New exclusive content in N.O.T.E.S. for all EATS members and those to be!

This month's new scientific contents on NOTES!

We are glad to share our online NOTES with more than 1700 members! Following the 7th NOTES Advanced Course that took place last January 16-17, 2009, we are delighted to share new media with you.

Make sure you browse the EATS website and view all the new NOTES material!

Register now for the next NOTES courses at the IRCAD-EITS in Strasbourg and/or at the ASIA-IRCAD in Taiwan to be held in 2009.

Find the NOTES course programs to be held at IRCAD-EITS and registration details here.
Find the NOTES course programs to be held at ASIA IRCAD - Taiwan and registration details here.

New Editorial on "Education and e-training in NOTES" available to our members

Dear EATS members,

This month and exclusively on the EATS website, we are pleased to share with you an editorial on education and e-training in NOTES, authored by Bernard DALLEMAGNE, Silvana PERRETTA and Jacques MARESCAUX.

"Great surgeon equals great (i.e. large) incisions"... Old surgical principles such as this one have sometimes stood in the way of major advancements, sparking debates and controversies. Following two years of NOTES, how is the technique evolving, and should training be offered at a time when NOTES is still rarely applied to the clinical setting?

Click here to read the article

Our March 2009 EATS issue:

2 New lectures:

NOTES and colorectal resections - J Leroy (FR)
TEM-assisted endoscopic rectosigmoid resection - P Sylla (US)

1 New film live from the experimental lab:

NOTES: transrectal and transcolonic accesses - P Sylla (US)

New reading suggestions: Updated monthly
By becoming an EATS member, you will take full advantage of our exclusive NOTES content on www.eats.fr, as well as other membership rights.

Come and Attend our next Course Programs in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery at IRCAD-EITS and ASIA IRCAD!

Calendar for 2009 NOTES courses at IRCAD-EITS:
October 02-03, 2009

Option A limited to 50 participants
Option B limited to 34 participants

Click here to sign up

Calendar for 2009 NOTES courses at ASIA IRCAD - Taiwan:
July 3-4, 2009
November 20-21, 2009
Click here for further information

Due to the enormous success of the first six NOTES Hands-on courses, priority will be given to people that are on the waiting list and to EATS members. This will operate on a first come, first served basis.

Please click here to download registration forms.

Your opinion matters!

We value your opinion and are receptive to comments and suggestions! To contact us, please click here for the EATS or here for WeBSurg.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Jacques MARESCAUX, MD, FRCS, FACS
President of IRCAD/EITS
President of EATS
WeBSurg Editor-in-Chief