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spirit of excellence<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> News<br />

<strong>01</strong>/2<strong>01</strong>0<br />

RICHARD WOLF GmbH customer magazine


2<br />

Editorial / Contents<br />

Dear business associates,<br />

We are one of the oldest medical engineering<br />

companies worldwide with over a hundred<br />

years of company history to look back on. As<br />

each new year dawns, we return to take up the<br />

global challenge with successful developments,<br />

efficient production and worldwide marketing<br />

of our high-tech medical products and<br />

product systems.<br />

True to the slogan "good's good, but better's<br />

better", we will be putting all our efforts into the<br />

new business year working together as a united<br />

team with a common goal.<br />

Along with our marketing partners and our customers<br />

throughout the world, we have set our<br />

sights on even greater success in 2<strong>01</strong>0.<br />

With our customer-oriented policy and total personal<br />

commitment, we worked hard in 2009 to<br />

make sure that the order books remained full.<br />

We would like to thank all the team members of<br />

the large <strong>Wolf</strong> family and all our marketing<br />

partners throughout the world for making this<br />

possible.<br />

In 2<strong>01</strong>0, we will once again be facing consi -<br />

derable challenges. To continue to generate<br />

growth and to achieve our declared aims, we<br />

need full commitment from everyone involved<br />

whatever their role.<br />

But with team spirit and active product, customer<br />

and marketing partner orientation, we will<br />

once again achieve the goals set for this year.<br />

We wish you all the best for another successful<br />

year in 2<strong>01</strong>0 and look forward to working<br />

together in mutual trust.<br />

With best regards<br />

Alfons Notheis<br />

Managing Director<br />

3 Knowledge Transfer<br />

Spine Training Course held in<br />

Chicago<br />

Success Gynecology Symposium<br />

at Liestal Canton Hospital<br />

4 Training Centers<br />

2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES<br />

TRAINING<br />

New <strong>Wolf</strong> Training Center in Berlin<br />

6 Uro News<br />

Arab Health 2<strong>01</strong>0 in Dubai<br />

Urological Winter Forum<br />

Großhadern at Lake Tegernsee<br />

7 Awards and more<br />

TEM Stereo Telescope from<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> receives iF Product<br />

Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />

Medicine and Health Care<br />

Grand Opening of the Prima Vista<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy at RWMIC<br />

in Vernon Hills, USA<br />

8 Meeting Points<br />

Standards<br />

Congresses / Workshops 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />

"WellWave" conquers the USA<br />

2 Editorial<br />

8 Imprint


US surgeons trained in new techniques<br />

Spine Training Course held in Chicago<br />

On November 6th and 7th, fourteen<br />

surgeons from around the United States<br />

gathered in Chicago to be trained in new<br />

spine techniques by Dr. Sebastian<br />

Ruetten and an international team of<br />

instructors. The two day course was held<br />

at the Spine Education and Research<br />

Dr. Ruetten and spine surgeons from the United States<br />

Center at the North American Spine<br />

Society headquarters and was sponsored<br />

by RWMIC with close cooperation from<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH. The course featured<br />

