World Congress of Surgery WCS 2019

Krakow, Poland, 11 - 15.8.2019

A highly successful 48th World Congress of Surgery WCS 2019 (formerly named International Surgical Week) was held in Krakow, Poland from August 11-15, 2019.

BSI PRIZES AND AWARDS AT WORLD CONGRESS OF SURGERY WCS 2019

We congratulate the following BSI Prize Winners for their achievement !

BSI Free Paper Prize

Presenting Author: Kristy Kummerov Broman

UTILITY OF TAKING ADDITIONAL MARGINS WHEN PERFORMING BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY WITH INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY FOR EARLY BREAST CANCER

Kristy Kummerow Broman 1,*, Luis Joya 2, Weihong Sun 1, Jun-Min Zhou 1, Brooke Fridley 1, Roberto Diaz 1, Christine Laronga 1

1Moffitt Cancer Center, 2University of South Florida, Tampa, United States

BSI Free Paper Prize (runner-up)

Presenting Author: Ee Ling Serene Tang

CORRELATION OF PREOPERATIVE AXILLARY ULTRASOUND TO FINAL HISTOLOGY AFTER AXILLARY SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER

Ee Ling Serene Tang 1 2,*, Niketa Chotai 3, Ern Yu Tan 2

1Department of General Surgery, Woodlands Health Campus, 2Department of General Surgery, 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

BSI Poster Prize

Presenting Author: Ramya C. Valiveru

RADIOTRACER VERSUS FLUORESCEIN IN SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY IN BREAST CANCER-A COMPARISON AND VALIDATION STUDY

Ramya C. Valiveru 1,*, M. Sabaretnam 1, Sanjay Gambhir 2, Vinita Agrawal 3, Anjali Mishra 1, Amit Agarwal 1, S.K. Mishra 1, Gaurav Agarwal 1

1Endocrine and Breast Surgery, 2Nuclear Medicine, 3Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of medical sciences, Lucknow, India

BSI Poster Prize (runner-up)

Presenting Author: Somendra Pal Singh

PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE ROLE OF CENTCHROMAN IN REGRESSION OF MASTALGIA

Somendra Pal Singh 1,*, Shailendra Pal Singh 1, Manish Agarwal 1, Nadeem Akram 1, Vipin Gupta 1

1General Surgery, U P University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah, India