General and digestive surgery:

• Treitz laparoscopic resection with intracorporeal anastomosis with a new barbed suture
• Laparoscopic femoral hernia repair: TAPP approach with micro-instruments

Single port surgery:

• Transumbilical single port laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy using standard instruments

Interventional GI endoscopy:

• Endoscopic palliative therapy of advanced esophageal cancer

Tips'n tricks:

• Lesson learned from hemorrhage and conversion during treatment of acute cholecystitis

Arthoscopic surgery:

• Arthroscopic resection of dorsal wrist ganglia

Gynecologic surgery:

• Retroperitoneal laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy: stage IIb cervical carcinoma
• Total laparoscopic hysterectomy using basic bipolar cautery, the Ligasure™ device, and the barbed V-Loc™ suture for vaginal closure
• Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with subtotal hysterectomy: "the six points technique"
• Fully laparoscopic segmental rectosigmoid resection with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction (NOSE) for bowel endometriosis

Urological surgery:

• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP)

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• Didactic demonstration of standard Nissen fundoplication (28 min)
• Laparoscopic TME 10 weeks after radiochemotherapy for T3N+ rectal cancer (27 min)
• Laparoscopic oncologic sigmoidectomy for Tis (tumor in situ) with transanal specimen extraction (23 min)
• Laparoscopic right colectomy for voluminous tumor of the ascending colon: oncologic approach (32 min)

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• Laparoscopic treatment of a duodenal atresia in a newborn, authored by F Becmeur (FR), commented by M Haddad, MD, FRCS - The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

• Controversies on short esophagus and mesh repair of hernia - L Swanström (US)
• Tips and tricks in laparoscopic left hemicolectomy - F Corcione (IT)

• Re-do Nissen fundoplication - GA MacKinlay (UK)  
• Thoracoscopic aortopericardiosternopexy for severe tracheomalacia in toddlers - K Schaarschmidt (DE)

• Scapholunate tears: a new classification – J Messina (IT)
• Arthroscopic dorsal capsuloligamentous repair for isolated lesion of dorsal capsule of the carpus: an unknown entity – C Mathoulin (FR)
• Round table Scapholunate ligament tears: which treatment according to which lesion? – D Fernandez (CH), L Obert (FR), S Berner (US), P Cheong Ho (HK), T Lindau (SE-UK), C Mathoulin (FR), J Messina (IT), L Van Overstraeten (BE)

• ESD using the hook knife - T Oyama (JP)
• Treatment for superficial esophageal cancer - T Oyama (JP)
• EMR and ESD using the IT-knife - Y Saito (JP)
• Indications of APC, EMR, ESD and surgery for superficial neoplastic lesions - Y Saito (JP)
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for upper and lower GI superficial neoplastic lesions: different techniques - D Coumaros (FR)

Laparoscopic surgery for GERD - B Dallemagne, MD

Surgical treatment for morbid obesity - M Vix, MD

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery - J Leroy, MD, FRCS

Laparoscopic right colectomy - J Leroy, MD, FRCS

Laparoscopic approach for gynecological cancer and benign conditions - A Wattiez, MD

Current techniques in the treatment of severe endometriosis, volume 1 - A Wattiez, MD

Current techniques in the treatment of severe endometriosis, volume 2 - A Wattiez, MD

New insights in prolapse surgery: vaginal and laparoscopic routes - A Wattiez, MD

Please click here to access the list of E-learning activities. Evaluate your surgical skills online and get free CME credits, which can be converted into American AMA category 1 credits™.

Come and join us at the IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg)

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

To find out more about the center, see the course calendar or register in the courses of your choice, please click here.

The IRCAD Brazil is no longer a project, it has become a reality. The opening of the IRCAD Brazil took place on July 9, and was attended by Dr. h.c. mult. Sybill Storz, General Manager of KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG., Latin American education senior officials, Covidien representatives, Brazilian and French politicians including Arnold Munnich, health advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Roland Ries, French Senator and Mayor of Strasbourg.

All courses held at the IRCAD-Brazil will be organized similarly to the ones held at the IRCAD-France and IRCAD-Taiwan, under the scientific supervision of Professor Jacques Marescaux and his team, along with IRCAD's international Faculty.

Thanks to our exceptional partners (HOSPITAL DE CANCER DE BARRETOS) and to the leadership of Henrique Prata and his team, the project will undoubtedly be highly successful.

In order to have a bird's eye view of this new training center, please visit our gallery of pictures and get a sneak preview of this magnificent region's ambiance.

Please click here to access the calendar of courses.

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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:

• American College of Surgeons (ACS) 97th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (October 23-27, 2011)

We are glad to share our online NOTES contents with more than 1000 members. Make sure you browse the EATS website and view all the new NOTES material. 

New reading suggestions:  Updated monthly

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

IRCAD - FRANCE (Strasbourg):

Advanced Course NO-SCAR and Scarless Surgery: NOTES and Single Port Surgery
September 29-October 1, 2011

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

Please click here to register.

IRCAD - BRAZIL:
November 9-11, 2011

Course program available soon

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