Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery 2011

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On behalf of the Organising Committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to the 10th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. This Conference will be held in Singapore, 11th – 13th August 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The theme will be “So Radical Today, So Obvious Tomorrow”. New approaches like NOTES, NOTUS, and SILS will be scrutinized under an ‘academic microscope’. By then there will be enough patients to address issues of safety, feasibility and outcome. Consensus on who should do it and who to train will also be sought. The impact of Robotic Surgery will be clearer in the next few years. Cost effectiveness and patient selection will be discussed. Longer term results of using the laparoscopic approach for cancer (stomach, colon, liver, kidney, prostate, uterus, etc) should be available. The possibility of combining novel Stem Cell therapies with the minimally invasive approach will be one of the plenary lectures. The prospect of Metabolic Surgery in managing weight and as a way of ‘curing’ diabetes mellitus will be exciting.

Participants will have ample opportunities to improve their skills in various hands-on pre- and post- congress workshops conducted by world experts. There will be at least 2 plenary lectures per day to shed light on latest innovations that can benefit doctors from all disciplines. Symposiums will aim to be interactive and include differing views on various topics. For a list of the topics, check out www.elsa2011singapore.com

And, after a long day of intellectual sparring, Participants can sit back and relax at the various new attractions which Singapore has to offer, including the Resorts World Sentosa, Gardens by the Bay, and the Singapore flyer.

Do not miss this opportunity to network with surgeons and physicians who are leaders in endoscopy and laparoscopy; and yet spend quality time with your family in