An excellent 5 days of proctoring Robotic UGI & Hernia surgery at Warwick Hospital @nhsswft by Altaf K Awan.

We were delighted to proctor Paul Marriott and Henry Ferguson as they embark on their robotic programme. Cases performed included cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia (TAPP)

Robotic surgery continues to advance, but largely remains centred in experienced high volume centre.

This interesting #ArticleOfTheWeek looks at Robotic Vs Open pancreatoduodenectomy at a nationwide level in the Netherlands!

IHPBA E-AHPBA

Full link academic.oup.com/bjs/article/11…

Excited for things to come after attending the ALSGBandI council meeting today tan arulampalam Nader Francis Surgical Simulation ALSGBI Academy CR Selvasekar EAES - Don't forget to submit your abstract - gearing up for an amazing meeting!!!
alsgbi.org/2024-alsgbi-as….

Working on stoma simulation for our GI fundamentals course later in the year. 👍 #SurgEd

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗖𝗚
🔴Previous open preperitoneal mesh repair for symptomatic right inguinal hernia
🔴Presents with recurrent right inguinal hernia
➡️Likely

𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗚𝗦: 𝗟𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
🔴Previous open appendicectomy via Lanz incision
🔴Presented with CT confirmed

BSG trainee committee response to Physician Associates in Endoscopy

The BEST HERNIA VIDEOS in the game are produced by #herniageeks Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD. We are thrilled to partner and share his exceptional surgical education content.

First up, establishing the critical view of the myopectineal orifice: app.behindtheknife.org/video/inguinal….

How about 75 more

We are delighted to be hosting the ALSGBI Academy ASM 2024 at Derby Arena in November.

Announcement of world class speakers and an exciting educational programme coming soon. Watch this space!

Abstract deadline on 31st May 2024. Chance to win multiple prizes including oral and

Abstract submission for ASM 2024, Derby, 5 and 6 November closes on 31 May 2024 alsgbi.org/2024-alsgbi-as… @ACPGBI The Dukes' Club AUGIS The Royal College of Surgeons of England The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ALSGBI Academy tan arulampalam Altaf K Awan Imran Bhatti Javed Latif Andrew Day Tamsin Morrison ASiT BOMSS

Fantastic work from our partners and friends Derby Pancreaticobiliary & Robotic AWR Unit 🔥

𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗚𝗦: 𝗟𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗖𝗚
🔴Sudden onset severe abdominal pain
🔴Tender abdomen
🔴No previous

Highlighting features on DV5 that have impressed me so far during my early experience on the system:
1. 4K vision is awesome
2. Head-in menu control w/o taking head out of console
3. Force feedback - 'haptics'!
4. Digital swap makes instrument swap seamless.

Check out the recently published GALLBLADEUS Study which found EUS guided choledochoduosenostomy has comparable clinical and technical success to EUS guided gallbladder drainage in malignant distal biliary obstruction

Full text here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/de…

#ArticleaofTheWeek

Hey students! Sneak peak 👀
DOMINATE SURGERY: A HIGH-YIELD GUIDE TO YOUR SURGERY CLERKSHIP

We are working on a slick new multimedia resource with > 50 topics including those not covered in textbooks, like How To Read A CT Scan ⬇️

Great leadership from Nina Clark, MD & work from

Precut sphincterotomy

📽️New video alert: Total pancreatectomy with islet cell auto-transplant for #pancreatitis

pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/projec…

Special thanks to Dr. Trevor Reichman and Justin Manuel Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN for this collaborative project on #tpiat !

Javed Latif Imran Bhatti Altaf K Awan SAGES Is In Cleveland 2024! IHPBA E-AHPBA MISIRG Thank you Javed Latif , Imran Bhatti , Altaf K Awan so much for the kinds words. I really do appreciate them. I think you nailed it with the two slides you picked. Difficult gb is difficult whether you approach it lap or open (very important point) and don’t underestimate the GB!