European Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery (ECTES) Congress 2018

19th European Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery (ECTES) Congress 2018 is is organized by European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES), Spanish Association of Surgeons / Asociacion Espanola de Cirujanos (AEC), Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine and Emergencies / Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias (SEMES), Spanish Society of Anesthesiology Resuscitation and Therapeutics of Pain / Sociedad Espanola de Anestesiologia Reanimacion y Terapeutica del Dolor (SEDAR) and will be held during May 06 - 08, 2018 at Palace of Congresses of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Conference Highlights:
• High energy trauma management, how to prioritize
• Trauma registries
• Complex hip and pelvic fractures
• Spine injuries in polytrauma
• New developments in fracture care (Navigation, 3D)
• Thoracic trauma management
• Damage control principles in all spezialities
• Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and other strategies in massive bleeding
• Minimally invasive techniques in trauma and emergency surgery
• Anesthesia and trauma. Advanced techniques for non invasive monitorization and resuscitation
• New strategies in open abdomen and wound care management
• Point of care ultrasound
• Acute elderly patients
• ERAS in trauma and emergency surgery
• Pediatric trauma
• Advances in Intraabdominal infection management
• Education and organization systems in emergency surgery
• Recent disasters in Europe (refugee crisis, maritim disasters, terrorist attacks)

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.