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The two-day International Surgical Conference, ‘SURGICON 2012’ organised by Society of Surgeons Pakistan ended at a local hotel on Sunday with the chief guest, Shifa International Hospital Surgeon Professor Iqbal, hoping that the latest research articles and academic lectures by surgeons and the current guidelines presented at the event would be of great use to participants in strengthening their knowledge and thus, improving the current practice of surgery in the country.
Professor Iqbal said that tremendous changes had occurred in surgical procedures due to advances in technology and better understanding of pathophysiology and thus improving critical care and anaesthesia.
He said that the minimal invasive surgery was making the way into every field and that robotic surgery was going to help surgeons in procedures like radical nephrectomy and prostatectomy, improving the outcome.
The chief guest said that tele-surgery was being practised at places, while mini robots were going to repair the diseased coronary arteries. He added that quality of care, evidence based practice and accountability was going to be criteria of patient care.
“There is a need to develop centres for conducting training in new technologies in various regional centres of CPSP and divisional medical colleges. There is also a need to check the people, who practice without formal training. We have to endeavour to save and preserve the precious human life and respect it,” he said.
The event was attended by more than 200 consultant surgeons from different destinations around the world. Besides, more than 1,000 medical practitioners, including young surgeons, postgraduate trainees and medical students from different cities, were also in attendance.
Society of Surgeons of Pakistan, Rawalpindi and Islamabad president and the head of surgical department at Rawalpindi Medical College and the city’s allied hospitals Professor Asif Zafar Malik, was the key man behind the event.
The second day began with a casual gathering on the breakfast table.
The residents of the Surgical Unit 2, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi made this session a lot more productive by presenting small case scenarios, so the breakfast continued with a nice exchange of thoughts and academic discussions in a very casual yet interactive manner. The interesting topics that were discussed included oncology for surgeons, total knee replacement and video assisted thoracoscopy.
The session on oncology focused on the role of multidisciplinary approach in the management of certain tumours. The oncologists and surgeons discussed how cooperation between the two disciplines could aid in proper management of the cancer patients. Both conservative and invasive treatment modalities were discussed along with their pros and cons. The role of modern investigation modalities in accurate staging of the disease was discussed.
The conference gained its momentum when all guests arrived in the conference hall for a session on general/thoracic surgery. This session was chaired by Professor Sultan Muzzafar.
Among the topics discussed there included role of cervical mediastinoscopy in indeterminate mediastinal lymphadenopathy, vats thymectomy with olv, pulmonary hydatidosis, corrective surgery for chest deformity, flaps in resectional surgery for bronchiectasis, loculated empyema, vascular surgery, visual laser ablation of prostate in sick patients.
The lectures were followed by a very interactive and fruitful question answer session. The experts gave opinions about the topics presented and attended to the queries of the listeners.
There followed a session on metabolic surgery with Professor Tanveer Khaliq in the chair. The session began with a lecture by Dr. Ghulam Siddiq on laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. It was followed by a lecture on the trends and scope of metabolic surgery in Pakistan by Professor Abul Fazal Ali Khan.
Other topics presented in this session by various consultant surgeons included bariatric surgery, laparoscopic port site infection, laparoscopic hernia repairs, laparoscopic Heller’s cardiomyotomy and fundoplication and laparoscopic repair of duodenal perforation.
This was followed by a poster session. A total of 20 posters were displayed in the gallery that were evaluated by a panel of seven judges. These posters were prepared by post graduate trainees from different hospitals. The judges were explained about the theme and a brief summary of each poster by the participant.
The next session was a multi-disciplinary approach to deal with GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumours).
Professor Mussadiq Khan presented his experience of Whipple’s Procedure in northern parts of Pakistan. He presented 110 cases of Whipple’s Procedure that he has performed over a period of last 17 years.
He pointed out the limitation and difficulties associated with the procedure, especially in the clinical set-up. He also identified the postoperative complications most commonly encountered in our hospital settings.
Later, an interactive discussion was held on the stepwise approach to handle gastro intestinal stromal tumours.
There followed an endocrine session chaired by Professor Abdul Sattar Memon. The highlights of the session was a very interesting and informative lecture on multimodality management of thyroid nodule by Professor Ronald Marrel and a lecture on innovations in endocrine surgery by Professor S K Mishra. These lectures were being broadcast live from USA and India respectively.
Later, Professor Asif read out the conference report of Surgicon 2012 with a brief review of the pre-conference workshops.
He said that the pre-conference workshops included academic discussions, detailed demonstrations and hands-on training of the learnt skills on the specimens.
Professor Asif Zafar and senior faculty members at Surgical Unit 2 Holy Family closely observed the whole academic activity providing details of the procedures to the participants at each step.
According to him, the workshops focused on imparting knowledge about basic and advanced laparoscopic techniques through practice sessions on simulated machines and actual demonstrations in the operation room. The participants also benefited from a live video of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy by noted Korean surgeons.
Professor Asif said all academic meetings and procedure demonstrations were telecast live at more than 12 destinations around the country.
“In this way, the surgeons sitting at remote locations benefited from the novel advancements, current guidelines and surgical skills that were covered in the workshops,” he said.
He thanked the guests for covering long distances from different corners of the world to partake in the event. He also acknowledged the keen interest that young surgeons and medical students had shown to be part of this conference.
Lifetime achievement awards were presented to surgeons Dr. Inam Shami, Dr. Sikandar Hayat Khan, Professor Mohammad Mussadiq Khan, Professor Azam Yousaf, Professor Hamid Hassan and Professor Faisal Bhopal over immense contributions to the society.
Medals and shields were also awarded to the shining young surgeons and residents for showing promising commitment to their profession.
