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WeBSurg Newsletter January 2010

We wish you all the very best in the New Year, health, wealth, and happiness, and bid you welcome to our January 2010 newsletter! 2010 also marks the 10 years of existence of WeBSurg.

To celebrate this New Year, we are pleased to release
 3 brand-new HD videos that you will be able to download for 9.95€ or 14.95$ only per video! We are also publishing 4 new videos featuring different surgical proceduresanother new critical analysis on Transanal Endoscopic Operations along with 6 new lectures in diverse surgical specialities!

In NOTES, we have new media recorded live at the IRCAD FRANCE (Strasbourg) for our EATS members. The media was shot during the last advanced course in NOTES (October 2-3, 2009) and is available on the EATS website: http://www.eats.fr.
For more information on NOTES, please click on the EATS section of the Newsletter.




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VR-RENDER: make the most of this new 2D-3D direct rendering software available for download freely via WeBSurg!

Click here to download VR-Render software v0.8

new HD videos available for download

Thanks to the new HD links between Strasbourg's New University Hospital and the IRCAD-EITS Training Centre, we are able to offer our WeBSurg members a selection of High Definition videos for download.

Due to the high costs of running such a HD service, the downloads are available for a small fee of 9.95€ or 14.95$ only for each video.

Try them now and prepare for immersive surgery!

Please click here to access the list of these videos

  • Laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus (21 min)
  • Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: integral procedure (24 min)
  • Collis Nissen for slipped fundoplication with recurrent GERD symptoms (17 min)

new videos this month!

Clinical case:

  •  Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Single port surgery:

  • Single port sleeve gastric resection for a GIST
  • SILS-assisted right hemicolectomy for caecal cancer

Gynecologic surgery:

  • Anterior resection of a rectal endometriotic nodule

Contribute to WeBSurg... why not yours?

WeBSurg now has more than 100,000 registered members and provides charge-free educational contents to its members. WeBSurg is a unique opportunity to have your work and Institution broadcasted internationally.

If you wish to send us some videos, please click here for instructions.

This month's new critical analysis on Transanal Endoscopic Operations for rectal polyps: submucosal dissection with Ligasure Advance® by Prof. Nicolas DEMARTINES, MD, FACS - Head of Visceral Surgery Department - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Critical analysis:

Try the critical analysis section to explore the many ways and varying techniques of different experts. Some of the world's leading experts are shown an already published WeBSurg video and their reactions are recorded: the result is a dynamic video in which the viewer is given the thoughts of different authors on a very visual technique.

This month's film: "Transanal Endoscopic Operation (TEO) for rectal polyp: submucosal dissection with Ligasure Advance®" - J Leroy, J Marescaux (FR)

New lectures in Diverse Surgical Specialities!

Digestive surgery:

  • Diverticular disease of the colon: from emergency surgery to quality of life issues - A Forgione (IT)
  • Complications in antireflux surgery - B Dallemagne (FR)
  • Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery - B Dallemagne (FR)
  • Endoscopic dilatation of benign colorectal anastomotic strictures - Gf Donatelli (IT)
  • Inguinal hernia repair: TAPP or TEP: how to choose? - M Bailey (UK)

Single port surgery:

  • Trans-Umbilical Laparoscopic Surgery (TULS) sigmoidectomy: a step to NOTES™? - J Leroy (FR)

MAKE THE MOST OF OUR ONLINE MASTERCLASSES! Make acquisition of skills and education your goal!

ONLINE MASTERCLASS in LAP COLORECTAL SURGERY

Please click here to purchase this educational masterclass in Lap Colorectal Surgery!

ONLINE MASTERCLASS in LAP GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY

Please click here to purchase this educational masterclass in Lap Gynecologic Surgery!

Centers of Excellence for Training in Minimally Invasive surgery: register online today to improve your skills!

European training center: IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg)

CME accreditation is provided for all the courses that will be held at the IRCAD in Strasbourg: European CME credits (ECMEC) that can be converted to AMA Category 1 credits™  will be delivered.

To find out more about the center, see the course calendar or register for one of the courses, please click here.

Asian training center: IRCAD - TAIWAN

CME accreditation is provided for all the courses that will be held at the IRCAD in Taiwan: European CME credits (ECMEC) that can be converted to AMA Category 1 credits™  will be delivered.

To find out more about the center, see the course calendar or register for one of the courses, please click here.

Upcoming conferences in 2010

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

  • SAGES Annual Meeting and 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Landover, Maryland (just outside Washington DC), USA (April 14-17, 2010)
  • 25th Annual European Association of Urology (EAU), Barcelona, Spain (April 16-20, 2010)

 

  • 127. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, Berlin, Germany (April 20-23, 2010)
  • 18th Congress of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES), Geneva, Switzerland (June 16-19, 2010)
  • American College of Surgeons (ACS) 96th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA (October 3-7, 2010)

New exclusive content in N.O.T.E.S. for all EATS members and those to be!

This month's new scientific contents on NOTES!

We are glad to share our online NOTES with more than 1600 members! Following the 9th NOTES Advanced Course that took place last October 2-3, 2009, we are delighted to share new contents with you.

Make sure you browse the EATS website and view all the new NOTES material!

Register now for the next NOTES courses at the IRCAD - FRANCE in Strasbourg and/or at the IRCAD TAIWAN (Asia) to be held in 2010

Find the NOTES course programs to be held at IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg) and registration details
here.
Find the NOTES course programs to be held at IRCAD - TAIWAN and registration details here.

Our January 2010 EATS issue:

New lecture:

  • NOTES transgastric cholecystectomy (2009 update) - L Swanström (US)

New reading suggestions:  Updated monthly

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.

Come and Attend our next Course Programs in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery at IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg) and IRCAD TAIWAN!

Calendar for 2010 NOTES courses at IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg):
May 28-29, 2010
October 1-2, 2010

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

Click here to sign up

Calendar for 2010 NOTES course at IRCAD - TAIWAN:
November 11-12 , 2010
Click here for further information

Please click here to download registration forms.

 

Your opinion matters!

We value your opinion and are receptive to comments and suggestions! To contact us, please click here for the EATS or here for WeBSurg.

Yours faithfully,

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

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