How to Develop Your Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

 Aims of the Course:
■Improving clinical results
■Shortening the learning curve
■Improving organisation in theatres

Learning Style:
■live laparoscopic colorectal surgery
■lectures on anatomy
■teaching on difficulties in laparoscopic colorectal surgery

The course will be run using live links from the conference room to the operating theatre and will demonstrate two laparoscopic colorectal resections.

Learning Objectives:
To understand the following:
■correct port positioning
■safe bowel handling, placement and retraction
■vascular mobilisation and ligation
■colonic dissection
■specimen extraction
■bowel anastomosis
■Anatomical variations