The European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES)
was founded on 25 May, 2007 in Graz following the merging of EATES (European
Association for Trauma & Emergency Surgery) and ETS (European Trauma Society)
and registered in Brussels on 09 November, 2007.
This process was initiated already in 2004 with
discussions between the Boards of the two societies in connection to the
EATES Congress in Rotterdam, continuing at the 2006 ETS congress in
Ljubljana and the 2006 EATES congress in Malmö, at a joint Board meeting in
Graz January 2007 and finally before and during the 1st Joint Congress of
EATES & ETS during 23-26 May, 2007 in Graz, Austria.
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