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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

3-D laparoscopic stacks, Japanese Society of Coloproctology

Image of a tumour that had lap pelvic exent after neoadjuvant therapy

29 December 2017

Fraser Smith furthers his learning about ESD during an anterior resection at a hospital in Osaka. Read Part 5 of Fraser's report.

Kyoto, laparoscopic pioneers and bullet trains

Fraser Smith and Dr Uemura in Osaka

27 December 2017

In Part 4 of his report, ESCP Japan Travelling Fellow Fraser Smith is impressed by his Japanese colleagues' laparoscopic skills, and takes some time to reflect in beautiful surrounds.