International Course on Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery

The British Hospital will be host of an International Course on Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery with international leaders in the specialty.

Within the framework of its policy of permanent training of its professional resources, the British Hospital will host the Second International Course on Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery on the 10th and 11th of May, in which international leaders in the specialty will participate.

Organized by the Departments of Gynecology and Continuing Medical Education of the British Hospital, together with the Gynecological Clinic C of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic, the course aims to acquire innovative procedures, as well as update techniques surgical procedures and performing simulation in laparoscopic surgery with experts, among other instances.

Coordinated by doctors Joel Laufer and Santiago Scasso from the Department of Gynecology of the British Hospital, the meeting will feature the participation of top-level international guests, leaders in the specialty and with worldwide recognition, such as doctors José Saadi, from Argentina, Fernando Heredia, from Chile, René Pareja, from Colombia, and Reitan Ribeiro from Brazil.

The reception of the initiative by the national and regional medical-scientific community has been excellent, Laufer highlighted. The quota for medical professionals, both at the British Hospital and the rest of the health system, whether in the public or private sector, is practically exhausted.

It is “an educational and practical course, based on didactic presentations with videos and live surgeries, aimed at gynecological surgeons who wish to advance their skills and knowledge in laparoscopic surgery,” he summarized.

The specialist explained that the objective is for participants "to acquire new surgical techniques, develop a laparoscopic hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) in complex cases, advanced pelvic dissection, and improvement in common surgical techniques in minimally invasive surgery."

The course will include the effective use of instruments in laparoscopic surgery, electrosurgery, as well as the prevention and resolution of complications.

One of the most valued aspects is that the last module will be exclusively practical and will be intended for a group of participants who will share with the invited international references a simulation workshop aimed at developing skills in laparoscopic suturing.

Dr. Saadi is a Gynecologist-Oncologist and head of the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires; Dr. Pareja is a Gynecologist-Oncologist at the Astorga Clinic in Medellín; Dr. Ribeiro is an Oncological Surgeon at the Department of Oncological Surgery at the Erasto Gaertner Hospital in Curitiba; and Dr. Heredia is a Gynecologist Oncologist, specialist in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Concepción.

“The British Hospital is developing more and more complex surgeries that involve interdisciplinary work groups,” Laufer recalled and noted that the course will cover oncological surgery, minimally invasive surgery, deep endometriosis, as well as the prevention and management of complications in laparoscopic surgery, among other topics.

Dr. Laufer highlighted the effort of the British Hospital to convene internationally renowned professionals for the practical module "hands on in laparoscopic suture", under the modality of "simulation workshop in laparoscopic suture in small groups tutored by guest professors."

 “These types of events benefit patients first and foremost, because we can offer them excellent treatments, validated by leading centers and professionals in the specialty,” Dr. Laufer said.

“Acquiring new knowledge and surgical techniques enriches the Department of Gynecology of the British Hospital and gynecologists in Uruguay in general, since it allows us to provide cutting-edge treatments,” he concluded.