About the XI International Scientific Conference
On November 25-26, 2016 The XI-th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Welding and Treatment of Live Tissues. Theory. Practice. Prospects “ took place at the E.O.Paton Electric Welding Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine. It was attended by 165 experts – physicians, scientific and technical workers, and representatives of related industries of Ukraine, China and Turkey. 48 reports (plenary, poster and workshop) on various aspects of the use and further development of electric and heat treatment of living tissue in surgical practice were presented to participate in the Conference.
Abstracts of these presentations were published as a journal and distributed to the participants. The text of these materials is available on our website. A greeting letter to the participants of the Conference by the President
of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Boris Paton was read before the Conference’s opening.
The head of the Department for Health and Social Policy of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine MD Professor Igor Lurin and vice-rector of the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education MD Professor Olesia Gulchiy addressed to the participants with their greetings.
The first day of the Conference was devoted to plenary papers and poster presentations. On the second day there was a workshop where experienced surgeons shared their knowledge accompanied with video demonstration of use of electric technology for performing surgical interventions of various kinds.
Lively discussions took place around presentations and demonstrations, which indicates the great interest present
in the submitted development. In their speeches, without exception, speakers noted the numerous advantages
and high promising of the new methods.