Hands-On Training

The ultimate training tool!

ESGE Days hands-on training sessions are designed to provide participants with the opportunity to put what they learn during lectures into practice. Available only to delegates at the on-site congress, these small group, expert-led sessions will cover a variety of topics which are encountered during daily practice.

New for 2025 in Barcelona: To cater for the higher demand we are increasing our number of stations from 9 to 12 and the number of sessions from 81 to 108.

Putting our members first

ESGE and SEED members: Booking is now available via our registration portal! To ensure our valued ESGE members are the first in line to benefit from the educational opportunities on offer at ESGE Days, both our Postgraduate Course and Hands-on Training sessions are bookable by ESGE and SEED members only for the first month. 

PGC and Hands-on Training booking is available for everyone from December 4, 2024. 

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Standard Courses

  • What it's about

    • Lesion delineation and lifting
    • Cap selection and fixation
    • Positioning of the crescent snare in the cap
    • Perpendicular and centered lesion approach for suction and snare closure
    • Hemostasis during EMR

    You should have experience with

    • Endoscope tip and space control
    • Polypectomy and rubber band ligation techniques
    • Hemostasis and endoclipping techniques (be able to manage complications)
  • What it's about

    • EUS machine operation and set-up, use of tip balloon and luminal water
    • Radial EUS of epigastrium
    • Linear EUS of epigastrium
    • Staging luminal cancer and subepithelial lesions
    • Extraluminal mass identification

    You should have experience with

    • Insertion and manipulation of side-viewing scope
    • Basic indications of EUS
    • Basic knowledge of anatomy of epigastrium and rectum
  • What it's about

    • Biliary cannulation
    • Sphincterotomy
    • Guide-wire accessory exchange
    • Stone extraction with Dormia basket and balloon
    • Biliary plastic and metal stenting
    • Retrial of stents

    You should have experience with

    • Insertion and advancement of side-viewing scope
    • Use of scope tip control and torque technique
    • Use of elevator, Vater papilla identification
  • What it's about

    • Lesion recognition, delineation/marking
    • Knife selection and power unit settings
    • Approach to lesion and position changes
    • Submucosal injection and dissection
    • Complication management (bleeding, perforation)

    You should have experience with

    • Indications for ESD in the GI tract
    • Endoscopic polypectomy and musosectomy techniques
  • What it's about

    • Injection therapy
    • Mechanical hemostasis (clipping, ligation, endoloops)
    • Ligation of varices
    • Thermo coagulation
    • Argon plasma coagulation

    You should have experience with

    • Insertion and advancement of front-viewing scope
    • Use of scope tip control and torque technique
    • Lumen identification
  • What it's about

    • Submucosal injection in esophagus
    • Mucosal incision
    • Submucosal dissection to produce a tunnel
    • Myotomy
    • Mucosal incision site closure

    You should have experience with

    • Indications of endoscopic myotomy
    • Knowledge of alternative techniques
    • Submucosal injection
    • Use of knife for submucosal dissection
    • Use of endoclips
  • What it's about

    • Techniques with respect to polyp size
    • Positioning of the polyp
    • Use of cold and hot biopsy forceps and cold snare
    • Electro cautery and snare designs
    • Use of pre-snare injections and endoloops
    • Lifting techniques and non-lifting sign
    • Use of polypectomy snares
    • Tissue retrieval techniques

    You should have experience with

    • Insertion and advancement of front-viewing scope
    • Use of scope tip control and torque technique
    • Lumen identification
  • What it's about

    • Subepithelial or extraluminal lesion identification
    • Endoscope positioning
    • Selection of appropriate needle
    • Techniques of needle aspiration/biopsy
    • Sample handling

    You should have experience with

    • Insertion and advancement of EUS scope
    • Indications for EUS-FNA
  • What it's about

    • Indications / contraindications
    • Aseptic technique
    • Gastrostomy and evaluation of gastric anatomy
    • Percutaneous access
    • Ponsky-Gauderer push-pull methodology of PEG placement

     

    You should have experience with

    • Gastroscopy
    • Use of polyp snare and/or foreign body forceps
    • Use of percutaneous needle

Please note that there are a variety of different, similar products that ESGE Days 2025 delegates can use in their medical practice, beyond the ones provided at the hands-on courses.

The use of certain products during the hands-on training does not replace the mandatory training course required by specific providers.

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