lectures, demonstrations and hands-on<br />

training by Dr. Ruetten, Dr. Martin Komp,<br />

Dr. Verapan Kuansongtham, Dr. Sompoch<br />

Paiboonsirijit and Dirk Goethel.<br />

One of the techniques taught during the<br />

workshop was the interlaminar approach<br />

for endoscopic discectomy. This technique<br />

employs the same posterior ap -<br />

proach as is used in open lumbar discectomies<br />

and microdiscectomies, which<br />

account for about 350,000 procedures<br />

every year in the United States. This technique<br />

has the potential to become widely<br />

adopted by US surgeons because of its<br />

very minimally invasive nature and the<br />

familiarity of the posterior approach.<br />

Success Gynecology Symposium<br />

at Liestal Canton Hospital<br />

The first Swiss Gynecology Symposium<br />

"Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Hyste -<br />

roscopic Resectoscope" was held at the<br />

Liestal Canton Hospital on 26 November<br />

2009 and chaired by Dr. med. Nicole<br />

Bürki. Treier Endoscopie AG launched this<br />

event with professional and academic support<br />

from leading speakers.<br />

The very varied agenda for the day included<br />

specialist presentations on atypical<br />

uterine bleeding, indications for surgical<br />

therapy, hysteroscopic endometrium re sec -<br />

tion, biopolar resectoscopy and laparoscopic<br />

separation of the Uterus Bi-Clamp,<br />

hemostasis, and adhesion prophylaxis, as<br />

well as information on the systems Re -<br />

section Master and Morce Power Plus.<br />

Other highlights included the two live operations<br />

in full HD quality and two workshops<br />

with organic dissections.<br />

The speakers and tutors were Dr. med.<br />

Nicole Bürki, Chief Physician at the Gyne -<br />

cology Clinic, Liestal Canton Hos pi tal,<br />

Dr. med. Markus Eberhard, Chief Phy si cian<br />

at the Gynecology Clinic, Canton Hos pital<br />

Schaffhausen, Professor Dr. med. Michel<br />

Müller, Chief Physician at the Gynecology<br />

Clinic Inselspital Bern and Dr. med. Dimitri<br />

Sarlos, Chief Physican at the Gynecology<br />

Clinic, Canton Hospital Aarau.<br />

The participants from industry included<br />

Treier Endoscopie AG, Beromünster,<br />

Nycomed Pharma AG, Dübendorf, ERBE<br />

Suisse AG, Winterthur, IVF Hart mann AG,<br />

Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Covidien<br />

Switzerland Ltd., Wollerau.<br />

At the start of the symposium, the delegates<br />

followed the live operations involving<br />

laparoscopic hysterectomy with morecellation.<br />

Dr. med. Markus Eberhard carried out<br />

the intervention and demonstrated the<br />

advantages of the technique with the Morce<br />

Power Plus system. The second operation<br />

with Professor Dr. med. Michel Müller relating<br />

to endometrium resection with chip<br />

evacuation was carried out with the<br />

Knowledge Transfer<br />

Similarly, the endoscopic anterior cervical<br />

discectomy, also featured at the workshop,<br />

is expected to be adopted by many<br />

surgeons in the United States as a minimally<br />

invasive alternative to open anterior<br />

discectomies.<br />

This endoscopic spine training course<br />

represented the first time many of these<br />

techniques, including the cervical and<br />

interlaminar approaches, have been<br />

taught in the United States. The surgeons<br />

invited to attend the training were very<br />

enthusiastic about the new techniques<br />

and many have already begun incorporating<br />

them in their practice. It is expected<br />

that many of the surgeons who attended<br />

this course will become instructors<br />

for future RWMIC courses on these techniques<br />

in the United States.<br />

Thomas Kienzle<br />

Resection Master system. The latest technique<br />

ensured there was a lively exchange of<br />

information between the two surgeons and<br />

the audience. The delegates then practiced<br />

the different work stages independently or<br />

with inputs from the speakers. All six workshop<br />

workstations were provided with animal<br />

dissections. The bilateral discussions<br />

and interactive exchange of experience between<br />

delegates, tutors and industry are<br />

very important and always well regarded.<br />

The first Swiss Gynecology Symposium in<br />

Liestal was brought to a successful finish<br />

with a drinks reception.<br />

Jérôme Ammann<br />

Treier Endoscopie AG, Sales Partner<br />

of <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH in Switzerland<br />

3


4<br />

Training Centers<br />

Agencies from many countries as guests at the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy<br />

