therapy in lymphology, complicated treatment situations for genital, head and neck lymphedema, as well as patient-oriented approaches in the treatment of scars and wounds will be discussed.
The workshop offers plenty of time for your questions and exchanges.
Medicine and therapy go hand in hand!
Some of the demonstrations will be with edema patients.
Time per round: approx. 40 minutes
Room: Grand Klimt Hall on the 1st floor
Chairs
Prim.a Dr. med. Berit Payer, Wolfsberg, Austria
Andreas Wittlinger, Walchsee, Austria
Involved persons and topics
- Creative questions and answers on the “flying carpet”
Mag. Christina Buder, Walchsee, Austria - Complicated treatment situations for genital, head and neck lymphedema
Walter Grünwald, Cornelia Kügele, Florian Türmer, Wolfsberg, Austria - Wound management for patients with lymphedema – Challenges, compression, and interdisciplinary approaches
Manuela Jovic, Vienna, Austria - Manual lymphatic drainage for head lymphedema
Thomas Saupe, Walchsee, Austria - The diversity of lymphological compression therapy as well as scar management for edema patients
Irmgard Mayr, Röhrmoos, Germany - Bandaging and compression pressure: Which pressure levels are clinically relevant? Explore, test, and feel the differences between various compression pressures and bandaging applications
Jean-Paul Belgrado, PhD, Velika Stoichkova, Brussels, Belgium - Taping for lymphedema patients
Elisabeth Kleinpaul, Vienna, Austria
With kind support of: Bösl Medizintechnik GmbH | Julius Zorn GmbH | Österreichische
Lymph-Liga | PeriKit | PHYSIOMED ELEKTROMEDIZIN AG
Prof. Dr. med. Nicole Lindenblatt, MBA, Zurich, Switzerland
Group photo in room Grand Klimt Hall
Workshop: Sewing with the masters – Hands-on
Perfect your supermicrosurgical techniques during a live scope session. Under the guidance of experts, you will have the opportunity to develop your surgical skills in this hands-on workshop. Take the opportunity to learn about and discuss today’s international standard.
Interested participants from other disciplines are also welcome to see how today’s surgical techniques are implemented in LVAs and how promising the results are.
Balázs Mohos, MD, Budapest, Hungary
Live demonstration: Ultra-high-frequency ultrasound in lymphology
In many cases, lymphedema can be diagnosed clinically with sufficient confidence, based on medical history, inspection and palpation, while taking relevant differential diagnoses
into account. Ultrasound complements clinical assessment by visualizing dermal and subcutaneous tissue changes, fluid accumulation, signs of fibrosis and findings relevant for
differential diagnosis. It thereby supports diagnostic assessment, treatment planning and follow-up.
Using high-frequency or ultra-high-frequency ultrasound, superficial lymphatic vessels and accompanying veins can be visualized. Ultra-high-frequency ultrasound plays a particularly
important role in surgical planning: it enables the preoperative localization of suitable lymphatic vessels and venous recipient vessels and thereby contributes to the targeted
planning of lymphovenous anastomoses.
During this live session, the application of ultra-high-frequency ultrasound in lymphatic surgery will be demonstrated on a patient.
Akitatsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kamogawa, Japan
Dr. med. Aaron Antaeus Metz, Vienna, Austria
Balázs Mohos, MD, Budapest, Hungary
PD Dr. med. Anett Reißhauer, Berlin, Germany
Panel discussion: AWMF S3-guideline on lymphedema | Current status of implementation, key points, and open questions
Moderation and introduction: emer. Prim. Dr. med. Christian Ure, Wolfsberg, Austria
- Definition, aetiology and epidemiology of lymphedema
Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. med. univ. Erich Brenner, Innsbruck, Austria - Diagnostics and conservative therapy
Prim.a Dr. med. Berit Payer, Wolfsberg, Austria - Surgical aspects of lymphedema therapy
OÄ Dr. med. Julia Roka-Palkovits, Vienna, Austria - The therapeutic perspective
Andreas Wittlinger, PT, Walchsee, Austria - Bridging evidence and clinical practice: The new guideline and insights from the prevention working group
Eva-Maria Streicher, Munich, Germany - The silent burden: Psychosocial impact of lymphedema
Dr. rer. nat. Katharina Loibnegger-Traußnig, MSc, Vienna, Austria
OA Dr. med. Johannes Steinbacher, Vienna, Austria
Congress Evening on Friday, November 27th, 2026
Take advantage of the opportunity for a great common exchange with speakers and colleagues.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Location:
Salonplafond at the MAK
Stubenring 5
1010 Vienna
salonplafond.wien
The restaurant “Salonplafond” is located 250 m from the Hilton Vienna Park Hotel.
Dress code: Business casual
OÄ Dr. med. Brigitte Obermayer, MBA, Vienna, Austria
Workshop: Sewing with the masters – Hands-on
Perfect your supermicrosurgical techniques during a live scope session. Under the guidance of experts, you will have the opportunity to develop your surgical skills in this hands-on workshop. Take the opportunity to learn about and discuss today’s international standard.
Interested participants from other disciplines are also welcome to see how today’s surgical techniques are implemented in LVAs and how promising the results are.
OÄ Dr. med. Julia Roka-Palkovits, Vienna, Austria
Workshop: Sewing with the masters – Hands-on
Perfect your supermicrosurgical techniques during a live scope session. Under the guidance of experts, you will have the opportunity to develop your surgical skills in this hands-on workshop. Take the opportunity to learn about and discuss today’s international standard.
Interested participants from other disciplines are also welcome to see how today’s surgical techniques are implemented in LVAs and how promising the results are.
OÄ Dr. med. Ines Tinhofer, Vienna, Austria
Live demonstration and presentation: ICG-guided decisions and visualization of breast and arm lymphedema
Impress your eyes: In this demonstration you will see the superficial lymphatics and the lymph flow in real time in normal and pathological condition. Invisible lymphatic pathways and anastomosis become visible, thanks to Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography. It can be used in the early detection and diagnosis of secondary lymphedema and for the planning of a surgical therapy moreover for the physical decongestive treatment. At this part, we take a special focus on breast and arm lymphedema.
Jean-Paul Belgrado, PhD, Brussels, Belgium
Velika Stoichkova, Brussels, Belgium
OÄ Dr. med. Nina Hüttinger, FEBOPRAS, Vienna, Austria