The sixth and last Uniportal VATS Training in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital in 2016 was concluded on November, 14 - 25th 2016. 

The training programme was lead by Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas, Thoracic surgeon and creator of the uniportal VATS surgery procedure.

The idea of the Uniportal VATS Training is to present surgeons from all around the world an opportunity to learn the newest surgery approaches in the Thoracoscopic Department of the biggest Pulmonary Hospital in China.

The objective of this training course is to offer ongoing Education to further develop Advanced Thoracic Surgeons in acquiring confidence in the uniportal VATS Technique. The agenda includes theoretical sessions and a large number of live cases to be observed every day. Participants were able to see among 40-50 VATS surgeries every day into the OR (12 operation rooms). Dr Diego Gonzalez Rivas performed 4-5 uniportal VATS major resections per day.

We will shortly inform about the scheduled dates for 2017 of VATS Uniportal Trainings in Shanghai.

Here you can read (and watch videos) from last years' edition of the Training.

Photos from the November 2016 Uniportal VATS workshop edition