The two-day International Surgical Conference, ‘SURGICON 2012’ organised by Society of Surgeons Pakistan ended at a local hotel on Sunday with the chief guest, Shifa International Hospital Surgeon Professor Iqbal, hoping that the latest research articles and academic lectures by surgeons and the current guidelines presented at the event would be of great use to participants in strengthening their knowledge and thus, improving the current practice of surgery in the country.
Professor Iqbal said that tremendous changes had occurred in surgical procedures due to advances in technology and better understanding of pathophysiology and thus improving critical care and anaesthesia.
He said that the minimal invasive surgery was making the way into every field and that robotic surgery was going to help surgeons in procedures like radical nephrectomy and prostatectomy, improving the outcome.
The chief guest said that tele-surgery was being practised at places, while mini robots were going to repair the diseased coronary arteries. He added that quality of care, evidence based practice and accountability was going to be criteria of patient care.
“There is a need to develop centres for conducting training in new technologies in various regional centres of CPSP and divisional medical colleges. There is also a need to check the people, who practice without formal training. We have to endeavour to save and preserve the precious human life and respect it,” he said.
The event was attended by more than 200 consultant surgeons from different destinations around the world. Besides, more than 1,000 medical practitioners, including young surgeons, postgraduate trainees and medical students from different cities, were also in attendance.
Society of Surgeons of Pakistan, Rawalpindi and Islamabad president and the head of surgical department at Rawalpindi Medical College and the city’s allied hospitals Professor Asif Zafar Malik, was the key man behind the event.
The second day began with a casual gathering on the breakfast table.
The residents of the Surgical Unit 2, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi made this session a lot more productive by presenting small case scenarios, so the breakfast continued with a nice exchange of thoughts and academic discussions in a very casual yet interactive manner. The interesting topics that were discussed included oncology for surgeons, total knee replacement and video assisted thoracoscopy.
The session on oncology focused on the role of multidisciplinary approach in the management of certain tumours. The oncologists and surgeons discussed how cooperation between the two disciplines could aid in proper management of the cancer patients. Both conservative and invasive treatment modalities were discussed along with their pros and cons. The role of modern investigation modalities in accurate staging of the disease was discussed.
The conference gained its momentum when all guests arrived in the conference hall for a session on general/thoracic surgery. This session was chaired by Professor Sultan Muzzafar.
Among the topics discussed there included role of cervical mediastinoscopy in indeterminate mediastinal lymphadenopathy, vats thymectomy with olv, pulmonary hydatidosis, corrective surgery for chest deformity, flaps in resectional surgery for bronchiectasis, loculated empyema, vascular surgery, visual laser ablation of prostate in sick patients.
The lectures were followed by a very interactive and fruitful question answer session. The experts gave opinions about the topics presented and attended to the queries of the listeners.
There followed a session on metabolic surgery with Professor Tanveer Khaliq in the chair. The session began with a lecture by Dr. Ghulam Siddiq on laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. It was followed by a lecture on the trends and scope of metabolic surgery in Pakistan by Professor Abul Fazal Ali Khan.
Other topics presented in this session by various consultant surgeons included bariatric surgery, laparoscopic port site infection, laparoscopic hernia repairs, laparoscopic Heller’s cardiomyotomy and fundoplication and laparoscopic repair of duodenal perforation.
This was followed by a poster session. A total of 20 posters were displayed in the gallery that were evaluated by a panel of seven judges. These posters were prepared by post graduate trainees from different hospitals. The judges were explained about the theme and a brief summary of each poster by the participant.
The next session was a multi-disciplinary approach to deal with GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumours).
Professor Mussadiq Khan presented his experience of Whipple’s Procedure in northern parts of Pakistan. He presented 110 cases of Whipple’s Procedure that he has performed over a period of last 17 years.
He pointed out the limitation and difficulties associated with the procedure, especially in the clinical set-up. He also identified the postoperative complications most commonly encountered in our hospital settings.
Later, an interactive discussion was held on the stepwise approach to handle gastro intestinal stromal tumours.
There followed an endocrine session chaired by Professor Abdul Sattar Memon. The highlights of the session was a very interesting and informative lecture on multimodality management of thyroid nodule by Professor Ronald Marrel and a lecture on innovations in endocrine surgery by Professor S K Mishra. These lectures were being broadcast live from USA and India respectively.
Later, Professor Asif read out the conference report of Surgicon 2012 with a brief review of the pre-conference workshops.
He said that the pre-conference workshops included academic discussions, detailed demonstrations and hands-on training of the learnt skills on the specimens.
Professor Asif Zafar and senior faculty members at Surgical Unit 2 Holy Family closely observed the whole academic activity providing details of the procedures to the participants at each step.
According to him, the workshops focused on imparting knowledge about basic and advanced laparoscopic techniques through practice sessions on simulated machines and actual demonstrations in the operation room. The participants also benefited from a live video of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy by noted Korean surgeons.
Professor Asif said all academic meetings and procedure demonstrations were telecast live at more than 12 destinations around the country.
“In this way, the surgeons sitting at remote locations benefited from the novel advancements, current guidelines and surgical skills that were covered in the workshops,” he said.
He thanked the guests for covering long distances from different corners of the world to partake in the event. He also acknowledged the keen interest that young surgeons and medical students had shown to be part of this conference.
Lifetime achievement awards were presented to surgeons Dr. Inam Shami, Dr. Sikandar Hayat Khan, Professor Mohammad Mussadiq Khan, Professor Azam Yousaf, Professor Hamid Hassan and Professor Faisal Bhopal over immense contributions to the society.
Medals and shields were also awarded to the shining young surgeons and residents for showing promising commitment to their profession.
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