The Second International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition was jointly hosted by AME Publishing Company and the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University. The competition was held on an international background. All the videos for the competition were judged on the basis of how effective the videos are in promoting gynecologic surgery’s techniques. Specifically, video clips were assessed based on the following 5-point criteria.
- Operative Difficulty (20%)
- The standardization and the fluency of the operation (20%)
- Originality (20%)
- Quality of the video (20%)
- Educational values of video demonstration (20%)
The competition here comes to a conclusion with the final scoring from a panel of judges. All prized videos will have the priority to be published in Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (GPM; gpm.amegroups.com) later.
Following is the winner list:
- First Prize:
Aimin Lin (Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, China)
Javier Ernesto Barreras González (National Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cuba) - Second Prize:
Cheng Sun (Tongren Huaxia Hospital of Guizhou Province, China)
Luyun Qu (Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, China)
Canyu Li (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China) - Third Prize:
Hua Yang (The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Xiaolei Song (Shenzhen Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, China)
Xiaofei Shu (Sichuan Science City Hospital, China)
Jinhu Zhu (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, China)
The winners of the competition will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in Sichuan in tentatively December of 2020, and will be sponsored for a one-week study tour of the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University.
Panel of Judges:
1. Vito Andrea Capozzi, MD
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Parma, Via Gramsci, Parma, Italy
2. Francesco Cosentino, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione di ricerca e cura Giovanni Paolo II, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy
3. Stefano Cianci, MD, PhD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Policlinico A. Gemelli Foundation, Rome, Italy
4. Federico Ferrari, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Neonatology of ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
5. Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD
Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
6. Giorgia Garganese
Gynecology and Breast Care Center, Mater Olbia Hospital, Olbia, Italy
7. Walter H. Gotlieb
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8. Gokhan S. Kilic, MD, FACOG, FACS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
9. Emad Matanes
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
10. Liliana Mereu
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
11. Xiaoyu Niu, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
12. Ping Wang, MD, PhD
Department of Gynecology, West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
13. Xia Zhao, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Thank you all for the great support and effort to the competition. We look forward to having your participance in the next year’s competition!