There were a number of corporate symposia at the ESOT Congress, which is accepted practice these days at most large meetings. However I did hear a lot of criticism about the biased presentations made at some of these symposia, which I had not heard before! Certainly I went to one sponsored by Astellas which was […]
I have just returned from the ESOT 2011 Congress in Glasgow. It was held in the very large congress centre (SECC) on the banks of the Clyde River in Glasgow. The SECC is a very impressive centre with one building containing the major auditoria and which resembles from the outside a mini edition of the […]
Last week, Liang Liu presented a paper entitled ‘Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in solid organ transplantation’ at the ESOT congress which was held in Glasgow, UK. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) can provide Level 1 evidence to guide treatment. Previously, we reviewed RCTs in solid organ transplantation that were published between 2004 and 2006. The […]
We would like to invite ESOT members to come and visit us at the ESOT congress in Glasgow from Sunday 4th September to Wednesday 6th September. We will have a stand in the ESOT Village in the SECC where you can come and chat to us and learn more about what we do and how […]
The Transplant Trial Watch (TTW) provides a montly overview of 10 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in organ transplantation that were added to the Transplant Library in the past month including RCTs that are published online only ahead of print. From this month we have added some more information about each selected RCT. The TTW now includes […]
The third Evidence in Transplantation (EVIT) course in collaboration with ESOT was held in London on the 18th-19th March 2011. Participants came from all over Europe and further afield to listen to lectures and take part in workshops on trial design and appraisal, literature searching and systematic review. There was a great level of interaction […]
Through the collaboration between the CET and ESOT, the Transplant Library is now available to ESOT members. The library contains all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in Transplantation from 1970 to present. To access the library, log-in to the members area via the ESOT homepage.
The third Evidence in Transplantation (EVIT) course will be held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London, UK on the 18th and 19th March 2011. This highly successful course aims to teach the principles of evidence-based transplant surgery, including clinical trial design, literature searching and appraisal and systematic reviews. For more information, […]
The CET had its own stand at the ESOT congress in Paris (August 2009). Computers were available for live demonstrations of the Transplant Library. There was also information on the other activities of the CET. Work from the Centre was also presented, including a paper by Liset Pengel and Peter Morris entitled “Do wound complications […]