Belgium
Dear Colleague, welcome to the Belgian page of the ESCP website
Even if a young country, Belgium has a very old medical tradition. One of the most famous anatomist in the world, André Vésale, was born in Brussels in 1514. He was the author of one important book wich is the cornerstone in human anatomy: "De humani corporis fabrica".Belgium is one of the cofounders of Europe, and Brussels, the capital, is his heart.
As one knows, they are two main communities living in the country. The Flemish speaking one is located in the north while the French speaking one is located in the south part of the kingdom. All surgeons are reunited in one single association: the Royal Belgian Society of Surgery (RBSS).
The Belgian Section of ColoRectal Surgery (BSCRS) is a section of the RBSS. During the annual RBSS meeting (Belgian Surgical Week) one day is devoted to colorectal surgery and organized by the BSCRS. Moreover, the BSCRS organizes every year in early december a postgraduate course in coloproctology. If more information is needed, it can be found at www.belsurg.org
As National Representative, I'm ready to help you in any manner if you wish to join the Belgian colorectal community.
Sincerely,
Marc Duinslaeger
Population: 10000000
ESCP Members: 38
Colorectal Surgeons: 181
Society: Belgian Section for ColoRectal Surgery
ESCP Representative Name: Marc Duinslaeger
National Examination: no
Journal(s): Acta Chirurgica Belgica
Achievements:
PROCARE: the main objective of this national multidisciplinary project is to reduce diagnostic and therapeutic variability and to improve outcome in patients with rectal cancer by means of standardization through guidelines, implementation of these guidelines, quality assurance through registration and feedback, and training.For any information, go to: www.kankerregister.org ; under tthe subheading PROCARE information can be found about its history, working, statistics and documents published on the project, including the results of the latest analysis for feedback based on datas od-of the first 2439 patients.
Belgian Surgical Week 2011 May 11-14 : colorectal session on fast-track,SNS,quality of staging,lap TME, Leak rate after TME, qualty of life after colorectal surgery.
Postgraduate course 2010 December : Diverticular disease
Postgraduate course 2011 Decmber : Redo surgery and difficult cases
Current Research:
Randomized trial of preoperative radiotherapy with an integrated simultaneous boost compared to chemoradiotherapy for T3-4 rectal cancerFuture Plans:
Thirteenth Belgian Surgical Week in Spa 9-12 May 2012 with colorectal session on Friday 11th on-Vascular anatomy and pitfalls during extended right mesocolectomy for cancer W.Hohenberger Erlangen D
-Lift technique for anal fistula C.Jehaes Liege B
-Closure of the pelvis after APR S.Laurberg Aarhus DK
Full program at www.surgeryweek.be/Opening.html
Postgraduate course December 10th 2012 Brussels December 7th Role of laparoscopy
