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President's Address at ESCP Berlin 2017

Emmanuel Tiret

9 January 2018

Immediate ESCP Past President Emmanuel Tiret's reports on a highly successful 2016-17 for ESCP at our conference in Berlin last year.

Report from KSCP Travelling Fellow to Korea 2017, Samson Tou

Two surgeons

8 January 2018

Samson Tou reports on the experience he gained in rectal cancer surgery during his fellowship in Korea. His trip included the International Colorectal Research Summit and visits to different tertiary referral centres in Seoul.

New techniques, knowledge sharing, new experiences

5 January 2018

Fraser Smith summarises his learning and experiences in the final part of his report as ESCP 2017 Japan Travelling Fellow.

Watch and wait, ESD, final day

Vast bronze statue of the Buddha reclining

3 January 2018

In Part 6 of his report, Fraser gives a talk at the JSCP conference and spends his last day exploring mountain villages in the Fukuoka region.

One-year results of the SCANDIV randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic lavage versus primary resection for acute perforated diverticulitis

29 December 2017

This month we report on a paper published June 2017 in the British Journal of Surgery on the SCANDIV trial of laparoscopic lavage versus primary resection for acute perforated diverticulitis. https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.10567