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Education and training

405

surgeons trained in advanced endometriosis surgery

10

workshops for gynecological surgeons

45

conferences at 9 French and 24 international congresses

53

surgeries transmitted live

8

chapters in books dedicated to endometriosis

*Figures for the 2018-2024 period

IFEM Endo
an international player in endometriosis education

IFEM Endo's teaching activities are organized along several lines:

education

advanced surgery

Training in advanced laparoscopic and robotic endometriosis surgery for gynecological and colorectal surgeons, held in the Clinique Tivoli-Ducos operating room. This training is organized in several ways:

  • Masterclass in endometriosis management, under the patronage of the European Endometriosis League, with a panel of French and European speakers: Find out more
  • Workshops for groups of 6 surgeons, organized by industrial partners ETHICON, OLYMPUS, NORDIC PHARMA, PLASMA SURGICAL LTD.
  • Webinars organized by various learned societies or industrial partners
  • Personalized teaching

From September 2018 to June 2020, advanced endometriosis surgery teaching was provided to 110 surgeons: 54 French surgeons and 56 foreign surgeons from Australia, Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Romania, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Turkey. Twelve foreign surgeons completed fellowship periods of over 1 month.

university education

management of endometriosis and adenomyosis

University teaching in the management of endometriosis and adenomyosis: participation of the 3 founding members of IFEM Endo in the organization and running of the multidisciplinary and generalist Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in the management of endometriosis and adenomyosis. Two founding members of IFEM Endo sit on the DIU Steering Committee.

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Postgraduate education

management of endometriosis and adenomyosis

Postgraduate training in the management of endometriosis and adenomyosis, with sessions for gynecologists, general practitioners, midwives, school nurses and physical therapists.

development of

recommendations for clinical practice

The founding members of IFEMEndo took part in drawing up recommendations for clinical practice in endometriosis, under the patronage of the various learned societies. 
 
Dr Isabella Chanavaz-Lacheray was a member of the group of expert writers of the recommendations concerning the operation of endometriosis expert centers (CNGOF-HAS). To find out more
 
Dr Benjamin Merlot and Pr Horace Roman were part of the group of expert-editors of the recommendations for clinical practice concerning endometriosis surgery (CNGOF-HAS). To find out more
 
Prof. Horace Roman was a member of the group of expert editors of the recommendations concerning surgery for deep endometriosis (ESHRE, WES, ESGE). To find out more

surgery

live

21 surgical procedures were transmitted live or recorded at international congresses in New York, Madrid, Prague, Istanbul, Cairo, Berne, Bucharest, Timisoara, Budapest and Helsinki. The transmissions concerned exeresis of deep endometriosis lesions of the digestive tract, urinary tract and sacral nerve plexus, and can be viewed here.

Conferences in

international congresses and in France

The founding members of IFEM Endo have presented 30 conferences and papers at 7 French and 19 international congresses, some of which can be reviewed here.

January 27-28, 2021

virtual workshop

Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis

February 1-12, 2021

international master programme

Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery

February 3 to 5, 2021

masterclass

European
Endometriosis
League (EEL)

 

A masterclass was organized from March 18 to 20, 2020 under the aegis of theEuropean Endometriosis League (EEL) for 15 European surgeons, and postponed at the last minute due to the containment imposed by the Coronavirus epidemic.

The next session is scheduled for February 3-5, 2021, and its program can be viewed here.

Registrations are made directly on the EEL website.

February 28, 2021

congress

Annual Congress of the Endoscopic Surgery Society of Turkey

February 19-20, 2021

master class

IAGE master class in
endometriosis

March 6 to 10, 2021

congress

World
Endometriosis
Society

The founding members of IFEM Endo are actively involved in the organization and running of the next virtual congress of the World Endometriosis Societywhich will take place from March 6 to 10, 2021.

