Course Date: 20th September 2010
Course Duration: 2.5 Days
Location: Quincentenary Complex
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Nicolson Street
Edinburgh EH8 9DW
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price:
| £200.00 |
Course objectives:
PORGRAMME STAGING AND ASSESSMENT; The Airway and Primary Tumour; Advanced bronchoscopic techniques (Endobronchial Therapy; Stenting; Laser and cryoablation techniques; Photodynamic therapy); Thoracosopic assessment– medical and surgical thoracoscopy; The updated IASLC staging system; an overview; The Mediastinum; Ultrasound-guided techniques; EBUS and EUS; Videomediastinoscopy; VIdeothoracoscopic mediastinal staging; Molecular Staging TECHNIQUES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUNG RESECTION AND VATS LOBECTOMY; Patient selection for VATS lobectomy; Videothoracoscopic (VATS) lung resection techniques; Robotic assistance in lung resection; Videothoracoscopy in resection of advanced lung cancer; Mediastinal node management during VATS lobectomy; Lung sparing surgery. STARTING A VATS LOBECTOMY PROGRAMME; Training for videothoracoscopic lung resection;