"2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES TRAINING"<br />

In view of the investment budget for new<br />

ORs, hospital decision makers are faced<br />

with the question of the need for and<br />

requirements of the "new" OR. The need<br />

for new concepts to provide better patient<br />

Participants at the second International core Sales Training<br />

care and more ergonomic working conditions<br />

in the OR is high. More economically<br />

efficient working methods in the OR are<br />

also included in the planning. These concepts<br />

need to be revised constantly to<br />

meet the requirements of hospital deci -<br />

sion makers. This makes suitable training<br />

of our agencies an absolute must.<br />

This was the thinking behind the second<br />

successive "INTERNATIONAL core SALES<br />

TRAINING" organized by the core department<br />

in the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />

Academy. During the period from No vem -<br />

ber 02 - 06 2009 the "core" integrated<br />

The new WOLF Training Center in Berlin has<br />

meanwhile become fully operational. Why<br />

was Berlin selected as the location? Berlin is<br />

the capital city of Germany, a major medical<br />

center, and a hub for international meetings<br />

and know-how transfer in the medical hightech<br />

sector of our target clientele. Berlin is an<br />

ideal location for the presentation, promotion<br />

and profiling of instrument maker <strong>Richard</strong><br />

<strong>Wolf</strong> to its national and European customer<br />

base, and to international customers and<br />

OR was centre stage. With more than 25<br />

participants, we were pleased to wel -<br />

come agencies of <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH<br />

from Egypt, Belgium, Chile, Denmark,<br />

Greece, India, Iran, Korea, Lithuania, Le -<br />

banon, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain,<br />

UAE and Belarus in our centre. The participants<br />

were greeted by Prof. Dr. Jörg-Uwe<br />

Meyer, Timo Haller and Etem Ihtiyar.<br />

Following this, our agencies presented<br />

their current market situations and as -<br />

sess ments.<br />

Stefan Bremer then provided us with an<br />

overview of the latest system components<br />

from Dräger Medical. Etem Ihtiyar<br />

(project manager) and Jürgen Fischer<br />

(multimedia) discussed the available<br />

solutions of audio-video routing and telesurgery<br />

and presented an overview of the<br />

basic information required by the participants.<br />

Apart from the topic of "central<br />

device management" presented in detail<br />

by Timo Haller (head of the core department),<br />

a further major topic was the<br />

new core.docu documentation system.<br />

core.docu is HD-compliant and will re -<br />

place the current documentation sys tem.<br />

Dennis Schlevoigt and Peter Rosiepen<br />

from the Visus company responsible for<br />

the development of the core.docu system<br />

tailored to our needs were present and<br />

took over this part of the training.<br />

New <strong>Wolf</strong> Training Center in Berlin<br />

partners. The new training center has given<br />

us an excellent launch pad for the future.<br />

Our goals are as follows:<br />

• Modern, advanced and representative<br />

branch office for instrument make <strong>Richard</strong><br />

<strong>Wolf</strong><br />

• Meeting point / personal contact venue for<br />

national/international customers or partners<br />

for business meetings and product<br />

presentations<br />

The current video standards and trends<br />

were outlined for the participants by<br />

Bernd Jotzat (product manager for visualisation).<br />

One important aspect of contract<br />

negotiations is after-sales support –<br />

effectively service. Bernd Ruf (head of the<br />

service department) provided us with an<br />

outline of the essentials. The available<br />

print and digital media intended to support<br />

the agencies in their sales and marketing<br />

activities were presented by Axel<br />

Keller (core marketing). The five-day program<br />

was completed by workshops that<br />

provided us with useful information for<br />

future planning and strategy.<br />

The feedback from the participants at the<br />

2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES TRAINING<br />

was very positive. Further training courses<br />

are planned for 2<strong>01</strong>0. One of these is the<br />

"2 ND NATIONAL core SALES TRAINING" in<br />

the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy<br />

from March 22 - 26 2<strong>01</strong>0 for the training<br />

of our German-speaking agencies and<br />

medical products consultants and product<br />

specialists in the field. During the period<br />

from August 23 - 27 2<strong>01</strong>0 we are also<br />

holding our "1 ST INTERNATIONAL core<br />

SALES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS"<br />

intended for the technicians of our agencies.<br />

The skills learnt during training are<br />

intended to optimise and simplify procedures<br />

during installa tion. Axel Keller<br />

• In-house training facilities (training courses<br />

for employees and customers)<br />

• Satellite events for conferences and symposia<br />

in Berlin – technical (medical) – cultural<br />

(private views, art evenings, small<br />

events, etc.)<br />

• Dedicated organized specialist events with<br />

"decision-makers" ("Berliner Runde...")<br />

• Workshops<br />

Peter Maywald


Gynaecology department of the University Hospital Würzburg<br />

With the core OR concept, <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> – one of the great innovators in minimally invasive<br />

