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Overview
What you will learn
Upon completion of the Minimally Invasive Surgery for Latin America with Focus in Robotic and Uniportal Surgery course offered by Harvard University , participants will be able to:
- Describe the advantages and technical considerations associated with the minimally invasive strategies in the management of basic and complex thoracic disorders.
- Identify the factors leading to complications in minimally invasive robotic thoracic surgery for patients with lung cancer.
- Identify the factors leading to complications in minimally invasive uniportal VATS for patients with lung cancer.
- Explain the process by which technically advanced procedures may be incorporated into surgical practice.
- Summarize the management options of patients with lung cancer from stage IB to IIIA.
- Discuss controversial issues, emerging techniques and future directions in minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
- Increased utilization of minimally invasive thoracic surgery in day-to-day practice for appropriately selected patients.
- Increase in safe utilization of minimally invasive robotic thoracic surgery in day-to-day practice.
- Increase in safe utilization of uniportal VATS in day-to-day practice.
- The performance of sublobar resections on appropriately selected patients for lung cancer.
- Increased use of a multidisciplinary setting in the treatment of lung cancer patients.
- Increased utilization of uniportal and robotic approaches to patients with lung cancer.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- 3D Reconstruction and Planning Simple and Complex Segments
- Robotic Bronchoscopy for Diagnosis of NSCLC
- Invasive Mediastinal Staging
- Update on STAS and Margins
- Case-Based Multidisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer Stage II-IIIA
- Live Surgery: Robotic Bronchoscopy
- Live Surgery: RATS
- Lobar Resection vs Segmentectomy in NSCLC
- Wedge Resection vs Segmentectomy in NSCLC
- How I do RATS Segmentectomy
- How I do Uniportal Segmentectomy
- How I do Lymph Node Dissection
- Incorporating the New Adjuvant Strategies in Patients with NSCLC
- Clinical Case Discussion and Cases of Upfront Surgery
- Incorporating the Neoadjuvant Strategies in Patients with NSCLC
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Health Sciences Health Informatics View 41 other Short Courses in Health Informatics in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Specialty Physicians
Tuition Fee
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International
450 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 USD for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
450 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 USD for the full programme during 3 days.
Living costs for Cambridge
1814 - 3756 USD /month
Living costs
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