Join us in Amsterdam! Stellar lineup: Your guide to ESU courses The European School of Urology (ESU) continuously develops its educational activities to parallel the ever-expanding field of urology. For two decades now, the ESU has been vigilant in providing training essentials to young and experienced urologists. At EAU22, you can expect popular hands-on trainings (HOTs) on MRI fusion biopsy, MRI Reading, sacral neuromodulation, robotics, and abdominal ultrasound. What’s also in store for you are in-demand ESU courses. Found below is a preliminary overview of topics and course sessions. Individual lectures per session, as well as, more details on the HOTs will be made available in the online scientific programme soon.
Neurogenic and non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction
Adrenals
• M ale Genital Diseases (Chair: Prof. Suks Minhas) • Testicular cancer (Chair: Prof. Peter Albers)
• Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) (Chair: Prof. Evangelos Liatsikos) • Update on stone disease (Chair: Prof. Bhaskar Somani) • Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks and indications (Chair: Prof. Olivier Traxer) • Metabolic workup and non-surgical management of urinary stone disease (Chair: Dr. Thomas Tailly) • Advanced endourology in the non-standard patients with urolithiasis (Chair: Dr. Guido Kamphuis)
Prostate cancer
Urological surgery
• Adrenals for urologists (Chair: Prof. Ali Serdar Gözen)
Andrology • O ffice management of male sexual dysfunction (Chair: Prof. Christian Stief) • The infertile couple – Urological aspects (Chair: Dr. Marij Dinkelman-Smit)
• C hronic pelvic pain in men and women (Chair: Dr. Bert Messelink) • Practical neuro-urology (Chair: Prof. Francisco Cruz) • Lower urinary tract dysfunction and urodynamics (Chair: Prof. Hashim Hashim)
Paediatric urology • P ractical approach to paediatric urology (Chair: Asst. Prof. Fardod O'Kelly)
Penile and testicular cancer
• R obot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (Chair: Dr. Pierre-Thierry Piéchaud) • Retropubic radical prostatectomy: Tips, tricks and pitfalls (Chair: Prof. Oliver Hakenberg) Female urology • Focal therapy in prostate cancer • Advanced vaginal reconstruction (Chair: Dr. Eric Barret) (Chair: Prof. Dmitry Pushkar) • Prostate cancer imaging: When and how to use • Prolapse management and female pelvic floor it (Chair: Dr. Jochen Walz) problems (Chair: Prof. Ervin Kocjancic) • Prostate cancer screening and active surveillance – Where are we now? General Urology (Chair: Prof. Alexandre R. Zlotta) • How to proceed with hematuria • Prostate biopsy: Tips and tricks (Chair: Mr. Hugh Mostafid) (Chair: Prof. Peter Hammerer) • Ultrasound in urology • Metastatic prostate cancer (Chair: Prof. Tillmann Loch) (Chair: Prof. Karl Pummer) • Improving your communication and presentation • Oligometastatic prostate cancer skills (Chair: Prof. Giovanni Cacciamani) (Chair: Dr. Robert Jeffrey Karnes) • How to write the introduction and methods • Prostate cancer update: 2021-2022 (Chair: Prof. James Catto) (Chair: Prof. Francesco Montorsi) • How to write results and discussion • Surgery or radiotherapy for localised and (Chair: Prof. Catto) locally advanced prostate cancer • Practical aspects of cancer pathology for urologists. (Chair: Prof. Jeroen Van Moorselaar) The 2022 WHO novelties • Prostate cancer challenges and controversies (Chair: Prof. Eva Compérat) from guidelines to real-world (Chair: Prof. Francisco Gómez Veiga) • Theranostics in prostate cancer Infections • Dealing with the challenge of infection in urology (Chair: Prof. Boris Hadaschik) (Chair: Prof. Florian Wagenlehner)
Kidney transplantation • R enal transplantation: Technical aspects, diagnosis and management of early and late urological complications (Chair: Prof. Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla)
Male LUTS • M anagement of BPO: From medical to surgical treatment, including setbacks and operative solutions (Chair: Mr. Vijay Ramani)
Renal tumours
• A dvanced course on laparoscopic renal surgery (Chair: Dr. Alberto Breda) • Treatment of small renal masses (Chair: Prof. Paolo Gontero) • Robot renal surgery (Chair: Prof. Alexandre Mottrie)
Trauma • U rinary tract and genital trauma (Chair: Dr. Noam Kitrey)
