European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, ESGE

International Symposium on Complications in GI-Endoscopy: how to diagnose - how to treat - and how to prevent!

Offer to ESGE individual members:
20% fee reduction
to the International Symposium on Complications in GI-Endoscopy. For information on how to receive this benefit contact the ESGE at secretariat@esge.com.

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Date 25 - 26 June, 2009
Country Germany
Organization
  • Event director: Dr. Peter N. Meier
Venue
  • Maritim Airport Hotel
  • Hannover, Germany
Information
Internet www.gastro-henriettenstiftung.de
Summary
  • How to communicate complications, Pitfalls, My worst case, How to minimize complications, Patient-associated risk factors, Failure of technical equipment, The role of training.
  • The participants shall learn the definition of a complication, how to communicate complications, to realize that misestimations of findings and misinterpretations exist, become aware of non-endoscopic and patient-associated complications, learn about possible failures of technical equipment and learn to minimize complications in different procedures like EMR/ESD, ERCP, capsule endoscopy, polypectomy etc. Finally the role of training will be stressed as well as future perspective in the prevention of complications given.
Event Category Under the Patronage of the ESGE (Category C)