2015 ACS Clinical Congress, Chicago.
Attended 2 days. Went to a variety of sessions. Unique one was titled “Should that surgeon be operating”. Learnt a lot in that session. Since I am the chief of surgery for another year, it may come in handy ! Also liked the session on “How I control the bleeding”?. Some good video presentations on control of liver bleeding, retrohepatic venacava and also about REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta). A nice endovascular technique to occlude the aorta above the bleeding source, in an attempt to gain some time with catching up with patient resuscitation and control of hemorrhage. I liked the discussion on Acute Care Surgery in the elderly patient. Some good discussions there. The video presentations were not that great. Didn’t see much in the way of presentations in robotic surgery. Probably most of them were taken to the CRSA. Overall a good 2 days at the ACS meeting.