Dear colleagues, dear friends,
Welcome to the lively city of Zurich, Switzerland, for the 26th of ECTES. The meeting will continue the fine history of international collaborations. As the society is growing – e.g. as seen in addition to courses offered so far, we have added cooperations dealing with subspecialties for both, trauma and emergency surgery interested visitors. Among these are cooperations with the Swiss air rescue, which is guided at one location country (we offer visits to the Swiss Air-Rescue center (Rega) at Zurich airport during the congress, the Swiss military, which has recently developed a new trauma course for penetrating and war injuries, and information on the insurance system for injured patients in SUI, GER and AUS. Beyond that, there will be a practical courses with the general and vascular surgeons with a special focus on REBOA, AO (AO road show), a spine course and a pre - course pelvic educational effort (2 days, including cadaver lab). Every day, lunch symposia about periprothetic fractures, initial management of the trauma patient and others will occur.
On the social side, we will offer a very large program including free city tours, FIFA museum, visits to the famous Lindt chocolate factory, boat trips on the Lake Zurich, options for walking and paragliding on the Uetliberg, and use of cog railway onto the Dolder and other mountains. Further world known touristic attractions like Lucerne (Pilatus mountain, steepest railway, Kapell bridge) are just 40 minutes away by train and allow for half day trips.
We are pleased to meet you in Zurich!
Sincerly yours
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Pape