ESSR - 37th Congress of the European Society for Surgical Reasearch

ESSR Pre Congress Hands-On Workshops

Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques

Practicing, In-Training, and Experimental Surgeons

MOET Institute, San Francisco, California an ACCME accredited organization
and
Institute of Surgical Research, University of Szeged, Hungary

May 21 & 22, 2002
Szeged, Hungary

Courses
1. Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques
2. Advanced Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques

Dates
May 21 & 22, 2002

Morning courses: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Afternoon courses: 1:00 pm - 5:00pm
Format: 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
Space is available for 9 surgeons per session

Location
Institute of Surgical Research, University of Szeged, School of Medicine, Szeged, Hungary

Faculty
Directors: Zoltan Szabo, PhD, FICS, Director, MOET Institute, San Francisco, USA
Mihály Boros, MD, PhD, Professor & Chief, Dept. of Experimental Surgery
University of Szeged, School of Medicine

Guest Faculty: Thomas Kohl, MD, Assist. Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,
Muenster, Germany

Program Coordinator: David Szabo

Target Audience
For the surgeon in clinical practice, training, or research.

Objectives
To (1) review optimal selection and set up of laparoscopic equipment, instrumentation, and the surgical team, (2) increase laparoscopic dexterity, efficiency, and creativity, (3) introduce laparoscopic suturing techniques for more advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures, and (4) provide methods to troubleshoot difficult access or techniques.

Course Description
Laparoscopic surgical procedures will be practiced on inanimate, animal organs, and live animal models, and may include ligature in continuity, pursestring suture, gastrostomy, pyloroplasty, fundoplication, cholodochotomy, enteroentero-stomy, gastrojejeunostomy, cystgastrostomy, cholodochojejeunostomy, and others.

Techniques include eye-hand coordination, laparoscopic suturing and intracorporeal knotting techniques, dissection and reconstructive techniques.

Accreditation
The Microsurgery & Operative Endoscopy Training (MOET) Insitute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians.

Corporate Support
This program is being made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Karl Storz Endoscopy.

Registration
Click here to fill the online registration form for the pre-congress hands-on workshop, or download this document (pcreg.doc, MS-Word 97 format, 21 kB) and send it by mail, fax, or e-mail to the following address:

ESSR Secretariat, Institute of Surgical Research, University of Szeged
Pécsi u. 4. H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Fax: (+36 62) 545743
E-mail: boros@expsur.szote.u-szeged.hu