Tao Fu

Title : Transvaginal NOTES sigmoidectomy for colon cancer

Abstract:

The state of the practice and development of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery II, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, China will be discussed during the presentation. Videos of hybrid vNOTES and pure vNOTES sigmoidectomy for two patients with colon cancer will be shown, respectively.  An ongoing prospective, open-label, multicenter, single-arm, phase II clinical trial entitled Feasibility and Safety of Hybrid Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer (vNOTESCA) performed by high-volume colorectal cancer centers in China will be presented too.

Biography:

Dr. Fu studied Medicine at the Third Military Medical University, China and graduated as MD in 1999. From 2010 to 2012, he finished two years postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Dr. Ahuja at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He obtained the position of a director at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, China in 2016. He has published more than 30 research articles in SCI(E) journals including JAMA, Ann Surg, Clin Cancer Res, Int J Cancer, etc.