On the occasion of the Annual EAU Congress, the European School of Urology organises courses for continuous medical education. Every year, these courses are revised and new members of faculty take part in the programme – all to make sure that course participants receive top-quality, clinically-oriented information that can be of immediate use in their practice. This year, the ESU offers 41 specialised courses – covering a wide spectrum of topics. All of these courses are aimed at narrow target groups, allowing for a highly individualised teaching approach.
Amongst the new courses this year “Ultrasound in urology” chaired by Prof. Tillmann Loch, Flensburg (DE), “Focal treatment in prostate cancer” chaired by Prof. T.E. Bjerklund Johansen, Oslo (NO), “Prostate cancer imaging: When and how to use it”, chaired by Prof. Jochen Walz, Marseille (FR) and a course on “An Introduction to social media: Why this is important for urologists”, chaired by Mr. James Catto, Sheffield (GB). These new additions offer insights into the global trends in urology and set them into the context of ever-day urological practice.
All course materials on a CD will be available to the delegates of the 29th Annual EAU Congress free of charge and can be collected at the booth of sponsoring company MILLENIUM TAKEDA.
A full list of ESU Courses can be found in the Programme Overview and click on Saturday, Sunday or Monday to see all our courses. Below is a quick overview:
| ESU Course 1 | Prostate cancer – Screening, diagnosis and staging | A.R. Zlotta, Toronto (CA) |
| ESU Course 2 | Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery | C.R. Chapple, Sheffield (GB) |
| ESU Course 3 | Modern management of BPO | K.M. Anson, London (GB) |
| ESU Course 4 | Retropubic radical prostatectomy – Tips, tricks and pitfalls | H. Van Poppel, Leuven (BE) |
| ESU Course 5 | Urinary tract and genital trauma | L. Martínez-Piñeiro, Madrid (ES) |
| ESU Course 6 | Prolapse management and female pelvic floor problems | D.J.M.K. De Ridder, Leuven (BE) |
| ESU Course 7 | Office management of male sexual dysfunction | C. Stief, Munich (DE) |
| ESU Course 8 | Renal transplantation: Technical aspects, diagnosis and... | F.J. Burgos Revilla, Madrid (ES) |
| ESU Course 9 | Update on stone disease | A. Patel, London (GB) |
| ESU Course 10 | Focal treatment in prostate cancer | T.E. Bjerklund Johansen, Oslo (NO) |
| ESU Course 11 | An Introduction to social media: Why this is important for urologists | J.W.F. Catto, Sheffield (GB) |
| ESU Course 12 | Lower urinary tract dysfunction and urodynamics | P. Abrams, Bristol (GB) |
| ESU Course 13 | Pathology (prostate, bladder/UUT, kidney, testicles/penis) | E. Compérat, Paris (FR) |
| ESU Course 14 | Management of locally advanced and metastatic renal cancer | M. Kuczyk, Hanover (DE) |
| ESU Course 15 | Laparoscopy for beginners | A.D. Joyce, Leeds (GB) |
| ESU Course 16 | Testicular cancer | P. Albers, Düsseldorf (DE) |
| ESU Course 17 | Management and outcome in invasive and locally... | A. Alcaraz, Barcelona (ES) |
| ESU Course 18 | Ultrasound in urology | T. Loch, Flensburg (DE) |
| ESU Course 19 | Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy (UPJ, adrenal and stones) | G. Janetschek, Salzburg (AT) |
| ESU Course 20 | How to write a manuscript and get it published in European Urology | J.W.F. Catto, Sheffield (GB) |
| ESU Course 21 | Advanced vaginal reconstruction | D. Pushkar, Moscow (RU) |
| ESU Course 22 | Nerve-sparing cystectomy and orthotopic bladder... | U.E. Studer, Berne (CH) |
| ESU Course 23 |
Surgery or radiotherapy for localised and locally advanced ... |
B. Djavan, Vienna (AT) |
| ESU Course 24 | Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery... | O. Traxer, Paris (FR) |
| ESU Course 25 | The infertile couple - Urological aspects | W. Aulitzky, Vienna (AT) |
| ESU Course 26 | Prostate cancer imaging: When and how to... | J. Walz, Marseille (FR) |
| ESU Course 27 | Diagnosis and management of non-muscle invasive... | J.A. Witjes, Nijmegen (NL) |
| ESU Course 28 | Management of small renal tumours | P. Gontero, Turin (IT) |
| ESU Course 29 | Chronic pelvic pain in men and women | E.J. Messelink, Groningen (NL) |
| ESU Course 30 | Robot renal surgery | A. Mottrie, Aalst (BE) |
| ESU Course 31 | Current concepts and controversy in the diagnosis and... | S.F. Shariat, Vienna (AT) |
| ESU Course 32 | Extraperitoneal robotic assisted prostatectomy... | J-U. Stolzenburg, Leipzig (DE) |
| ESU Course 33 | Paediatric urology for the adult urologist: A practical update | J.M. Nijman, Groningen (NL) |
| ESU Course 34 | Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy | P.T. Piechaud, Bordeaux (FR) |
| ESU Course 35 | Ultrasound for the urologist - TRUS and TRUS guided biopsies | P. Hammerer, Braunschweig (DE) |
| ESU Course 36 | