Training in Basic Laparoscopic Procedures I

Head Professor: Hiram de Zacarias Rodriguez Blanco, MD.
First and second degree specialist in General Surgery.
Assistant Professor. Research Associate.

Price: 560.00 USD

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February 3 - 7 | March 17 - 21 | April 14 - 18 | June 2 - 6 | September 8 - 12 | November 3 - 7

Duration: 1 week.

Number of Credits: 3

Addressed to: Specialists in General, Pediatric and Coloproctology Surgery, national or foreign.

General Aim:
Perform basic laparoscopic procedures in inanimate simulators and with animal viscera.

Topic 1: Equipment for laparoscopic surgery. Principles for its use. Knots and sutures in laparoscopic surgery.
Topic 2: Pneumoperitoneum. Physiology and pathophysiology. Implications on patient homeostasis. Complications of pneumoperitoneum.
Topic 3: Electrosurgical sources in laparoscopic surgery.
Topic 4: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
Topic 5: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and BPV exploration.