Staple it Right Friday 23rd May 2025

Available for University Hospitals Tees staff only

Event details

  • Date: 23 May 2025
  • Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Address: Room 1, STRIVE Academic Centre, James Cook University Hospital

5 places remaining | Free event

Course Overview

This event is to provide training for safe and efficient ways of using different staples for bowel anastomosis.

Learning outcomes:

  • Identify the key components and assembling of surgical staplers (linear and circular, mechanised and non-mechanised)
  • List the indications, contraindications and types of stapled bowel anastomoses.
  • Perform a safe and functional end-to-end anastomosis, side-to-side anastomosis using a vast array of circular, linear staplers along with intracorporeal vs extracorporeal anastomosis.
  • Identify the various issues with staplers, including misfiring, troubleshooting, selecting type, size of stapler for various scenarios.

Target audience:

The target candidates are CT1/CT2, ST3 trainees and above.

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For information about registering or for South Tees Event system queries, please email: [email protected].

For further information about this course, please email: [email protected]

Cancellations:

All cancellations need to be made through your account. For those who do not attend without cancellation, your line manager will be notified and a possible charge may be incurred.