Nordic Symposium in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery

The first Nordic Symposium in laparoscopic liver surgery was arranged at the Interventional Centre on April 28-29th 2009 in collaboration with the Norwegian Thoraco-Laparoscopic Assosciation and Covidien. The main objective of the symposium was to set the agenda for an increased knowledge base for laparoscopic liver surgery within the Nordic countries. The course was led by dr. Bjørn Edwin from the Interventional Centre. Dr. Edwin has a wide experience in laparoscopic liver surgery. The two day symposium was set as interactive sessions where live surgical cases were transmitted from an operating room to an auditorium with two way communication between the OR and the auditorium. Lectures in the auditorium included Liver anatomy, Getting started with LLS, Limits of LLS, Gasebolism, LLS Single Centre Material, Open versus laparoscopic resection, Present and future of Left and Right LLS, Treatment of cholanngiomas-laparoscopy an option?, Laparoscopic approach to hepatocellular carcinomas and finally Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy- influence on the surgical technique. There were 40 participants in the symposium in total. The image shows the auditorium were the interactive sessions were moderated by dr. Arne Rosseland, with two cameras showing internal and external views from the live surgery.