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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
About 50000 delegates from 55 countries participated in the program, which focused on gastric cancer, liver cirrhosis, IBD, and pancreatitis, taught by 12 esteemed faculty members. |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
Delegates were from 55 contries such as Argentina,Canada,Finland,Italy,Russia,USA,Spain ,.... |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
Yes |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
APD-WF,CSDD,WEO |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
Since our study explained about treatment of Achalasia and revealed that both BT and EO are effective in the treatment of IA, that was very intresting for scientists . |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Dr.Morteza Khatibian,Dr.Reza Malekzadeh |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
IIn conclusion, when we spoke about achalasia treatment and the limitation and risk of different treatments such as surgery and balloon dilation, participates had decided to do more research about Achalasia treatments. Because until now, there aren’t any definitely treatment, and because our center in Iran have more than 1000 achalasia patients, some countries such as Netherland are encouraged to have cooperation with us. |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
Shanghai is historical place and its interesting for visiting.The accomodation was good ,but their food was awful for us. |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
We participated in more than 44 oral presentations and saw more than 2000 posters. Some of them were about Achalasia, but none of them had the large number of patients similar to our center in Iran. Some oral presentations explained about new methods for achalasia treatments such as laparoscopy and Heller myotomy and injections of Ethanol amine olerate and botulinium toxin injections. 9 Working Party Reports, a distinctive feature of each World Congress, were chosen out of the 28 high-quality proposals submitted and their findings were presented over the 3 Main Program days. Several lunch and evening satellite symposia were held throughout the Congress, organized by the biomedical industry and open to all Congress participants. |