Swiss Association for Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Swiss Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Days 2019
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Upcoming events with ACS-relevant topics| May 5-7, 2019 |
| 20th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery |
| Prague, Czech Republic |
| May 15-17 |
| 106. Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Surgery |
| Bern, Switzerland |
| May 19-24, 2019 |
| 43rd ICMM World Congress on Military Medicine 2019 |
| Basel, Switzerland |
| June 21-22, 2019 |
| 9. Basiskurs Perioperatives Gerinnungsmanagement |
| Klosters, Switzerland |
| Sept. 5-6, 2019 |
| 23. Bieler Fortbildungstage |
| Biel, Switzerland |
| Upcoming Swiss Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Days |
| 9th STACS Days: March 13-14, 2020 |
| 10th STACS Days: March 25-26, 2021 |
| 11th STACS Days: March 10-11, 2022 |
| 12th STACS Days: March 16-17, 2023 |
| 13th STACS Days: March 14-15, 2024 |
Acute Care Surgery (ACS) covers two essential components – trauma and non-trauma emergency surgery. In ACS, the close interdisciplinary collaboration of emergency surgeons, critical care specialist, anaesthesiologists, and ED physicians is of paramount importance. In an effort to strengthen the care of patients with acute surgical disease in Switzerland, a new Society called SwissACS has been established in 2017.
Among the founding members there are surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians and intensivists. All of you that are interested in the care of acutely injured or surgically ill patients are very welcome to actively participate in SwissACS. If you are considering to become a member of this new interdisciplinary working group or in case you need more information, simply contact us here.
Coup d'oeil
Laparoscopic appendectomy during pregnancy
Published: October 17, 2018. Authors: Martha Veit, MD, Beatrice Mosimann, MD, Daniel Candinas, MD, Beat Schnüriger, MD
Polytrauma - Widened mediastinum
Published: October 25, 2017. Authors: Beat Schnüriger, MD, Tobias Haltmeier, MD
Polytraumatized patient with widened mediastinum on chest X-ray. CT-scan shows sternal and thoracic spine fracture with large hematoma, which is a possible differential diagnosis for a widened mediastinum on chest X-ray.
Emergency abdominal surgery - Gallbladder volvulus
Published: September 29, 2017. Authors: Tobias Haltmeier, MD, Beat Schnüriger, MD
A rare case of gallbladder volvulus. Elderly patient with signs and symptoms of acute cholecystitis. The diagnosis was made by laparoscopy. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was subsequently performed.
