Useful links and journals
Societies of surgery
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery – the official website of The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
- Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery and New Technologies – The official website of The Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery and New Technologies
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons – the official website of The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
- The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons – The official website of The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- ATASS – The official website of the Telemedicine Association and Spatial Features for Health
Surgical resources
- Laparoscopy.net – a very useful site recommended to the beginners for laparoscopic techniques
- Laparoscopy Hospital – a site with surgical techniques movies, free medical software, on-line handbook for laparoscopy.
- e-medicina.ro – this e-medicine Internet Applications System is designed to be a web support for telemedicine and associated activities carried out in the frame of the Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot and the Excellence Center for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare
The official journal of the Romanian Society of Surgery, founded in 1897 by Prof. Thoma Ionescu.
Surgical Endoscopy represents the surgical aspects of interventional endoscopy, ultrasound, and other techniques in the fields of gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and urology, as well as gastroenterologic, thoracic, traumatic, orthopedic, and pediatric surgery. It is a worldwide forum for the description and discussion of various aspects of interventional endoscopy and ultrasound as integral elements of surgical practice. Interventional endoscopy and ultrasound have permitted decisive advances in surgery.