The guest of the conference professor Ulf Peter Neumann, Head of Hepatobiliary Surgery in Aachen (Germany) and Maastricht (Netherlands), spoke about recent advances in the surgical treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (including Klatskin tumor) and various options for open and laparoscopic liver resection.

Professor Alexander Sazhin, head of the Surgical Chair of our University, expressed hope for the development of cooperation with German colleagues in the field of continuing medical education.