surgery – integrates a variety of technologies in the OR of the future.<br />

Coordinating the workflow is much easier with the central device management that can be<br />

controlled and monitored either by touch screen or voice. The patient-related documentation<br />

required for the intervention is available from the image archive and data management<br />

and, when necessary, integrated video management allows colleagues to be consulted<br />

using video conferencing. This communications option is also very useful for basic teaching<br />

and advanced training.<br />

The integrated core OR concept core stands for improved ergonomics and greater efficiency<br />

both within and beyond the OR.<br />

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6<br />

Uro News<br />

Arab Health grows and grows<br />

Arab Health 2<strong>01</strong>0 in Dubai<br />

As one of the world’s biggest exhibitions for<br />

medical technology and hospital supplies,<br />

the Arab Health exhibition again opened its<br />

doors in Dubai from 25 to 28 January<br />

2<strong>01</strong>0. Since the exhibition area available in<br />

previous years was no longer sufficient for<br />

all the participating companies, a further<br />

exhibition hall with an area of more than<br />

20,000 m² was erected in front of the<br />

entrance area of the exhibition complex. A<br />

main road located in front of the main<br />

entrance had to be rerouted and this was a<br />

perfect recipe for daily traffic chaos.<br />

Compared with the recently opened Burj<br />

Khalifa Tower (189 floors and 828 m in<br />

height), this was undoubtedly not such a<br />

major challenge for the Dubai’s builders.<br />

Another record was achieved at this year’s<br />

Arab Health. A total of 2,600 exhibitors from<br />

more than 70 countries represented the biggest<br />

participation to date. This included<br />

exhibitions presented by exhibitors from<br />

small and mid-sized companies in a total of<br />

29 country pavilions featuring different<br />

countries.<br />

Germany has set up the biggest pavilion<br />

and this was divided into different federal<br />

states. Our exhibition stand and the stands<br />

of our two competitors (Storz and Olympus)<br />

were based in the main hall. The greatest<br />

numbers of visitors were circulating in this<br />

area.<br />

The customer clientele generally covers a<br />

wide range at the Arab Health. Apart from<br />

actual end customers – in other words<br />

users – we recorded a large number of contacts<br />

from the areas of hospital purchasing,<br />

hospital management, hospital medical<br />

technology, and naturally also a large number<br />

of distributors who would like to work for<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> in the future.<br />

The most frequent urological diseases (urinary<br />

stone conditions) typical for the region<br />

meant that a large number of inquiries<br />

ranged across the entire area of urology<br />

from endoscopic interventions with lasers<br />

through to Extracorporeal Shock Wave<br />

Lithotripsy (ESWL) as in previous years.<br />

However, there were also a large number of<br />

inquiries on issues like integrated surgical<br />

Urological Winter Forum Großhadern<br />

24 to 29 January 2<strong>01</strong>0 at Lake Tegernsee<br />

After 2009, this was the second time that<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> was invited by Ludwig<br />

Maximilian University Großhadern to this<br />

Winter Forum on Lake Tegernsee organized<br />

under the management of its director<br />

Professor Christian Stief. URS Workshops<br />

were offered on two days with laser lithotripsy.<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> provided two complete<br />

