2019 Spring Colorectal Meeting with General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting

A combined colorectal and general surgical meeting in Hobart, Tasmania

The 2019 Spring Colorectal Meeting will be a combined meeting with the General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting. It will be held at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania, from Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th October 2019.

CSSANZ Members are eligible for membership registration rates. Simply enter your RACS ID number at the start of the registration process. 

For further details and to register, visit https://asm.generalsurgeons.com.au/ 

Core Skills: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Skills Workshop

Suitable for Senior SET Trainees and Consultants in Colorectal Surgery.

CTEC’s Core Skills: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Skills Workshop is a highly practical one-day cadaveric workshop aimed at providing participants with the most efficient techniques for advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery, including safe colon mobilisation and techniques for vessel control.

WORKSHOP CONTENT

Trainees will deepen their understanding and skills in the following areas:

• Demonstration and Cadaveric Practical Sessions
• Safe laparoscopic colorectal dissection techniques
• Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
• Laparoscopic high anterior resection (left hemicolectomy)

Presentations

• Ergonomics
• Entry techniques
• Trocar and instrument placement
• Dissection techniques and vessel control: Blunt and sharp dissection; Energised dissection; and Sealing vessels, staplers, clips and energised sealers
• Patient preparation
• Case discussion - Critical points during surgery.

Please see the attached brochure for further workshop and fee information.

Brochure for this Workshop

CTEC Workshop Calendar 2019

2019 Sydney Colorectal Surgical Meeting

Sydney Colorectal Surgical Meeting 2019

The 2019 Sydney Colorectal Surgical Meeting will update you on continuing controversies, recent advances and future directions in colorectal surgery. You will have the opportunity of meeting some outstanding personalities including 3 international experts, Prof Nicolas Demartines, Prof Geg Kennedy and A/Prof Jamie Cannon. The PROGRAM offers something for everyone, be they surgeons, stomal therapists and trainees alike. Registration for the meeting is now open via the following link: REGISTRATION

St Mark’s Frontiers in Intestinal and Colorectal Disease

St Mark’s Hospital & Academic Institute are delighted to announce the 17th Annual Congress: Frontiers in Intestinal and Colorectal Disease, it will take place from 27th to 29th November at Royal College of Physicians, London.

This year there will be three visiting professors. This year, the Sir Alan Parks Visiting Professor is Sebastiano Biondo (Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona), the Sir Francis Avery Jones Visiting Professor is Siew Ng (Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong) and the Basil Morson Visiting Professor is Neil Shepherd (Cheltenham General Hospital, United Kingdom).

The topics will include:

• Endoscopy Headliners – with live sessions from St Mark’s Hospital
• Bugs and the Gut
• Non-invasive GI testing
• State of the Art Lectures
• The Benign Anus
• Live surgery from St Mark’s
• Emergency surgery in Diverticular Disease
• Rectal Cancer Surgery
• Technical Tips Video Sessions
• Intestinal Rehabilitation

Further information is available via the link:

http://www.stmarksacademicinstitute.org.uk/courses/frontiers-in-intestinal-and-colorectal-disease-2019/

There is a discount of £25 for full registrations received before 1st October 2019.

Tripartite Colorectal Meeting 2020

Tripartite, Auckland, NZ

Please join us in Auckland for this major colorectal meeting.  For more details please see http://www.tripartite2020.com/