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Interventional Flexible Endoscopy and Hybrid Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery


COURSE OBJECTIVES
of Interventional Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons

  • To understand the principles of digestive flexible endoscopy and the handling of flexible endoscopes
  • To understand the rationale and challenges of endo-laparoscopic surgery
  • To become familiar with potential applications of the combined endoscopy-surgery approach
  • To provide hands-on sessions to learn flexible endoscopy and endo-laparoscopy through practice on live tissue during tutorials with experts

Educational Methods
of Interventional Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons

Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants
Pre-recorded operative demonstrations

TARGET AUDIENCE of Interventional Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons

GI Endoscopists, surgeons


Advanced Course in Flexible Endoscopy
  • 2013, October 18 - 19
 Contact us
+33 3 88 11 90 17 		Register & pay online

Registration
form (offline)
Course
programme


Course Directors

B. Dallemagne (B), L. Swanström (USA), J. Hochberger (D), G. Gay (F), J. Marescaux (F)

Preliminary Faculty

E. Barthet (F), C. Cellier (F), E. Coron (F), G. Costamagna (I), M. Delvaux (F), H. Inoue (J), O. Pech (G), S. Perretta (I), H. Piessevaux (F), C. Thompson (USA)

Registration fees : 1798 Euros

Limited to 34 participants

The fees include:
  • live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
  • lectures
  • practical training on live tissue (mini pigs)
  • coffee breaks and lunches
  • one evening meal
  • shuttle bus service provided

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Visit Experimental Lab

Accommodation

is available at special EITS rates at the following hotels:

  • Hilton Hotel ****
  110 € per night, in a single room, breakfast included (city tax included)

Registration

To register, please send us your registration form duly completed
by fax (+33 (0)3 88 11 90 28) and/or postal mail.

Registration is confirmed upon receipt of the form duly filled out, signature affixed, with payment enclosed.

WARNING !
Online registration is only for individuals.
Any company (travel agencies, laboratories, industrials, etc.) should contact the person in charge of the course directly.


Please note that, out of organizational reasons, any registration cancelled less than one month before the course will NOT be reimbursed or postponed.



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Interventional Flexible Endoscopy and Hybrid Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery

Friday October 18th

Morning

8:00 AM Shuttle-bus Hotel > IRCAD/EITS

8:30 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
INTRODUCTION : RATIONALE OF FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY FOR SURGEON

BASICS: THE ENDOSCOPE
- "Anatomy" of the flexible endoscope
- Basics of manipulation
- Various types of flexible endoscopes
- Flexible instrumentation
- Flexible energy tools

CURRENT INDICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY FOR THE SURGEON:

Upper GI tract

- Intraoperative eso-gastroscopy-duodenoscopy
* Laparoscopic fundoplication
* Esophageal myotomy –diverticulectomy
* Laparoendoscopic resection of submucosal tumors
* Laparoendoscopic Intragastric surgery
* Intraoperative sphincterotomy: “rendezvous” technique
- Endoscopic esophageal dilatation
- Endoscopic esogastric stenting and clipping
- New techniques-technologies
* Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
* Endoluminal resection of mucosal and submucosal lesions
* Endoluminal bariatric surgery
* Endoscopic suturing
* Endoscopic Confocal Microscopy

1:00 PM
Lunch at the Institute

Afternoon

2:00 PM
HANDS-ON TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (Mini-pigs): UPPER GI TRACT
1. Endoscopic skills: mastering eye/hand coordination and manipulation of endoscopic controls to obtain the precision required for interventional procedures
2. Endoscopic injection sclerosis
3. Endoscopic clipping
4. Catheterization of the papilla
5. Laparoendoscopic resection of gastric tumor
6. Esophageal submucosal tunnel and myotomy
7. Esophageal stenting
8. Endoscopic confocal microscopy

6:00 PM
END OF SESSION

6:30 PM
Shuttle-Bus IRCAD-EITS > Hotel

Saturday October 19th

Morning

7:30 AM Shuttle-bus Hotel > IRCAD/EITS

8:00 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
CURRENT INDICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES OF FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY FOR SURGEONS

LOWER GI TRACT
- Techniques of endoscopic polypectomy
- Intraoperative colonocopy
* In open and laparoscopic surgery
* Laparoendoscopic resection of neoplasia
- Colon stenting for leak-stenosis
- Dilatation for anastomotic stenosis
- New techniques-technologies
* New methods of colonic anastomosis

NEW TECHNOLOGIES - CONCEPTS

- Imaging techniques:
* Echo endoscopy
* Confocal endomicroscopy, endocytoscopy…
- NOTES™
- Image-guided hybrid surgery

10.30 AM
HANDS-ON TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (Mini-pigs): LOWER GI TRACT
1. Endoscopic injection sclerosis
2. Endoscopic clipping
3. Laparoendoscopic resection of colon tumor
4. Endoscopic assisted colonic anastomosis
5. Endoscopic confocal microscopy

1:00 PM
Lunch at the Institute

2:00 PM
End of the Session
Delivery of certificates of attendance

2:15 PM
Shuttle-Bus IRCAD/EITS> Hotel




EACCME accreditation


  • EITS courses are accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists in their home European Country.





    The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
UEMS

EACCME Credits convertible into AMA PRA category 1 Credits™

Surgeons interested in getting AMA PRA category 1 Credits™ credits may contact info@eits.fr.
EACCME approved credits for e-learning activities are recognized by the American Medical Association for conversion to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians may apply to convert EACCME credits into AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by submitting the following form and attaching an EACCME credit certificate, and processing fee. Please click here to download application form for EACCME credit conversion into AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Processing fees directly payable to the American Medical Association are as follows: AMA member $30 and non-AMA member $75 (see information stated in application form).

As a rule, the conversion to AMA category 1 credit(s)™ is 1:1 for all EACCME credit(s).
Further details can be obtained by clicking on the current link.

Instructions for converting EACCME Credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To apply for conversion of EACCME credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™:
  1. Visit the EACCME website to ensure the activity was certified for EACCME credit
  2. Download the Application for EACCME Credit Conversion, and submit:
    • the completed application by fax or mail
    • a copy of the EACCME credit certificate
    • non-refundable processing fee.
A certificate awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be emailed within four weeks.

By fax

Attn: CPPD
+1 (312) 464-4669

By mail

American Medical Association
Continuing Physician Professional Development (CPPD)
515 N. State Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60654
If you have questions, please contact CPPD at pra@ama-assn.org

Course Endorsement

SAGES
 
  • EITS courses have been endorsed by the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.
    The EAES Education Committee aims to ensure that appropriate endoscopic training courses are available for residents in training and certified surgeons who wish to be trained in endoscopic surgery.