SAGES Institutional Course Endorsement for EITS!
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SAGES - Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Dear Member,

Welcome to our May newsletter.
A new ground-breaking record was achieved with a total of 61,423 videos viewed over the past month!
We are also delighted to inform you that the courses sponsored by our Institution, the European Institute of Tele-Surgery (EITS) meet the guidelines established in the "SAGES Framework for Post-Residency Surgical Education and Training". The courses have been endorsed by the prestigious Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).
This month sees the publication of new videos of surgical procedures as well as a wide range of experts' interviews in different fields of surgery, and a new chapter presentation on www.websurg.com.

Videos of live surgery

Videos of live surgery

Videos of live surgery

Videos available this month:

 - Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis
J Leroy (F)
 - Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis
C Huscher (I)
 - Laparoscopic right colectomy for villous tumor
J Leroy (F), J Marescaux (F)
 - Laparoscopic gastric band removal
M Vix (F), J Marescaux (F)
 - Laparoscopic gastric bypass
F Rubino (I)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of hiatal hernia
B Dallemagne (B)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of hiatal hernia
L Swanström (USA)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of a stromal gastric tumour: transgastric access
B Dallemagne (B)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of a recurrent paraesophageal hiatal hernia
B Dallemagne (B)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of a recurrent incisional hernia
S Morales-Conde (E)
 - TAPP procedure for a right inguinal hernia (Nyhus 3a)
J Leroy (F), J Marescaux (F)
 - Laparoscopic treatment of inguinal hernia by TEP procedure
GF Begin (F)
 - Excision of an esophageal leiomyoma through a right thoracoscopic approach
D Gossot (F)
 - Laparoscopic promontory fixation for prolapse of the vaginal vault and enterocele with placement of transobturator tape sling (TOT)
A Wattiez (F)

WebSurg in your pocket

All WebSurg videos on your Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)!

A page dedicated to PDAs is available on WebSurg :
http://www.websurg.com/index.php?url=pda/try.php

You have the possibility to view all the videos and experts' opinions available on our web site directly on your Palm or Pocket PC. Please check that either the Windows media player or Real media player plugins are correctly installed on your computer. You should use a WiFi or a UMTS connection to view the videos in optimal conditions.






New format for Experts' Opinions

Experience a new format for Experts' Opinions in Laparoscopic Surgery!

Operative Technique 

Operative technique chapters


One new chapter is available this month:
Ergonomics

Navigation capabilities for the different operative technique presentations have been improved.
You have now the possibility to use your keyboard arrows to navigate through any presentation. With one single click, you can stop the navigation anywhere you want and print the current page.

EITS courses

Next future 2005 EITS Courses

Keep abreast of the next EITS courses:
- Advanced Course in Endocrine Surgery
  May 12-14, 2005
- Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery
  May 23-27, 2005
- Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  June 13-17, 2005
- Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
  June 24-25, 2005
 

Meetings 2005:

IRCAD-EITS-WebSurg will be present as an exhibitor to several surgical meetings in spring 2005. We will be happy to welcome you to our booth spot at the forthcoming events:
  • American Urological Association 2005 Annual Meeting (AUA), San Antonio, Texas
    May 21-26, 2005
    IRCAD will be hosted by Karl Storz.
  • 13th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES), Venice, Italy
    June 01-04, 2005
    Booth 46.
  • Annual Meeting of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), Glasgow, Scotland
    June 27-July 01, 2005
    IRCAD will be hosted by Karl Storz.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Jacques Marescaux
President IRCAD/EITS
Institute Editor-in-Chief - WebSurg


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