Training for digestive surgery.

DIGESTIVE SURGERY Training management and innovative technology in surgery.

Digestive oncologist in the gastroenterology training curriculum.

Until the late 1980s, gastroenterology (GE) was considered a subspecialty of Internal Medicine. Today, GE also incorporates Hepatology. However, Digestive Oncology training is poorly defined in the Hepatogastroenterology (HGE)-curriculum. Therefore, a Digestive Oncology curriculum should be developed and this document might be a starting point for such a curriculum. HGE-specialists are increasi...

Intraoperative Ultrasound: Applications in Digestive Surgery

Ultrasound has its well-established role in the diagnosis guidelines of abdominal pathology, being widely used in the internal medicine, gastroenterology and emergency services. Its use in surgery is best known trough FAST protocols (focused abdominal sonogram for trauma) [13], very important in the management of patients presenting with abdominal trauma or suspected acute abdomen. Under electi...

Advanced Applications of Robotics in Digestive Surgery

Laparoscopy is widely recognized as feasible and safe approach to many oncologic and benign digestive conditions and is associated with an improved early outcome. Robotic surgery promises to overcome intrinsic limitations of laparoscopic surgery by a three-dimensional view and wristed instruments widening indications for a minimally invasive approach. To date, the more interesting applications ...

Training medical assistants for surgery.

A successful programme is reported from Mozambique for training middle-level health workers to perform fairly advanced surgical procedures in remote areas where the services of consultants are virtually unobtainable. Manpower and financial constraints obliged Mozambique to train medical assistants to perform surgical work in rural areas, where three broad priorities were identified: pregnancy-r...