Dear friends and colleagues,
even common endoscopic procedures are causing a constant rate
of complications. By means of its surgical character and its degree
of invasiveness, modern therapeutic endoscopy, however, demands an
even greater and new awareness of complications associated with applications
far extended to standard procedures.
Aims of our symposium are to
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identify complications and complicated situations |
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communicate unforeseen events |
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develop strategies to avoid or minimize complications |
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demonstrate therapeutical measures in case a complication happened |
I would like to thank the members of the Scientific Committee who
put a lot of personal engagement in helping select topics and renown
speakers to make this symposium a useful tool for every endoscopist
confronted with complications in his everyday clinical work.
The Scientific Committee and I invite you to come to Hannover in
June 2009, listen to the experts’ lectures and share your experiences
with the other participants in our working groups. We would especially
encourage you and your staff to send in abstracts of complications.
The best ones will be presented as lectures in the main progamme
and receive prizes, all others will be presented in a poster exhibition.
Looking forward to meeting you in June!
Peter N. Meier
Course Director
| Scientific Committee |
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Paul Fockens, Amsterdam
Gregory Ginsberg, Philadelphia
Rob Hawes, Charleston
Haruhiro Inoue, Yokohama
Thierry Ponchon, Lyon
Jürgen F. Riemann, Ludwigshafen
Thomas Rösch, Hamburg |
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