On December 11-13, 2018, doctors of the Department of Surgery and Vascular Surgery attended the Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop at the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery (ESLS) at Saint-Pierre University Hospital (Brussels, Belgium).
It should be noted that the Saint-Pierre University Hospital in Brussels is a powerful modern multidisciplinary medical facility providing surgical care and is the European leader in the implementation of modern minimally-invasive (laparoscopic and endoscopic) types of surgery. One of the fields of gastrointestinal surgery is bariatric/metabolic operations for patients with morbid obesity. Such huge concentration of surgical experience has become the basis for the creation, on the basis of the university clinic, of a powerful training center known throughout the world - the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery (ESLS). Director of ESLS Prof. Guy-Bernard Cadiere MD PhD FACS (director ESLS, Head of the Digestive Surgery Department & Weight Loss C. - CHU St.-Pierre, Professor of Surgery, U. B. B.) and chief of bariatric course Prof. Giovanni Dapri MD PhD FACS (Professor of Surgery and Anatomy, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, ESLS) are recognized as a specialists in laparoscopic surgery, particularly in bariatry.
Considering that laparoscopy is the main priority of the department’s comprehensive development strategy, our doctors Krestianov M., Zavertylenko D. and Glagolieva A. was sent to this event. Zavertylenko D. (surgeon, MD, research associate) performs dissertation research under the direction of the Chief of Department of Surgery and Vascular Surgery - S. Savoliuk (MD, Dr.Sc., Full Professor) which scientific work topic is connected with laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
The educational program was extremely rich - lectures by leading specialists, work in the training simulation center, acquaintance with the clinical base, participation in laparoscopic operations. This workshop has created the conditions for establishing cooperation between our institutions.