1st EuroNOTES / CTAC / CARS Wokshop on NOTES: An Interdisciplinary Challenge
Chairmen: Hubertus Feussner, MD (D); Andreas Melzer, MD, DDS (UK)
14:00 Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery - NOTES
Wednesday, June 24, 2009, Estrelsaal B
Session Chairs:
Hubertus Feussner, MD (D); Andreas Melzer, MD, DDS (UK)
14:00 On the threshold to NOTES: the key role of technology
Invited Speaker: H. Feussner, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich (D)
14:15 The role of patient specific modelling in NOTES
Invited Speaker: H.U. Lemke, Technical Univ. of Berlin (D)
14:30 MR-compatible flexible endoscope for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
S. Naka, Y. Kurumi, K. Sato, K. Murakami, H. Shiomi, T. Tani S. Morikawa, Shiga Univ. of Medicine, Otsu, H. Haque, GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Hino (J)
14:45 Electromagnetic tracking of a flexible endoscope for comprehensive evaluation of different access routes for NOTES
A. Schneider, D. Wilhelm, H. Feussner, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich (D)
15:00 Single port laproscopic surgery, an alternative to NOTES?
A. Melzer, Univ. Dundee and St. Andrews (UK)
15:15 Flexible versus rigid instrumentation: not only a clinical challenge
Invited Speaker: A. Melzer, Univ. Dundee and St. Andrews (UK)
15:30 Engineering challenges for NOTES instruments
Invited Speaker: G.-Z. Yang, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London (UK)
15:45 End of Session