Welcome message and thank you to ESGE Days 2019 reviewers

Dear Colleagues

It is my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the ESGE Days 2019 scientific committee to ESGE's second congress in Prague, Czech Republic.

As we are still establishing the ESGE Days congress, we had hoped to match the success of last years abstract submissions of 760, and were extremely excited to receive 1081 abstract submissions from over 66 countries for our 2019 congress. Thank you to everyone for submitting their abstracts, and your interest in being part of ESGE Days 2019.

The scientific committee worked extremely hard within a very short timeframe to evaluate all the abstracts. I wish to extend my gratitude to all reviewers for working around the clock to meet our tight deadlines.

Due to the high quality of the submissions, we have extended our scientific programme in order for the authors to present their work at the congress and will again offer ePoster podium sessions where authors present their work at specially designed stations during the breaks.

This year we have decided to publish all the abstracts in digital format. It is my pleasure to present to you the selected abstracts in this on-line publication and again would like to thank the authors for their dedication to furthering scientific research in the field of endoscopy.

Best wishes

Rodrigo Jover,
ESGE Days 2019 scientific committee chair

Rodrigo Jover,
ESGE Days 2019 scientific committee chair