THE ACADEMIC COURSE “BARIATRIC SURGERY” HAS STARTED

15.03.2016

The new methods for operative interferences in treatment of excessive weight will be learnt since 14, March, 2016 at O.O. Bohomolets National medical university. A two week course of improvement under title “Bariatric surgery” will be held on the base of department of general surgery No 2 under supervision of head at department, Doctor of Medicine, professor Oleksander Ioffe.

The study will be held for doctors-surgeons and interns due to specialty “surgery”.
The course, which anticipates the seminars and practical classes, is designed to improve the skills in laparoscopic bariatric surgery – operations on decrease of stomach. The study will allow the doctors to learn the new methods for surgical treatment of adiposity, metabolic syndrome, technical means for main operative interferences to decrease the body weight.
The organizers of study think that the prevalence of adiposity among population of Ukraine and low efficiency in conservative methods of treatment requires the wide implementation of bariatric low invasive methods into surgical practice.

Among the list of practical skills, which the doctors can master during study there is the preparation of laparoscopic equipment for operation, sterilization of laparoscopic tools, putting the pneumoperitoneum using Veresh needle, putting the pneumoperitoneum using Hasson’s puncture needle, manipulations with laparoscopic constrictors, division of tissues using the scissors and electrocoagulation, clipping of arteries, fastening the intracorporal nodes, putting the seams using laparoscopic tools, transection of stomach, small intestine using laparoscopic suturing devices, forming the dorsal lip of anastomosis using suturing devices, laparoscopic intracorporal handmade suture of entero- and gastro-enteroanastomosis, mobilization of stomach for installation of system for stomach bandaging, arrangement and fastening the ferrule for stomach bandaging, installation of port of system for regulated stomach bandaging, calibration of system for stomach bandaging, installation of intragastric cylinder under endoscope control of gastroscope.

After passing the academic cycle “Bariatric surgery”, in order to define the level of knowledge and practical skills, the attendants will have the exam in topical improvement with the mark “Passed”, “Failed”. The doctors, who would successfully pass through the exam, will receive the certificate about field-specific improvement due to the sample, established by Ministry of health care of Ukraine.

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