SAGES 2009 Annual Meeting
Surgical Spring Week Presentations

April 22-24, 2009
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, Arizona

∇ II. SAGES/JSES International Olympic MIS Video Session

Chair: Lee Swanstrom, M.D.; Co-Chair: Manabu Yamamoto, M.D.

Even in a world defined by high-technology and the latest information exchange abilities, there is still a lack of knowledge of happenings from outside our individual countries.

The International Olympic MIS video session seeks to decrease this knowledge deficit and to show new and surprising surgical developments from all over the world. In this session, videos from some of the world’s most skilled surgeons from different countries will be presented in a special forum that will allow them to discuss the cultural context of their surgery and answer questions from a panel of other international experts. The panel of experts as well as the audience will assign “scores” as during the Olympic games.

Participants will watch the expert surgeon’s procedures while enjoying the different culture, epidemiology, facilities and surgical philosophies from various medical systems around the world.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will:

• Understand the differences and similarity of MIS surgical techniques across the world
• Find tips for better patient care
• See what procedures are done in the world by expert surgeons
• Develop critical assessment skills as the judges of the International Olympics of Surgery