Conference of DGVS and DGAV 2018

Conference of the German Society of Gastroenterology, and Digestive and Metabolic Diseases with Endoscopy Section (DGVS) and the German Society of General Surgery and Visceral Surgery (DGAV):

FTRD® System – described as effective and safe resection device for lesions otherwise difficult to treat endoscopically
OTSC® System – presented studies confirm superiority of the OTSC in acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage
remOVE System – registry study on clip removal and first multicenter case series evaluating the BougieCap
RESECT+ – presented studies on first (pre-)clinical data confirm beneficial effort of the additional working chanel (AWC®) and a new injection solution (LiftUp®) for optimized endoscopic resection

The 73th annual conference of the German Society of Gastroenterology, and Digestive and Metabolic Diseases with Endoscopy Section (DGVS) took place together with the 12th autumn conference of the German Society of General Surgery and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) on September 12-15, 2018 in Munich, Germany.

Ovesco products were presented in talks, posters, research and innovation forums, video forums and hands-on training sessions. Dr. med. Edris Wedi (University Hospital Goettingen) received the DGVS endoscopy research award and the award of the Olympus Europe foundation 2018 for his work.

For further information see:
Conference Report of DGVS and DGAV 2018 (English)
Kongressbericht zur DGVS und DGAV 2018 (German)