Innovations in Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
for Mucosal Ulcerative Colitis
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Release Date: July 20, 2011
Expiration Date: July 20, 2013
Estimated Time of Completion: 45 minutes
Description
Innovations in Surgery is a monthly, case-based videoconference and CME webcast educational series providing demonstrations and discussions of new and innovative minimally invasive procedures, devices, and techniques. The overall goal of this series is to enhance participants’ knowledge, competence, and skills to perform surgical procedures and improve outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of laparoscopic surgery for ulcerative colitis.
- Describe the technical procedures for performing a laparoscopic J-pouch surgery.
- Discuss the potential impact of laparoscopic J-pouch surgery on infertility rates in women of childbearing age.
- Explain the effect of immunomodulator therapies on patient selection for laparoscopic treatment of ulcerative colitis.
- List the safety and efficacy outcomes found in a study comparing laparoscopically assisted versus open laparotomy approaches for restorative proctocolectomy.
Target Audience
Practicing surgeons and fellows who want to improve their current practice or review recent trends in all aspects of minimally invasive surgery.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Executive Director
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
CoDirectors
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery Chief of General Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland |
Steven Wexner, MD, FACS Chief Academic Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida Professor & Chair , Department of Colorectal Surgery Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine Affiliate Dean for Clinical Education Florida International University College of Medicine Weston, Florida |
Faculty
Feza Remzi, MD
Chairman
Department of Colorectal Surgery
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Disclosures
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: | Stryker Endoscopy | |
| Consulting, Fellowship Support: | Covidien | |
| Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: | Century Medical (Japan), CR Bard, CRH Medical, Ethicon, Inc., EZ Surgical, Incontinence Devices, Inc., Intuitive Surgical, LifeCell, Medtronic Inc., Neatstitch, Niti, Signalomics GmbH | |
| Consulting, Inventor: | Covidien, Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc., Power Medical Interventions | |
| Teaching and Speaking: | Adolar / GSK | |
The following faculty have indicated that they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Feza Remzi, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Allergan Medical; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Covidien; Ethicon Endo-Surgery;
Olympus Corporation of the Americas; Stryker Endoscopy; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
and the Cleveland Clinic Center for Surgical Innovation, Technology, & Education
