News from AAVIS ....
AAVIS 2008 Conference Arrangements
The arrangements for AAVIS 2008 are nowwell underway after confirmation of the Conference dates and venue just before christmas.
The main conference will be held at the Westin Hotel, Venice Lido, Italy on October 2nd-4th 2008 with Pre-Conference workshops and symposia at Padua from September 30th - October 2nd.
Watch this website for details as they become available.
AAVIS Australian Pelvic Floor Register
The Pelvic Floor Register is a new initiative launched by AAVIS in April 2007 following a pilot study in three hospitals during early 2007.
A large amount of discussion preceded the commencement of the register which should be seen as a first step in developing strategies to audit the implantation of prostheses in Australia. The register is designed to act as an index and make it easy to trace patients in the future. For this reason there is no identifying data for the patient or surgeon. The register records the type of prosthesis, the hospital where implantation occurred, the date of implantation and a traceability label from the prosthesis.
A record of this type does not require Ethics Committee Approval and is designed to act as an index to facilitate contact with patients in the future. At that point in time appropriate ethics committee approval would be sought.
Dr Anne Pike at Concord Hospital, Sydney has agreed to manage the register on behalf of AAVIS.
Click here to download a copy of the Australian Pelvic Prosthesis Register Form
These forms can be faxed immediately or collected and posted together each month. Contact details for Dr Pike are listed on the form that can be downloaded above.