Surgery in a Mission Hospital in Zambia
A Personal Experience Report on a Three-Week Stay of a European Surgical Resident
a publication of the Swiss College of Surgeons
A Personal Experience Report on a Three-Week Stay of a European Surgical Resident
A rapidly advancing field in reconstructive (super-)microsurgery
How to get started in robotic surgery
How to get started in robotic surgery
Dans sa newsletter de septembre 2025, le comité directeur de la SGC aborde les nouveaux tarifs ambulatoires 2026, revient sur le congrès annuel 2025 à Lausanne, présente le Core Surgical Curriculum, rend compte des changements au sein du comité directeur et annonce les événements chirurgicaux à venir.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the most prevalent and lethal malignancies in Switzerland (1). The lifetime-risk of developing CRC is around 4-5% in women and men (2). Early detection of pre-cancerous lesions or early-stage CRC through an effective and high-quality screening program and regular surveillance post-treatment are essential.
Clinical Implementation, Pitfalls and Risks
For nearly two decades, the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) involved chemoradiation therapy (CRT) followed by surgery and optional additional chemotherapy.
If there were no hospitals in Switzerland yet and we could plan a hospital system from scratch, what would it look like?
The story behind intratumoral budding in rectal cancer
Original Paper
"Machine learning predictions of unplanned readmissions using electronic medical records: Predictor importance across medical and surgical patient populations"
Michael M Havranek, Aljoscha B Hwang, Ilona Funka, Dominique Kuhlen, Daniel Liedtke, Stefan Boes. PLoS One 2025 Sep 4;20(9):e0331263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331263. eCollection 2025.
Empowering the Next Generation of Surgeons: Experiences from International Fellowships
An Interprofessional Simulation Approach to the Management of Modern Battlefield Injuries
SCS – Swiss College of Surgeons Annual Meeting 2026
This year's Swiss College of Surgery (SCS) Congress in Lausanne was an opportunity to highlight both the similarities and the unique characteristics of pediatric surgery.
The Swiss College of Surgeons (SCS) is pleased to welcome the Swiss Plastic Surgery (SPS) Society as an official basic organization within the College starting in 2026.
Dans sa newsletter de septembre 2025, le comité directeur de la SGC aborde les nouveaux tarifs ambulatoires 2026, revient sur le congrès annuel 2025 à Lausanne, présente le Core Surgical Curriculum, rend compte des changements au sein du comité directeur et annonce les événements chirurgicaux à venir.
Survey Results on the Senior Surgeon Assessment (SSA) by the SGC
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