Training in Basic Video Thoracoscopy

Head Professor: Hiram de Zacarías Rodríguez Blanco, MD.
Second degree specialist in General Surgery.
Assistant Professor. Research Associate.

Price: 640.00 USD

Method of payment:
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February 17 - 21 | March 31 - April 4 | June 9 - 13 | October 20 - 24

Duration: 1 week.

Number of Credits: 2

General Objetive:
To develop skills to perform basic procedures in thoracic surgery safely and effectively, through a minimally invasive approach.

Addressed to: National and foreign specialists in General Surgery and Pediatrics. Final year residents of other foreign curricular programs in these same specialties may also be considered.

Main Topics:

Topic 1: Thoracoscopic video exploration. Theoretical rationale.
Topic 2: VATS and solitary Pulmonary Nodule.
Topic 3: VATS in Pneumothorax.
Topic 4: VATS in Pleural Effusion.
Topic 5: Hyperhidrosis. Sympatheticotomy by means of VATS.
Topic 6: VATS in mediastinal tumoral lesions.