2nd Chest Wall Injury Course Gottingen

The 2nd Chest Wall Injury Course Gottingen features a highly collaborative and cutting-edge two-day exploration of current operative, and non-operative, approaches to chest wall trauma. This course will include expert faculty from Germany and the United States. Participants will have opportunities for didactic learning and hands-on cadaveric lab skills training stations for a comprehensive experience.

The aims of this course are to optimize patient selection, understand indications/contraindications, recognize optimal incision locations, and discuss current literature to identify the most updated research. The technical skills learned will include chest wall injury surgical procedures, as well as emergency procedures - including lateral thoracotomy, clamshell thoracotomy, aorta clamping, hilus clamping, atypical lung resection, suture of the pericard with pericard patch.

Venues

Pre Course
11 October 2024 | 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM CET
FREIgeist Göttingen Nordstadt
Weender Landstraße 100, 37075 Göttingen

12 October 2024 | 08:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Zentrum für Anatomie Göttingen
Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Göttingen

Available discounts: 

CWIS members receive a discounted registration fee - so join today!

Discounts for hotel accommodations will be available at the FREIgeist Göttingen Nordstadt for participants. Details will be provided upon registration confirmation.

Cancellation policy:

Cancellations made before 30 September will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made after that time will be non-refundable, unless under extenuating circumstances approved on an individual basis. 

Agenda:

(Detailed agenda to be posted soon)

Friday: 18:00 - 20:30 (CET) meeting | Pre-course included in overall registration fee

Saturday: 08:00 - 17:00 (CET) meeting