ARCE Events 2018: The 10th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery The Ist National Symposium Of Robotic Surgery
Irina Bălescu, Loredana Bărbulescuscientific event, no. 1, 2019
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.114.1.131
On November 23rd to 24th, 2018, the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery (ARCE) proudly hosted at World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania, a group of events dedicated to minimal invasive surgery: the 10th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, the 1st National Symposium of Robotic Surgery, alongside with a Masterclass on Robotic Assisted Surgery for Pelvic Oncology Pathology and a Hands-on Workshop on Ultrasound for surgeons.
The Events theme underlined the importance of team work and integrative technology in order to obtain a better care for patients. The Event was directed by Prof. Dr. Catalin Copaescu, president of ARCE, being organized by the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and Interventional Techniques (ARCE) in collaboration with the Association for Bariatric Surgery and for the Complex Treatment of Obesity and Surgical Training Institute. ARCE offered 60 scolarships to young surgeons interested in the development of advanced minimally invasive surgery. Overall, the scientific meeting brought together more than 200 participants, 57 speakers and 66 presentations . The Opening Ceremony has proven the significance of the event for minimally invasive surgery in Romania. There were present and spoke to the participants: Mrs Sorina Pintea, Ministery of Health, Conf. dr. Diana-Loreta Paun, Health Conciler of the Romanian President, Prof. dr. Irinel Popescu, President of the Romanian Academy of Medical Science, Prof. dr. Alexandru Blidaru Prof. dr. Ciprian Duta, Prof. dr. Viorel Jinga, vice-rector of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Prof. dr. Adrian Saftoiu, President of the Romanian Society of Coloproctology, Prof.dr. Nicolae Suciu, President of Romanian Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecology. The opening Ceremony has ended with two very interesting lectures about the Actual and Future role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, presented by L. Pengo, (Microsoft Europe) and about The novel Robot MazorX for Spine Surgery presented by M. Isac (Medtronic Europe).
The First National Symposium of Robotic Surgery marked the launch of the Romanian Robotic Surgery Club, a RAES chapter which aims to bring together the surgeons with particular interest in the field of robotic surgery from Romania. The Symposium joined together surgeons from Romania as well as from other European countries who presented their experience in this innovative field of surgery. The meeting was a good opportunity for reporting the newest achievements in the field of the robotic surgery, which were presented by the experienced teams from Romania as well as from the other countries but also for reporting the initial results from the hospitals where robotic surgery has been recently implemented.
Among the speakers we are glad to nominate experts from Romania such as Prof. Dr. Irinel Popescu (Bucharest), Prof. Dr. Ioan Coman (Cluj), Prof. Dr. Ciprian Duta (Timisoara), Prof. Dr. Catalin Copaescu (Bucharest), Dr. Mircea Onaca (Bucharest) as well as from Greece (Pantelis Antonakis, Vasileios Sioulas, Stavros Tyritzis and Savvas Hirides from Athens), Bulgaria (Grigor Gortchev, Slavcho Tomov from Pleven), Switzerland (Ralf Senner from Zurich) and from France (Pierre Monod from Grenoble). Maybe the most interesting topics debated during this Symposium were related to the actual indications of robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology, in hepatobilio-pancreatic, thoracic, abdominal wall, metabolic as well as in pediatric and urological surgery.
Therefore, the event was opened by the paper presented by Ralf Senner from Zurich who presented an 18 year experience of robotic bariatric surgery in Switzerland. Later on, papers focussing the benefits of robotic surgery as compared to laparoscopic surgery for abdominal wall repair as well as for the rectal cancer were debated by the teams from Greece and Romania. The second session of the symposium brought into the attendees attention the feasibility and efficacy of the robotic approach for the retroperitoneal space, and included elements of renal and pancreatic surgery. The feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in onco-gynecology was demonstrated by the presentation of Vasileios Sioulas from Athens, Greece, who presented a video demonstration of Indocyanine Green sentinel node mapping followed by biopsy using a robotic approach. Going further on the theme of the robotic approach in onco-gynecology, Slavcho Tomov demonstrated the benefits of robotics when compared to laparoscopic and open approach in endometrial cancer patients while Mircea Onaca reported an interesting case in which the robotic approach was used in order to repair a vesico-vaginal leak. The end of the session was marked by the presentations demonstrating the feasibility, efficacy as well as the possible ways of optimization of the robotic approach in urology, especially when it comes to the radical prostatectomy.
The hints of how a national program of robotic surgery should be implemented were offered during the last session by Pierre Monod from Grenoble, France, while Prof. Irinel Popescu pointed out the general indications of the robotic approach in visceral surgery. During the next presentation, Prof Dr I. Coman pointed out the evolution of the laparoscopic approach from 2D to 3D and further on, to robotics. In the same session, Prof. Dr. C. Copaescu demonstrated the benefits of robotics in difficult surgical cases to be approached in a standard minimally invasive manner while the team from Pleven, Bulgaria pointed out the results of a 10 years analysis of robot assisted radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer patients.
The Masterclass on Robot Assisted Surgery for Pelvic Oncology Pathology was organized on November, 24th, 2018. During the masterclass the benefits of robotic surgery in oncogynecology were discussed by G. Gortchev (in early stage cervical cancer patients) and by S. Tomov (in early stage endometrial cancer) while the effectiveness of robotics in urology were presented by M. Onaca (in a video presentation regarding the feasibility of a totally intracorporal ileal neobladder after radical cystectomy for locally invasive urinary bladder cancer). As expected, an interesting debate regarding the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in onco-gynecology started after the presentations sustained by the two Bulgarian speakers.
