A new Emergency Surgery Course (ESC, AAST/ESTES) is being organised and is due to take place in Vila Real, Portugal, on the 19th and 20th of September 2025.
I am therefore taking the liberty of asking for your co-operation in publicising the event among your close colleagues, especially seniors and residents from the last three years, given its advanced nature. For replies, please use my personal email address, mesquita.carlos@sapo.pt.
As in previous editions, the course will last two days, during which, under the guidance of accredited emergency surgeons, topics such as the following will be covered interactively and supported by concrete clinical cases, including operative videos:
- Abdominal sepsis
- Appendicitis
- Intestinal obstruction
- Cholecystitis
- Colorectal emergencies
- Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
- Esophageal perforations
- Mesenteric ischaemia
- Obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
- Open abdomen
- Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcer
- Post-operative complications
- Radiology in emergency surgery
- Spontaneous haemoperitoneum
The afternoon of the second day will be dedicated to evaluations.
The course will be face-to-face, for 24 candidates, and registration, priced at €450, will entitle you to a copy of ‘The AAST/ESTES Emergency Surgery Course Handbook – A Practical Reference In Expecting The Unexpected’, coordinated by Andrew (Andy) Peitzman, as well as catering for the course.
Bank transfers
- must be processed through Lusitanian Association for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (LATES / ALTEC) IBAN, PT50 0007 0229 0000 3180 0003 3, and
- should mention the candidate’s name, medical career status and ESC;
- If the course capacity is exceeded, ALTEC will immediately proceed to refund any excess payments.
Until the 22th of August, the order in which payments are received (by bank transfer) will be taken into account, but priority will be given to 1) consultants, 2) specialists and 3) residents from the last three years. From then on, only the order in which payments arrive will be taken into account.