hands-on workstations on both days<br />

with support from Mr. Haller, Mr. Salge<br />

and Ms Huber, as well being accompanied<br />

by tutors from Großhadern Hospital.<br />

However, before "hands-on" experience<br />

started, the delegates were given a presentation<br />

by Senior Physician Dr. Bader<br />

from Großhadern Hospital providing information<br />

on the indication, technique, and<br />

tips and tricks of rigid and flexible URS.<br />

On the second day, Dr. Sroka from the<br />

College of Applied Sciences Munich gave<br />

a very interesting presentation on lasers,<br />

the generation of laser energy and the different<br />

types of laser used in medicine.<br />

Instead of plastic models, urinary tracts<br />

from pigs consisting of kidneys, ureter<br />

and bladder were used and delegates<br />

found this approach extremely helpful.<br />

The tutors inserted artificial stones into the<br />

porcine urinary tracts in advance of the<br />

presentation.<br />

The delegates worked on the pigs enthusiastically<br />

and used the laser and appropriate<br />

auxiliary instruments to remove the<br />

stones. It was also possible to use the<br />

Mega-Pulse Laser. The delegates included<br />

urologists in private practice and some cli-<br />

solutions (core) and HDTV endocameras,<br />

as well as laparoscopy and gynecology,<br />

indicating that these areas continue to grow<br />

in importance.<br />

Generally speaking, the Arab Health in<br />

Dubai enjoys a steady increase in popularity,<br />

as evidenced by the growing number of<br />

exhibitors and also demonstrated by the<br />

many visitors coming from outside the Arab<br />

world. Over the long term, Arab Health must<br />

be regarded as the most important exhibition<br />

in the healthcare sector. This is due not<br />

least to the location. Dubai attracts visitors<br />

like virtually no other exhibition site in the<br />

world. Numerous hotels and cheap flights<br />

to Dubai play a role in combination with the<br />

mild climate at the end of January.<br />

This confirms our commitment to presenting<br />

our product range at this exhibition and we<br />

will undoubtedly continue to be a presence<br />

at Arab Health over the coming years.<br />

Stefan Gillé<br />

nicians. Wor k ing with a flexible URS was a<br />

new experience for some of the delegates<br />

but this did not present any problems.<br />

Under the management of experienced<br />

tutors from Großhadern Hospital, they<br />

were inducted into the technique of flexible<br />

URS and were introduced to a number<br />

of tips and tricks for successfully removing<br />

stones using lasers and auxiliary<br />

instruments. Prospective customers were<br />

also able to find out about product innovations<br />

in urology that were presented on<br />

the exhibition bench. The feedback from<br />

the delegates and the tutors of Groß -<br />

hadern Hospital was uniformly very positive<br />

so that we have already planned the<br />

event into our schedule for next year.<br />

Susanne Huber


The Stereotelescope for Transanal Endo -<br />

scopic Microsurgery (TEM) from medical<br />

instrument manufacturer <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />

received the accolade of the iF Product<br />

Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />

Medicine and Health Care at the end of<br />

November 2009. The stereo telescope<br />

launched in the marketplace in May<br />

2009 gives the surgeon binocular vision<br />

of the operation site in the entire rectum<br />

and this provides the user with the graphic,<br />

three-dimensional impression of<br />

depth required for carrying out precise<br />

surgery. The image can also be transferred<br />

to an external screen in high-defini -<br />

tion quality. The improved vision and the<br />

three-dimensional view provided for the<br />

surgeon means that the new product<br />

makes a significant contribution to<br />

patient safety.<br />

"Outstanding illumination of the operating<br />

area, autoclavability, avoidance of<br />

access trauma for patients and most<br />

importantly superb 3D vision were naturally<br />

by far the most important criteria for<br />

development of this surgical rectoscope.<br />

We also asked ourselves why innovative<br />

medical technology shouldn’t have an<br />

attractive design as well? This award has<br />

confirmed that we have mastered the<br />

challenge with flying colors," the message<br />

from the jury panel.<br />

The annually awarded iF Product Design<br />

Award has enjoyed a reputation as an<br />

award granted to good design solutions<br />

for products since 1953. An international<br />

jury panel of designers evaluates the<br />

quality of the design and a number of<br />

other factors including the craftsmanship,<br />

the level of innovation and the ergonomic<br />

design of the product.<br />

<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH is a mid-sized company<br />

manufacturing medical instruments.<br />

It employs a workforce of more<br />

Awards and more<br />

Design Prize for Stereo Telescope<br />

TEM Stereo Telescope from <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> receives<br />

