6th Turkish Trauma & Emergency Surgery Congress

The 6th Turkish Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery was held in Antalya between September 04 & 08, 2007. The congress president was Cemalettin Ertekin MD, and the General Secretary was Korhan Taviloglu, MD, FACS. There were 553 participants and 14 national societies supported the meeting. Turkish Emergency Physicians Association, Turkish Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Turkish Association of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkish Association of Anesthesiology, Turkish Association of Thoracic Surgery, Turkish Association of Neurosurgery, Turkish Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, National Association of Vascular Surgery, Turkish Association of Pediatric Surgery, Turkish Endoscopic Surgery Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Association of Ambulance Doctors, Phlebology Association, and Turkish Orthopedics Association. Ari Leppaniemi from Finland, Abe Fingerhut from France, and Andrew Peitzman from the USA were the foreign speakers. Two postgraduate courses on wound management, and how to write a medical paper were organized. There were several interactive panels. Free paper sessions were as follows: 151 oral presentations and 154 posters