Symposium on Innovation in Surgery 2024
Wilhem Dinu, Valentin Calu, Victor Tomulescu, Dan Ulmeanu, Cătălin Copăescuscientific event, no. 3, 2024
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.2024.v.119.i.3.p.342
This year Romania was yet again put on the global map of the advancement in surgery as it hosted the 2024 Symposium on Innovation in Surgery (SIS2024) at Radisson Blu Bucharest during 22-24th of February. The event was organized by the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S) and, Catalin Copaescu was the local host on behalf of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery (RAES). The event had an outstanding scientific program and held three hands-on courses, a total of 7.5 scientific hours, and a multitude of social events.
The Congress was dedicated to artificial intelligence (A.I.) and robotic surgery, and their use for education, research and impact in multiple medical fields such as gastro-intestinal surgery, abdominal wall repair, urology, gynaecology, and thoracic surgery.
The first day started with a fully booked hands-on course "Preventing complications in colorectal minim invasive surgery (MIS)" held in the Surgical Training Institute (S.T.I.) of Ponderas Academic Hospital. Kenneth Campbell (UK LapCo Faculty) was the course Director, and it focused on lower gastrointestinal (GI) laparoscopic approach. The participants could practice rectal dissection, circular stapled anastomosis, and the more experienced participants had the chance to also try side-to-side stapled intracorporeal anastomosis. The course was even more atractive, as participants also used fluorescence angiography using Indocyanine Green (ICG) as one of their tasks. [read more]
The Congress was dedicated to artificial intelligence (A.I.) and robotic surgery, and their use for education, research and impact in multiple medical fields such as gastro-intestinal surgery, abdominal wall repair, urology, gynaecology, and thoracic surgery.
The first day started with a fully booked hands-on course "Preventing complications in colorectal minim invasive surgery (MIS)" held in the Surgical Training Institute (S.T.I.) of Ponderas Academic Hospital. Kenneth Campbell (UK LapCo Faculty) was the course Director, and it focused on lower gastrointestinal (GI) laparoscopic approach. The participants could practice rectal dissection, circular stapled anastomosis, and the more experienced participants had the chance to also try side-to-side stapled intracorporeal anastomosis. The course was even more atractive, as participants also used fluorescence angiography using Indocyanine Green (ICG) as one of their tasks. [read more]