Urethral strictures • Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery (Prof. Luis Martinez-Pineiro)
Urolithiasis
• Surgical anatomy for laparoscopic and roboticassisted radical prostatectomy and cystectomy (Chair: Prof. Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg) • Laparoscopy for beginners (Chair: Prof. Xavier Cathelineau) • Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones (Chair: Prof. Francesco Porpiglia) • Peno-scrotology and basic lower urinary tract endoscopy – Questions you are scared to ask (Chair: Mr. Chandra Shekhar Biyani) • Prosthetic surgery in urology (Chair: Mr. Asif Muneer) • Lymphadenectomy in urological malignancies (Chair: Prof. Agostino Mattei) • Practical tips for pelvic laparoscopic surgery: Cystectomy, radical prostatectomy adenomectomy and sacrocolpopexy (Chair: Dr. Jose Maria Gaya Sopena)
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YUORDay22: EAU Guidelines Cup, nightmare cases, and more Tailored to the educational needs of residents, the European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) and the Young Urology Office (YUO) organised the YUORDay22 session, which will take place on 19 March 2022. The session will offer surgery tips and tricks such as how to master flexible ureteroscopy, incontinence surgery, and more; nightmare cases with Q&A; hot updates such as new evidences in prostate cancer, and bladder cancer, to name a few. Then YUORDay22 will conclude with the live finale of EAU Guidelines Cup. The EAU Guidelines Cup is a competition which will determine which EAU junior members know the EAU Guidelines the best. The Cup will consist of three rounds. The first and second rounds will be online and consist of multiple-choice questions. The final top three participants will compete on YUORDay22 overseen by experts and Guidelines masters Prof. Dr. Maria Jose Ribal Caparros (ES), Dr. Giulio Patruno (IT), and Dr. Juan Luis Vásquez (DK). To join the EAU Guidelines Cup, wait for an invitation sent to your email address with a personalised link. Click the link then answer the questions as best and fast as you can. You will receive immediate feedback on how many answers you got correct. You could be the next EAU Guidelines Cup champion. Are you up for the challenge?
Urothelial tumours • Practical management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) (Chair: Prof. Alfred Witjes) • How we manage upper tract tumours (Chair: Prof. Shahrokh Shariat) • Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (Chair: Prof. Peter Wiklund) • Management and outcome in invasive and locally advanced bladder cancer (Chair: Prof. Bernard Malavaud) • Nerve-sparing cystectomy and orthotopic bladder substitution. Surgical tricks and management of complications (Chair: Prof. Arnulf Stenzl) • How will immunotherapy change the multidisciplinary management of urothelial bladder cancer (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Andrea Necchi)
How to add ESU courses to your registration You can enrol for the ESU courses online when you register for EAU22 via www.eau22.org/registration. You can also register for the ESU courses onsite during the congress but please note that participation is subject to availability. Many courses are fully booked prior to the congress.
Guidelines Cup at EAU19 Barcelona attracted talented young urologists
YAU Special Session: Hot topics and awards The Special Session: Meeting of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) will commence on 18 March 2022 and be led by YAU Chair Dr. Juan Gómez Rivas (ES). To promote high-quality studies and to provide strong evidence for the best urological practice, YAU members and key opinion leaders in urology will focus on the scientific and educational aspects. The session will feature hot topics such as the potential use of robotic surgery in complex urological conditions, penile augmentation, updates on the Intraoperative Complication Assessment and Reporting with Universal Standards (ICARUS) project, current clinical trials in the field of renal cell carcinoma, and many more. The YAU Awards will also take place where the following accolades will be bestowed: Best paper published in 2021 by a YAU group, Best poster presented at EAU 2021 by a YAU group, and YAU reviewer of the year 2021.
October/January 2022
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