iF Product Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />

Medicine and Health Care<br />

than 1,400 and maintains a global network<br />

of seven subsidiary companies and<br />

120 World wide distributors. The company<br />

based in Knittlingen, Baden-Württem -<br />

berg, manufactures and markets a large<br />

range of products for minimally invasive<br />

surgery and endoscopy in human and<br />

veterinary medicine, and for extracorporeal<br />

shock wave lithotripsy and techno -<br />

scopy. Stefan Heffner<br />

Grand Opening of the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />

Academy at RWMIC in Vernon Hills, USA<br />

F. l. t. r.: Mr. Tom Leathem, Project Manager Principle; Mr. Ed Troike,<br />

Director of Marketing; Mr. Niels Schmidt, GM; Mr. Siegfried Karst,<br />

COO; Mrs. Petra Johnson, Director of Administration; Mr. Mark Frane,<br />

Superintendent Principle Construction; Mr. Klaus Schilde, Director of<br />

Manufacturing; Mr. Marco Wohnig, Director of Sales and Mr. Mark<br />

Augustyn, COO Principle Construction.<br />

RWMIC is very proud to announce the opening<br />

of our new training facility "Prima<br />

Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy" on January<br />

25th, 2<strong>01</strong>0. After several months of planning<br />

and designing, one of our stock<br />

rooms was transformed into a state of art<br />

training center consisting of an 11 stations<br />

Wet Lab and a Lecture Hall which can seat<br />

up to 60 people. The Academy is equipped<br />

with the latest AV equipment that among<br />

other things allows video conference and<br />

telesurgeries.<br />

The official opening ceremony was for the<br />

staff of Vernon Hills. Mr. Niels Schmidt, GM<br />

RWMIC, expressed a big thank you to the<br />

Management at RWGmbH and the Board<br />

for approving this large investment. Mr.<br />

Niels Schmidt also spoke about the strategic<br />

investments which will bring RWMIC in<br />

a stronger market position moving for-<br />

ward. Finally, Mr. Niels Schmidt thanked<br />

the builder Mr. Mark Augustyn, COO of<br />

Principle Construction, for an excellent job.<br />

Before the official ribbon cutting ceremony,<br />

Mr. Siegfried Karst expressed satisfaction<br />

with the new training center and the importance<br />

of training staff and customers in our<br />

products. With a gigantic pair of scissors<br />

Mr. Karst cut the ribbon to our new training<br />

center in front of the Vernon Hills team.<br />

Followed by the ribbon ceremony, all<br />

employees enjoyed a fabulous lunch buffet<br />

provided by the builder Principle Con struc -<br />

tion and everybody had the opportunity to<br />

take a closer look at the new training facility.<br />

Niels Schmidt, GM<br />

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Meeting Points ✔ Fairs ✔ Workshops<br />

✔ Congresses ✔ Events<br />

Congresses 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />

February<br />

05. - 06.02. Aachener Cruciate Ligament Course Aachen / Germany<br />

06.02. Upstate NY Wetlab Syracuse, NY / USA<br />

06. - 13.02. 8th Arthroscopy Course Wolkenstein / Germany<br />

11. - 12.02. Yeung Spine Wetlab Phoenix, AZ / USA<br />

11. - 13.02. Cleveland Clinic TEM Course Ft. Lauderdale / USA<br />

17. - 20.02. AANS / CNS Disdorders of the Spine and<br />

Peripheral Nerves 2<strong>01</strong>0 Annual Meeting Orlando, FL / USA<br />

18. - 20.02. American Physical Therapy Associations's<br />

Combined Sections Meeting San Diego, CA / USA<br />

19. - 20.02. Congr. f. Gynaecology and Obstetrics Frankfurt 2<strong>01</strong>0 Frankfurt / Germany<br />

20. - 24.02. 2<strong>01</strong>0 EANS Young Neurosurgeons Course Innsbruck /<br />

and Meeting Austria<br />

25.02. 18th Ulm Spine Week Ulm / Germany<br />

25. - 28.02. 18th bpt Intensive Advanced Training Course Bielefeld / Germany<br />

27.02. - 05.03.27th Intern. Gastroentestinal Surgery Workshop Davos / Switzerland<br />

