EAES Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery Course

This course has been awarded 20 CPD Points by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. Aimed at Upper GI surgeons and senior trainees who wish to learn more about laparoscopic approaches to the GI system, you must have completed an Intermediate Skill for Laparoscopic Surgeons Course before attending this Advanced Course (you will be asked to send evidence).

 

 

Initially you will pay the full course fee £1800, KARL STORZ are kindly sponsoring this course and will reimburse half of the course fee after attending (£900). Travel and accommodation are not reimbursed.

 

In order to obtain the funding you must agree to your contact details being forwarded to Karl Storz. 

KARL STORZ will allow you to attend one EAES Upper Course and one EAES Lower Course only, you will not be reimbursed if you apply and attend the course again. You can only book onto one EAES Laparoscopic course within a 12 month period.  

 

Mr Francesco Polignano - Course Director

Professor Luigi Boni

Professor Abe Fingerhut

Mr Pradeep Patil

Mr Afshin Alijani

Mr Benjie Tang

Mr Stuart Oglesby

Samer Zino

Tarek Katbeh

Andrew Robertson

Himanshu WADHAWAN 

 

Suitable attendees are surgical trainees (SPR 5-6) and consultant surgeons who have extensive experience of conventional upper GI procedures and are already undertaking routine laparoscopic cases (cholecystectomy, diag. lap., lap appendix).  There will be a maximum of 20 places available on each course, with 2 courses running each year. EAES members will receive a 10% discount.

 

Candidates should be at the point of commencing practice of some of the procedures to be covered in the course, with appropriate supervision/ mentorship.

 

This will be a very intensive, practical skills course where attendees will master a variety of tissue approximation techniques.  The following laparoscopic procedures will be rehearsed in the skills laboratory: Laparoscopic suturing, laparoscopic repair perforated duodenal ulcer, total fundoplication, laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, laparoscopic gastroenterostomy and bariatric surgery.  There will also be several expert sessions covering aspects of advanced upper GI surgery involving clinicians from across Europe, with a live operative demonstration.

 

'hands on' experience

individual tuition and feedback

evolving practice

clear explanations and guidelines

discussion sessions

live operative demonstration

Laparoscopic fundoplication

Clinical applications of indocyanine green (ICG) enhanced fluorescence in laparoscopic surgery

 

 

At the end of this practical training course you should be able to:

 

Explain the techniques necessary to overcome the visual demands in laparoscopic surgery

Demonstrate effective equipment and instrument positioning using ergonomic principles

Describe some of the new technologies available for laparoscopic energised dissection

Tie a tumbled square knot using laparoscopic instruments to safely ligate a vessel

Handle a 3/8ths curved needle and an endoski needle and make a bite through tissue

Form a surgeon's knot using laparoscopic needle holders

Demonstrate optimal bite placement and knot tying technique during laparoscopic tissue approximation

Apply the component skills taught in this course to various procedures including sutured gastroenterostomy, laparoscopic fundoplication, repair of perforated duodenal ulcer, common bile ductal exploration (CBD) and gastric bypass.