The Events theme underlined the importance of team work and integrative technology in order to obtain a better care for patients. The Event was directed by Prof. Dr. Catalin Copaescu, president of ARCE, being organized by the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and Interventional Techniques (ARCE) in collaboration with the Association for Bariatric Surgery and for the Complex Treatment of Obesity and Surgical Training Institute. ARCE offered 60 scolarships to young surgeons interested in the development of advanced minimally invasive surgery. Overall, the scientific meeting brought together more than 200 participants, 57 speakers and 66 presentations . The Opening Ceremony has proven the significance of the event for minimally invasive surgery in Romania. There were present and spoke to the participants: Mrs Sorina Pintea, Ministery of Health, Conf. dr. Diana-Loreta Paun, Health Conciler of the Romanian President, Prof. dr. Irinel Popescu, President of the Romanian Academy of Medical Science, Prof. dr. Alexandru Blidaru Prof. dr. Ciprian Duta, Prof. dr. Viorel Jinga, vice-rector of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Prof. dr. Adrian Saftoiu, President of the Romanian Society of Coloproctology, Prof.dr. Nicolae Suciu, President of Romanian Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecology. The opening Ceremony has ended with two very interesting lectures about the Actual and Future role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, presented by L. Pengo, (Microsoft Europe) and about The novel Robot MazorX for Spine Surgery presented by M. Isac (Medtronic Europe).
The First National Symposium of Robotic Surgery marked the launch of the Romanian Robotic Surgery Club, a RAES chapter which aims to bring together the surgeons with particular interest in the field of robotic surgery from Romania. The Symposium joined together surgeons from Romania as well as from other European countries who presented their experience in this innovative field of surgery. The meeting was a good opportunity for reporting the newest achievements in the field of the robotic surgery, which were presented by the experienced teams from Romania as well as from the other countries but also for reporting the initial results from the hospitals where robotic surgery has been recently implemented.
Among the speakers we are glad to nominate experts from Romania such as Prof. Dr. Irinel Popescu (Bucharest), Prof. Dr. Ioan Coman (Cluj), Prof. Dr. Ciprian Duta (Timisoara), Prof. Dr. Catalin Copaescu (Bucharest), Dr. Mircea Onaca (Bucharest) as well as from Greece (Pantelis Antonakis, Vasileios Sioulas, Stavros Tyritzis and Savvas Hirides from Athens), Bulgaria (Grigor Gortchev, Slavcho Tomov from Pleven), Switzerland (Ralf Senner from Zurich) and from France (Pierre Monod from Grenoble). Maybe the most interesting topics debated during this Symposium were related to the actual indications of robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology, in hepatobilio-pancreatic, thoracic, abdominal wall, metabolic as well as in pediatric and urological surgery.
Therefore, the event was opened by the paper presented by Ralf Senner from Zurich who presented an 18 year experience of robotic bariatric surgery in Switzerland. Later on, papers focussing the benefits of robotic surgery as compared to laparoscopic surgery for abdominal wall repair as well as for the rectal cancer were debated by the teams from Greece and Romania. The second session of the symposium brought into the attendees attention the feasibility and efficacy of the robotic approach for the retroperitoneal space, and included elements of renal and pancreatic surgery. The feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in onco-gynecology was demonstrated by the presentation of Vasileios Sioulas from Athens, Greece, who presented a video demonstration of Indocyanine Green sentinel node mapping followed by biopsy using a robotic approach. Going further on the theme of the robotic approach in onco-gynecology, Slavcho Tomov demonstrated the benefits of robotics when compared to laparoscopic and open approach in endometrial cancer patients while Mircea Onaca reported an interesting case in which the robotic approach was used in order to repair a vesico-vaginal leak. The end of the session was marked by the presentations demonstrating the feasibility, efficacy as well as the possible ways of optimization of the robotic approach in urology, especially when it comes to the radical prostatectomy.
The hints of how a national program of robotic surgery should be implemented were offered during the last session by Pierre Monod from Grenoble, France, while Prof. Irinel Popescu pointed out the general indications of the robotic approach in visceral surgery. During the next presentation, Prof Dr I. Coman pointed out the evolution of the laparoscopic approach from 2D to 3D and further on, to robotics. In the same session, Prof. Dr. C. Copaescu demonstrated the benefits of robotics in difficult surgical cases to be approached in a standard minimally invasive manner while the team from Pleven, Bulgaria pointed out the results of a 10 years analysis of robot assisted radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer patients.
The Masterclass on Robot Assisted Surgery for Pelvic Oncology Pathology was organized on November, 24th, 2018. During the masterclass the benefits of robotic surgery in oncogynecology were discussed by G. Gortchev (in early stage cervical cancer patients) and by S. Tomov (in early stage endometrial cancer) while the effectiveness of robotics in urology were presented by M. Onaca (in a video presentation regarding the feasibility of a totally intracorporal ileal neobladder after radical cystectomy for locally invasive urinary bladder cancer). As expected, an interesting debate regarding the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in onco-gynecology started after the presentations sustained by the two Bulgarian speakers.
Keywords: robotic surgery
