Dear members,

Thank you to all the participants for the videos submitted. The WeBSurg Video Award pre-selection is over and it is now time to vote for the best video submitted by surgeons worldwide. The videos we are publishing for the competition are the 30 pre-selected by our local committee jury for the finals. The final ranking will be established beginning of 2008.

Vote for your favorite and help it stand out!

WeBSurg Award website

General and digestive surgery:

• Laparoscopic Collis-Nissen procedure for failed fundoplication
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass after failed Mason procedure
• Laparoscopic management of a right lateral rectal cystic tumor in a 43-year-old female patient

Emergency surgery:

• Laparoscopic management of acute small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic gastric bypass
• Laparoscopic treatment of acute small bowel obstruction: multiple cases of adhesiolysis

Pediatric surgery:

• Video-assisted procedure for treatment of high and intermediate anorectal imperforations
• Primary endorectal pull-through (ERPT) for the treatment of classic Hirschsprung’s disease: Georgeson procedure

Urological surgery:

• Intraperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Videosurgery in Pediatric Urology:

• Laparoscopic resection of Müllerian structures – M Bailez (AR)
• The role of laparoscopy in the management of patients with ambiguous genitalia  – M Bailez (AR)
• Uterovaginal anomalies: vaginoplasty – M Bailez (AR)
• Laparoscopic treatment of adnexal masses – M Bailez (AR)
• What is surgery? – T Krummel (USA)
  

• “It’s no longer just blood and guts, it’s bits and bytes” – T Krummel (USA)
• “The surgeon, the patient and the unsolved problem: training the next generation of surgeon innovators – T Krummel (USA)
• Robotic transperitoneal pyeloplasty – A Najmaldin (UK)
• Videosurgery of vesicoureteric reflux – A Najmaldin (UK)
• Urolithiasis in children – A Najmaldin (UK)

 Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery:

• Left colon surgery totally laparoscopic vs. laparoscopically assisted transanal extraction, a good option? – M Franklin (USA)
• Totally laparoscopic right colon resection with transvaginal removal: a precursor to NOTES – M Franklin (USA)

Pediatric Urological Surgery
T Krummel (USA), A El Ghoneimi (FR), TL Nguyen (VN), M Schlobach (BR), M Bailez (AR)

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
M Franklin (USA), M Walz (DE)

Apply now for one of the following 2008 laparoscopic courses:

Digestive Surgery:

Intensive course in Laparoscopic General Surgery
February 4-8, 2008 FULL
March 10-14, 2008 FULL
May 19-23, 2008 FULL
September 22-26, 2008
December 8-12, 2008

Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery
April 3-5, 2008
November 27-29, 2008

Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
June 27-28, 2008
November 7-8, 2008

Advanced Course on NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery)
January 18-19, 2008: Only option A is available
March 28-29, 2008: Only option A is available
June 6-7, 2008 Only option A is available
October 3-4, 2008

Advanced Course in Interventional GI Endoscopy Techniques
July 3-5, 2008 Only option A is available

Pediatric Surgery:

Advanced Course in Pediatric Endosurgery
October 16-18, 2008

Urological Surgery:

Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
June 9-13, 2008 FULL
December 1-5, 2008

Cours intensifs en Chirurgie Laparoscopique Urologique
January 21-25, 2008 FULL
October 6-10, 2008

Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery: Laparoscopic Treatment of Kidney Tumors
April 24-26, 2008

International Advanced Symposium: Laparoscopic Treatment of Urological Pelvic Cancers: Prostate and Bladder
September 18-20, 2008

Gynecologic Surgery:

Gynecologic Surgery: Tips and tricks, anatomy suture and more...
March 25-27, 2008

Advanced Techniques in Operative Gynecological Endoscopy
May 5-7, 2008

Gynecological Cancer and Laparoscopic Approach: State of the Art
June 23-25, 2008

Current Techniques in the Treatment of Severe Endometriosis
September 8-10, 2008

Techniques Avancées en Endoscopie Gynécologique Opératoire
December 15-17, 2008

As an organisation accredited to sponsor Continuing Medical Education for Physicians, by both the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education of the United States, the Continuing Health Sciences Education Program at McMaster University designates the EITS educational programs as meeting the criteria for:

• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  Most of the EITS courses are approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of CPD options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (MAINCERT). Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• American Medical Association PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
  Most of the EITS courses are designated as meeting the criteria for the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Click here to access the list of 2008 EITS course programs and their respective allocated CME credits.

The 30^th International Congress of the European Hernia Society will be taking place in Sevilla, Spain, from the 7^th to the 10^th of May 2008.

For further details, click here.

IRCAD-EITS involvement in 2008 meetings:

IRCAD-EITS-WeBSurg will be present as an exhibitor hosted by Karl Storz and will be happy to welcome you at the forthcoming events:

• SAGES 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (April 9-12, 2008)
• 16^th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Stockholm, Sweden (June 11-14, 2008)
  

We are happy to share with more than 1000 members the newest developments in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery. We have made available a few more lectures, videos, and expert interviews that were recorded at IRCAD-EITS during the latest NOTES Hands-on course program (October 12-13, 2007) and during the Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (November 16-17, 2007). So make sure you check the website and make the most of our NOTES material!

Dear members,

Please note that if you need an EATS association membership certificate, it can be delivered directly via the www.eats.fr website. Make sure you are logged on and go to your details section where you will find your membership certificate.

4 NOTES New Lectures: 

• Available endoscopic suturing methods – PO Park (SE)
• NOTES nephrectomy – J Correia-Pinto (PT)
• Universal approach to the peritoneal cavity – H Feussner (DE)
• Advanced technology and the future of surgery – R Satava (US)

1 new video:

NOTES sleeve gastrectomy

2 new sets of expert interviews: RJ Heald (UK), M Franklin (USA)

By becoming an EATS member, you will take full advantage of our exclusive NOTES content on www.eats.fr, as well as other membership rights.

Calendar for 2008 NOTES courses at IRCAD-EITS:

• January 18-19, 2008: Only option A is available
• March 28-29, 2008: Only option A is available 
• June 6-7, 2008 Only option A is available
• October 3-4, 2008

Option A limited to 50 participants
Option B limited to 34 participants

Due to the enormous success of the first and second NOTES Hands-on courses, priority will be given to people that are on the waiting list and to EATS members. This will operate on a first come, first served basis.

Please click here to download registration form.

MAINCERT and AMA Category 1 CME credits™ available for the 2008 NOTES courses:

8.75 credits (option A)
25.25 credits (option B)

We would be glad to receive any suggestions and comments! To contact us, please email to info@eats.fr for the EATS or webmaster@websurg.com for WeBSurg.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Jacques MARESCAUX, MD, FRCS, FACS
President of IRCAD/EITS
President of EATS
Editor-in-Chief-WeBSurg