28.02. - 03.03.Federation of American Hospitals 2<strong>01</strong>0 Washington / USA<br />

March<br />

06.03. 2nd Leipziger Joint Symposium - Hip Surgery 2<strong>01</strong>0 Leipzig / Germany<br />

08.03. Fast-Track in Colorectal Surgery<br />

- Prof. A. Kartheuser St. Luc Brussels / Belgium<br />

09. - 13.03. AAOS 2<strong>01</strong>0 American Academy of New Orleans,<br />

Orthopaedic Surgeons LA / USA<br />

11. - 13.03. 36th German Coloproctology Congress Munich / Germany<br />

15. - 16.03. 8th NVEC Annual Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Amersfoort / Netherlands<br />

17. - 21.03. 11th Erzgebirge Surgery Symposium Oberwiesenthal / Germ.<br />

13.03. 3rd Osnabrücker Symposium Osnabrück / Germany<br />

14. - 18.03. AORN 2<strong>01</strong>0 57th Congress Denver, CO / USA<br />

16. - 19.03. III Latain American Congress on NeuroendoscopyRosario / Argentina<br />

17. - 20.03. 51st Congress of the German Society for<br />

Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP) Hanover / Germany<br />

18. - 21.03. 22th Baden-Baden Training Days Small Animal "concrete"Baden-Baden / Germ.<br />

20.03. 6th Annual Congress of the German Society<br />

for Spine Surgery Berlin / Germany<br />

24.03. Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium TEM Breda / Netherlands<br />

24. - 27.03. Interventional Pulmonology Course 2<strong>01</strong>0 Burlington / USA<br />

25. - 26.03. Yeung Spine Wetlab Phoenix, AZ / USA<br />

April<br />

02. - 04.04. 12th ISMST Congress Sorrent / Italy<br />

04. - 05.04. 3rd ISMISS Congress Istanbul / Turkey<br />

12. - 13.04. Society of Gynecologic Surgeons<br />

(SGS) Scientific Meeting Tucson, AZ / USA<br />

14. - 17.04. SAGES 2<strong>01</strong>0 National Harbor / USA<br />

17. - 19.04. 25th EAU Congress Barcelona / Spain<br />

20. - 23.04. 127th Congress of the German Society for Surgery Berlin / Germany<br />

22. - 24.04. Joint Meeting of the German Society for Garmisch-Partenkirchen /<br />

Neurosurgery (DGNC) Germany<br />

22. - 24.04. 56th Congress of the North Rhine Westphalia<br />

Society for Urology Dortmund / Germany<br />

23.04. 1st Saxony Urology Meeting Pirna / Germany<br />

24.04. 6th Suturing Course Stadthagen / Germany<br />

24.04. 40th Scientific Meeting for ENT Physicians Stollberg / Germany<br />

27. - 30.04. Spine Arthroplasty Society New Orleans, LA / USA<br />

28.04. - <strong>01</strong>.05.58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Southern Baden-Baden /<br />

German Orthopaedic Surgeons Germany<br />

Workshops 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />

February<br />

26. - 27.02. Workshop for Arthroscopy of the Wrist Joint Knittlingen / Germany<br />

March<br />

05. - 06.03. Urology compact - Testicular Tumours / Andrology Northeim / Germany<br />

05. - 06.03. 4th Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop Leipzig / Germany<br />

06.03. Workshop for Arthroscopy in Dogs – Advanced CourseAhlen / Germany<br />

08. - <strong>10</strong>.03. 2nd International Intensive Training Course for TEM Caceres / Spain<br />

11. - 13.03. 3rd International Intensive Training Course for TEM Caceres / Spain<br />

19. - 20.03. Workshop for Minimally Invasive Interventions<br />

in Urology Würzburg / Germany<br />

26. - 27.03. AGA Academy 2<strong>01</strong>0 Ankle / Elbow Berlin / Germany<br />

26. - 27.03. 18th International Training Course for Full-endos. Herne (Cologne) /<br />

Operations of the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine Germany<br />

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