November 2010 -- WHO: Leading surgeons will provide updates on latest trends and advancements in gynecologic surgery, including SILS™ technology and knotless suturing with products from Covidien, a leading global healthcare products company, at the 39th AAGL Annual Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.
WHAT: SILS Procedure: Latest Trends, Tips and Pearls in Gynecologic Surgery
This Covidien-sponsored symposium will cover applications of the minimally-invasive SILS procedure in gynecologic surgery. Surgeons will highlight instrumentation, surgical techniques and the steps necessary to perform various SILS procedures in a variety of practice settings. The participating physicians will present clinical data on SILS technology and procedural applications.
When: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 5:05 -7:05 p.m. Where: Caesars Palace, Milano V-VI, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Faculty presentations will include:
Session Title: Incorporating SILS into Your Private Practice Presenter: Jorge J. Lense, M.D., Cherokee Women’s Health, Northside Hospital, Canton, GA
Session Title: Beyond Cosmesis…What Are the Clinical Outcomes? Presenter: Pedro F. Escobar, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Session Title: SILS Surgical Techniques and Learning Curves Presenter: Kevin J. Stepp, M.D., Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Oral Presentation
Session Title: Open Communications 23 (Oncology): Single Incision Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Review of Our First Seventy-Five Patients
Presenters: R. Craig McClelland, M.D. and Lori Lette, RN, Rock Hill Gyn/Ob Associates, Rock Hill, S.C.
When: Friday, November 12, 2010, 8:06 am
Where: Caesars Palace, Octavius 15-19
Telesurgery at AAGL
A single-port, prophylactic total laparoscopic hysterectomy will be streamed live for the first time ever at AAGL. During the procedure, risks and benefits of single-port hysterectomy will be discussed and questions will be answered.
Session Title: Single-Port Surgery
Presenter: Pedro F. Escobar, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
When: Friday, November 12, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Where: Caesars Palace, Octavius 25
The procedures of robotic myomectomy and laparoscopic myomectomy will be streamed, along with a discussion of risks and benefits for each. Participants’ questions will be addressed.
Session Title: Simultaneous Telecast of a Robotic Myomectomy and a Laparoscopic Myomectomy
Presenters: Michael C. Pitter, M.D., Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (Robotic Myomectomy); Charles E. Miller, M.D., University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago, Naperville, IL and Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (Laparoscopic Myomectomy)
When: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 8:00 a.m.
Where: Caesars Palace, Octavius 25
Video Session: New Surgical Instruments
Session Title: Laparoscopic Vaginal Cuff Closure with Uni- and Bi-Directional Barbed Suture Presenters: Matthew T. Siedhoff, M.D., Amanda Yunker, D.O. and John F. Steege, M.D., University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
When: Friday, November 12, 2010, 9:05 a.m.
Where: Caesars Palace, Octavius 15-19
MEDIA CONTACT: David Young, office (203) 821.2640; cell (203) 654-6261 david.young@covidien.com.
ABOUT COVIDIEN
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