An academic from the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, Dr Christian Camenzuli, has visited a team of innovators and researchers in the Department of Engineering at TU Delft in the Netherlands. The latter team, headed by Prof Tim Horeman, has been collaborating with Prof. Jean Calleja-Agius, Head of Department of Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, University of Malta to develop novel medical devices with the aim of improving patient safety during surgery. Dr Camenzuli is a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Anatomy.
During this short term scientific mission (STSM), which was awarded by the GYNOCARE COST Action (CA18117), the focus was on the fine-tuning of a novel adaptation to the Veress needle which is being called the Veress plus. This adaptation increases the safety feature of the device which is particularly important for accessing the abdomen and pelvis in complex laparoscopic surgery. This is especially important in the case of patients with rare gynaecological cancers, who present with challenging pelvic anatomy. More details about the outcome of this STSM are available online.
GYNOCARE is a European network for Gynaecological Rare Cancer research: from Concept to Cure and is supported by COST (European Co-operation in Science and Technology. COST is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. More information about the GYNOCARE COST can be found on the official website.