March 19-20, 2021

live event

Controversies in endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids

March 20, 2021

webinar

VirtualEndo2021 organized by International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy

March 25, 2021

Webinar

ENDOMETRIOSIS AWARENESS - INDIAN FERTILITY SOCIETY WEBINAR

April 21-24, 2021

congress

Endometriose e cirurgia minimamente invasiva

MAY 12, 2021

LIVE SURGERY

Live surgery at the Tivoli-Ducos clinic: removal of deep endometriosis of the sacral nerve plexus and rectum

May 22, 2021

webinar

Sfax Gynecology and Obstetrics Day

Click on the image to see the program:

June 4, 2021

congress

The 9th Annual Congress of Turkish Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy (TSGE) and 3rd Young Endoscopists Symposium, 1-5 June 2021

June 18, 2021

LIVE SURGERY

Live surgery at the Tivoli-Ducos clinic

June 25, 2021

conference

Conference on robotic surgery for diaphragmatic endometriosis

June 26, 2021

congress

Lecture at the ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) annual meeting

July 14, 2021

school of surgical

Surgical anatomy course at the International School of Surgical Anatomy (ISSA)

"From the bottom to the top: Laparoscopic surgical anatomy of trans-anal colorectal surgery for deep endometriosis".

July 14, from 09:00 to 09:30

October 22, 2021

school of surgical

Advanced surgery course at the University of Thessalonik (Greece)

Management of ovarian and digestive tract endometriosis: how to choose your weapon?

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

November 14-17, 2021

congress

50th Congress of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists, Austin, USA

December 15 to 18, 2021

6th Congress

European
Endometriosis
League (EEL)

The organization of the 6th EEL Congress has been entrusted to IFEM Endo. It will take place in Bordeaux from December 15 to 18, 2021. A day for the general public will be organized on December 18, 2021.

chapter drafts

Endometriosis: Current Topics in Diagnosis and Management

Colorectal Surgery. Alsalem H, Tuech JJ, Roman H. In Nazar Amso and Saikat Banerjee, eds, Endometriosis: Current Topics in Diagnosis and Management. Taylor and Francis Group (CRC Press), London, UK, 2021

Minimal Access Hysterectomy

Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Deep Infiltrating endometriosis. Darwish B, Merlot B, Roman H. In Prashant Mangeshikar, eds, Minimal Access Hysterectomy, Jaypee Brother Medical Publishers, Mumbai, India, 2021

Clinical management of bowel endometriosis

Long term follow up in patients undergoing surgical treatment of bowel endometriosis. Darwish B, Merlot B, Chanavaz-Lacheray I, Noailles M, Forestier D, Roman H. In Simone Ferrero, Marcello Ceccaroni, eds, Clinical management of bowel endometriosis, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2020

Endometriosis surgery

Colorectal involvement: Shaving, discoid exeresis, colorectal resection. Roman H, Merlot B, Chanavaz-Lacheray I, Dennis T, Noailles M, Forestier D. In Pierre Collinet, Chrystele Rubod, eds, Chirurgie de l'endométriose, Masson, Elsevier, Paris, France, 2021

Treatment of extragenital lesions (parietal lesions, diaphragmatic lesions, pleural lesions). Merlot B, Roman H, Chanavaz-Lacheray I, Dennis T, Noailles M, Forestier D. In Pierre Collinet, Chrystele Rubod, eds, Chirurgie de l'endométriose,Masson, Elsevier, Paris, France, 2021

Endometriosis. A concise practical guide to current diagnosis and treatment

Surgical treatment of bladder endometriosis, Darwish B, Stochino-Loi E, Roman H. In Liselotte Mettler, Ibrahim Alkatout, Joerg Keckstein, Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein. Endometriosis. A concise practical guide to current diagnosis and treatment. Endo Press, Tuttingen, Germany, 2018

Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale: Surgical Techniques - Gynecology

Digestive endometriosis-surgical management techniques. Merlot B, Forestier D, Noailles M, Ballester M, Quenost D, Tuech JJ, Roman H. In Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale : Techniques Chirurgicales - Gynécologie, Masson, Elsevier, Paris, France, 2019

Ginecologia Minimamente Invasiva

Darwish, Roman H, Tuech JJ. Intestinal endometriosis: Rouen technique. In Crispi P, Viera MA. Técnicas e Táticas Cirúrgicas em Ginecologia Minimamente Invasiva. Eds Thieme Revinter, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2019

Colorectal Surgery for Deep Endometriosis Infiltrating the Bowel

By Hanan Alsalem, Jean-Jacques Tuech, Damien Forestier,
Benjamin Merlot, Myriam Noailles, Horace Roman,

2022

Last updated on December 19, 2025 @ 01:38