EITS is the surgical
education platform of
IRCAD


WeBSurg, the e-surgical reference in Laparoscopy

With the partnership of

KARLSTORZ
Inventor & designer of Medical instruments

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General surgery


COURSE OBJECTIVES of General surgery

  • to provide the basic knowledge required for clinical applications
  • to describe all the basic principles (instruments, materials, anesthesia equipments) and present the most used basic laparoscopic techniques
  • to provide hands-on training sessions to learn or improve performance of basic technical tasks in laparoscopic surgery such as intracorporeal suturing and knot-tying techniques, two-hands coordination for dissection or safe use of energy in laparoscopy
  • to describe results and potential complications of laparoscopic procedures

Educational methods of General surgery

Interactive theoretical and video sessions between faculty and course participants; hands-on training on live tissue (mini-pigs) in experimental lab.

TARGET AUDIENCE of General surgery

Laparoscopic digestive surgeons


Intensive Course in Laparoscopic General Surgery
  • 2012, February 13 - 17
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+33 3 88 11 90 90
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  • 2012, March 12 - 16
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+33 3 88 11 90 07
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  • 2012, May 21 - 25
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+33 3 88 11 90 17
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  • 2012, July 02 - 06
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+33 3 88 11 90 90
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  • 2012, September 24 - 28
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+33 3 88 11 90 07
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  • 2012, November 26 - 30
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+33 3 88 11 90 90
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Registration
form (offline)

Course
programme


Course director

J. Marescaux (F)

Guest faculty



Registration fees : 2492 Euros

These fees include:
  • Theoretical teaching
  • Practical training on live tissue (mini pigs)
  • Live and pre-recorded operative demonstrations
  • Coffee breaks and lunches
  • Evening meals provided on Monday and Wednesday
  • Shuttle bus service provided

These fees do not include:

  • The University of Strasbourg diploma registration (optional).

  • Registration fees: 410.57 €.
    Payment must be done exclusively on the spot either by cheque made payable to "Université de Strasbourg" or in cash.
    Credit card payment is not accepted.

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Accommodation

is available at special EITS rates at the following hotels, depending on the course:

  • Hilton Hotel ****
  • Holiday Inn Hotel ****
107 € 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.



EITS courses special offer: Discounted travel with Lufthansa

Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. As an airline partner, Lufthansa offers special prices and conditions to participants, visitors, exhibitors and invited guests as well as employees of the Contracting Partner and their travel companions.

To make a reservation, please click on www.lufthansa.com/education and enter the access code DEJUM in the "Access to Event Booking" area.
This will open an online booking platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available.
NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.

These promotional fares are also available through your IATA / ARC travel agent. Travel agents can obtain ticketing instructions by sending an email to lufthansa.mobility@dlh.de and providing the access code as a reference.


General surgery: Course programme

Monday

8.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS

9.00 am Welcoming of participants

EQUIPMENT
- Operating theatre / choice of equipment
- The laparoscopic cart: insufflator –
light source – camera
- Conventional and new laparoscopic instrumentation
- Electrosurgery – ultrasonic dissection – thermofusion

A NEW CONCEPT: "INTELLIGENT" OPERATING ROOM

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
- Positioning of trocars
- Knots
- Operative room organisation

TROCAR INSERTION
- Complications & prevention

1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute

2.00 pm
TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS)
- Basic principles: insufflation – positioning of trocars
- Exposure, dissection and laparoscopic sutures
- Small bowel resection (Clip, Stapling – EndoGIA™ – Surgitie™)
- Small bowel dissection and anastomoses
(Stapling – EndoGIA™ – Intracorporeal suture)
- Cholecystectomy
- Splenectomy

6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel

8.00 pm Shuttle-bus Hotel – Restaurant

8.30 pm Dinner in honor of the participants

10.30 pm Shuttle-bus Restaurant – Hotel

Tuesday

7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS

8.00 am
ABDOMINAL WALL
- Inguinal Hernia Repair
* Live demonstration
* Technical approaches by laparoscopy:
      - TAPP
      - TEP
- Ventral and Incisional Hernia

LAPAROSCOPIC BILIARY SURGERY
- Cholecystectomy
– Specificity of acute cholecystitis
- Common bile duct surgery
- "Rendez-vous" technique

EMERGENCY SURGERY
- Laparoscopic appendectomy

1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute

2.00 pm
TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS)
- Inguinal hernia repair by TAPP approach
- Gastrointestinal side-to-side anastomosis
- Common bile duct surgery
- Roux-en-Y choledocho-jujenal anastomosis

6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel

Evening free

Wednesday

7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS

8.00 am
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
- Introduction
- Indications and examples for each approach:
* Laparoscopy
* Retroperitoneoscopy
* Thoracoscopy

LIVE OR PRE-RECORDED OPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
(according to patients)

1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute

2.00 pm
TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS)
- Gastrointestinal side-to-side anastomosis
- Approach to the esogastric junction
- Adrenalectomy
- Nephrectomy

6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel

8.00 pm Shuttle-bus Hotel – Restaurant

8.30 pm Dinner in honor of the participants

11.00 pm Shuttle-bus Restaurant – Hotel

Thursday

7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS

8.00 am
FOREGUT SURGERY
- Antireflux
* Antireflux procedures for GERD
* Paraesophageal hernia
* Management of complications
- Gastric Cancer
* Gastrectomy for cancer

COLORECTAL SURGERY
- Surgical techniques,
  tips & tricks in left and right colectomy for benign and malignant diseases
- Indication and treatment of acute sigmoid diverticulitis
- Total Mesorectal Excision in rectal cancer
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)
- New trends :
* Single port access
* NOSE
* NOTES™
* Robotics

1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute

2.00 pm
TRAINING ON LIVE TISSUE (MINI-PIGS)
PRACTICAL EVALUATION :

- Practice of previously performed procedures:
small bowel anastomosis, antireflux procedure,
  gastrointestinalanastomosis, splenectomy
- Cholecysto-jejunal anastomosis and Roux-en-Y loop
- Pancreatectomy
- Hepatectomy
On request : Single Port Surgery

6.30 pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel

Friday

7.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel – IRCAD/EITS

8.00 am
PROFICIENCY TEST
(for the surgeons having applied for the University Diploma)
- Multiple Choice Questions for the University Diploma
  (Université de Strasbourg UDS)

ENDOCRINE SURGERY
- Thyroidectomy
- Parathyroidectomy
- Adrenalectomy

BARIATRIC SURGERY
- Tailored approach: gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy & gastric bypass
- Management of common and difficult complications

METABOLIC SURGERY

FUTURE OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
- Image-guided hybrid minimally invasive surgery

1.00 pm Lunch at the Institute

2.00 pm
SPLENIC SURGERY

PANCREATIC SURGERY
- Endocrine, benign and malignant tumors

HEPATIC SURGERY
- Benign – HCC – Metastases

INNOVATION IN SURGERY
- Material, approaches and techniques

4.30 pm End of the seminar
Delivery of the certificates of attendance
Delivery of the University diplomas for the successful candidates

Shuttle-bus IRCAD/EITS – Hotel
This Program may be subject to modifications


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 live 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.

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.