This event, accredited by the Romanian College of Physicians with 18 CME credits, is addressed to resident physicians and specialists in general surgery, with little or medium experience in laparoscopic surgery.

At the end of the workshop, the attendants:
- will practice the handiness of the right hand and of the left hand, in order to learn the correct gestures for: manipulation of abdominal structures, sharp and blunt dissection, diathermic coagulation, clipping, sectioning, stapling, inserting drain tubes, extracting parts, closing trocar holes;
- will have the necessary knowledge for the correct use of electrosurgical instruments;
- will learn the simple modalities to perform laparoscopic nodes;
- will have the necessary knowledge for the correct performance of mechanical anastomoses;
- will have the necessary knowledge in the field of colorectal laparoscopic surgical anatomy;
- will have the necessary knowledge for the correct positioning of the patient in colorectal laparoscopic surgery, as well as the positioning of trocars, the organization of the operating room for colorectal laparoscopic surgery;
- will learn about the accidents and incidents that may occur during a laparoscopic intervention and the best modalities to resolve them;
- will learn the modality and the steps of performing the techniques for right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, complete excision of mesorectum for rectal cancer through laparoscopic approach.

This event comprises live surgical demonstrations, theoretical lectures, case discussions, comments, video films, practice on pelvitrainer and POP-trainer, practice on functional tissues.

At the end of this workshop you will be more confident in your possibilities and your practical skills concerning the application of elementary techniques concerning colorectal laparoscopic surgery and you will be able to start using the minimally-invasive approach in the colorectal surgical practice.

Surgical Training Institute organizes between April 19th and 20th, the hands-on workshop "ICG usage in Gastrointestinal Surgery".
The workshop accredited by the Romanian College of Physicians is addressed to resident physicians and general surgery specialists, with understanding in colorectal surgery, oncological surgery and abdominal emergency surgery.
During this event, the participants will receive information about:
- the physical phenomenon of fluorescence and its applicability in medicine, with a role in the functional exploration of tissue perfusion;
- computerized interpretation of images obtained after ICG injection, with a role in identifying anatomical structures and assessing their perfusion;
- adapting surgical techniques based on the information obtained after ICG injection;
- introducing this technique for visualizing tissue perfusion in the surgical practice;
- the correct usage of ICG visualization technology and they will handle the necessary technology for visualizing fluorescent substances used in both classical and minimally invasive surgery;
- establishing the indication and contraindication of this method;
- drafting their own ICG injection protocols, adapted to the approached surgical pathology;
- interpreting lymphography and real-time assessment of tissue perfusion, intraoperatively, after administering ICG;
- ICG administration protocols (intravenously, endoscopically) adapted to the type of surgery;
- indications of the method, protocols applied in international surgery centers, methods of administering depending on the desired assessments (vascular or lymphatic), particular cases, anatomical variants, atypical locations of the structures identified by ICG.
They will apply on anatomical models the basic maneuvers necessary for injecting, visualizing and interpreting the obtained images. They will practice the fluorescent injection maneuvers on different models, including functional tissues, followed by vascular or lymphatic dissections.
The workshop includes live operating demonstrations, theoretical lectures, case discussions, comments, videos, practical exercises on models and functional tissues under GA-OTI, training and handling the technology used to visualize ICG in classical or minimally invasive surgical techniques.