The 10th Congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and Other Interventional Techniques
Florin Mihail Iordachescientific event, no. 6, 2019
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.114.6.826
We are in an age when technology is part of our daily lives and, even more so, our professional life. This fact was evident for those who participated in the 10th congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and Other Interventional Techniques (RAES), held between 21st - 23rd of November 2019. With the general theme "Minimally Invasive Surgery - A plea for the continuous improvement of the results" and carried out within the framework offered by the Willbrook Platinum Business & Convention Center, this anniversary congress, with the scientific program endorsed by UEMS, benefited from an important participation, registering a total of over 350 participants.
With more than eighty national and international speakers, the Congress represented an important event both through the topics addressed but also through the anniversary aspect. We can say that it was the moment of a correct historical retrospective of the minimally invasive surgery in Romania with all its breakthroughs and limits. This was sustained through data presented by Prof. Catalin Copaescu, the Congress President and Prof. Cristian Vladescu, the general director of the National School of Public Health, Management and Improvement in the Healthcare Domain. The increase of the complexity of the cases approached minimally-invasively was evident. Unfortunately, the rate of using laparoscopy in our country has not registered a substantial increase in the last three years as we have expected. For some laparoscopic operations a plateau phenomenon, to an overall rate below 20% has occurred. The reason is not clear, but these data has to be analyzed and RAES will look over this issue, considering the Association's educational role.
With more than eighty national and international speakers, the Congress represented an important event both through the topics addressed but also through the anniversary aspect. We can say that it was the moment of a correct historical retrospective of the minimally invasive surgery in Romania with all its breakthroughs and limits. This was sustained through data presented by Prof. Catalin Copaescu, the Congress President and Prof. Cristian Vladescu, the general director of the National School of Public Health, Management and Improvement in the Healthcare Domain. The increase of the complexity of the cases approached minimally-invasively was evident. Unfortunately, the rate of using laparoscopy in our country has not registered a substantial increase in the last three years as we have expected. For some laparoscopic operations a plateau phenomenon, to an overall rate below 20% has occurred. The reason is not clear, but these data has to be analyzed and RAES will look over this issue, considering the Association's educational role.
