February Thursday 2, 2012

• 7.30-8.00: Registration
  
  
• 8.00-8.20: Evolution of laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
  René Sotelo
  
  
• 8.20-8.40: How to start a robotic surgery program, initial experience after the first year.
  Jorge Gutiérrez
  
  
• 8.40-9.00: Radical robotic prostatectomy, anatomical principles for optimizing functional outcomes.
  Monish Aron
  
  
• 9.00-9.20: Outcomes in radical robotic prostatectomy: oncologic control, urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
  Mihir Desai
  
  
• 9.20-9.40: Salvage robotic prostatectomy.
  Monish Aron
  
  
• 9.40-10.00: Robotic assisted prostatectomy: Discussion of surgical cases.
  Moderator: Manuel Marquina
  Discussion: Mihir Desai, Monish Aron, René Sotelo
  
  
• 10.00-10.30: Coffee Break
  
  
• 10.30-11.00: High precision radiotherapy, MIRT in the treatment of prostate cancer; indications and outcome.
  Nimbe Barroso
  
  
• 11.00-11.30: Robotic HIFU in the treatment of prostate cancer; update and reality in 2012.
  Stefan Thueroff
  
  
• 11.00-13.30: Surgery: Partial Nephrectomy.
  Surgeon: Mihir Desai
  Moderator: Monish Aron, Manuel Marquina
  
  
• 13.30-14.30: Lunch
  
  
• 14.30-16.30: Surgery: Radical Robotic Prostatectomy.
  Surgeon: René Sotelo
  Moderator: Monish Aron, Manuel Marquina
  
  
• 16.30-17.00: Current state of robotic surgery in renal pathology: partial nephrectomy transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approach, radical nephrectomy, reconstructive surgery (pyeloplasty).
  Monish Aron
  
  
• 17.00-17.30: LESS and robotic LESS surgery: current and future perspective of robotic surgery.
  Mihir Desai
  
  
• 17.30-18.00: Laparoscopic and robotic surgical complications.
  René Sotelo
  
  
• 17.30-19.30: Hands-On in Robotic Surgery
  Moderator: Alejandro González

Attendees may participate in an informational workshop on robotic surgery and may use the da Vinci S Robot to perform different activities in non-animated models.

Only for attendees with registration in the “hands-on” course on robotics surgery.

February Friday 3, 2012

• 7.30-8.00: Registration
  
  
• 8.00-8.30: Current state of prostatic transurethral resection; bipolar vs monopolar energy, any difference?
  Gopal Badlani
  
  
• 8.30-9.00: Laser photo-selective vaporization of prostate: physical principles, surgical technique and recommendations.
  Ricardo González
  
  
• 9.00-9.30:Progress and evolution of transurethral prostatic surgery with the Greenlight laser: from 80 to 180 Watts.
  Ricardo González
  
  
• 9.30-10.00: Minimal invasive therapy for benign prostatic enlargement, is there anything new?
  Gopal Badlani
  
  
• 10.00-10.30: Focal therapy of prostate with HIFU.
  Stefan Thueroff
  
  
• 10.30-11.00:Coffee Break
  
  
• 11.00-11.30:Treatment alternatives of urinary incontinence in men.
  Ricardo González
  
  
• 11.30-12.00: Minimal invasive treatment in urinary stress incontinence and urethral hyper mobility in women.
  Gopal Badlani
  
  
• 12.00-13.30: Surgery: Photovaporization of prostate with the 180W XPS-Greenlight laser.
  Surgeon: Ricardo González
  
  
• 12.30-13.30: Surgery: HIFU treatment for prostate cancer.
  Surgeon: Stefan Thueroff
  
  
• 13.30-14.30: Lunch - Box lunch
  
  
• 13.30-14.30: Surgery: HIFU, focal treatment for prostate cancer.
  Surgeon: Stefan Thueroff
  
  
• 14.30-15.30: Surgery: urethrovesical suspension.
  Surgeon: Gopal Badlani
  
  
• 15.30-17.00: Surgery: Photovaporization of prostate with the 180W XPS-Greenlight laser.
  Surgeon: Ricardo González
  
  
• 17.00-19.00: Hands-On in transurethral prostatic surgery.
  Surgeon: Ricardo González

Attendees will perform transurethral photovaporization in bladders of animal models using the HP 120W and XPS 180W Greenlight lasers.

Only for attendees with registration in the “hands-on” course on Prostatic transurethral surgery.

February Saturday 4, 2012

• 7.30-8.00: Registration
  
  
• 8.00.8.30:How do I evaluate stone-forming patients, how I treat them and how I follow them? Practical suggestions.
  Glenn Preminger
  
  
• 8.30-9.50: Expulsive medical therapy, when and how to use it.
  Glenn Preminger
  
  
• 8.50-9.20: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: technology evolution and practical recommendations to improve treatment outcomes.
  Achim Loske
  
  
• 9.20-9.40: PCNL: access is the most important thing; is there any real difference in the supine or prone position approach.
  Jorge Gutiérrez
  
  
• 9.40-10.00: PCNL: how to avoid a nightmare; lessons learned in more than 20 years.
  Jorge Gutiérrez
  
  
• 10.00-10.20: Infectious complications in endourology; infected stones, endotoxins and urinary sepsis.
  Gustavo Gómez
  
  
• 10.20-10.40:Coffee Break
  
  
• 10.40-11.00: Flexible intrarenal surgery: how to approach the kidney every time with success.
  Gerhard J. Fuchs
  
  
• 11.00-11.20: Flexible intrarenal surgery: management of large stones and lower calyx stones.
  Gerhard J. Fuchs
  
  
• 11.20-11.40: Update in the endoscopic treatment of transitional cells tumors of upper urinary tract.
  Glenn Preminger
  
  
• 11.40-12.00: New technology in urinary endoscopy: digital endoscopes and narrow-band image.
  Glenn Preminger
  
  
• 12.00-13.30: Surgery: Retrograde flexible nephrolithotripsy.
  Surgeon: Gerhard J. Fuchs
  Moderator: Ismael Sedano, Gustavo Gómez
  
  
• 13.30-14.30:Lunch
  
  
• 14.30-16.30:Surgery: Retrograde flexible nephrolithotripsy and/or PCNL.
  Surgeon: Glenn Preminger
  Moderator: Ismael Sedano, Gustavo Gómez
  
  
• 17.00-19.00:Hands-On en Flexible uretero-nephroscopy.
  Moderator: Alejandro González

Attendees will be able to perform access to the ureter and kidney with rigid and flexible ureteroscopes and will be able to use the holmium laser for intracorporeal lithotripsy in non-animated models.

Only for attendees with registration in the “hands-on” course on flexible uretero-nephroscopy.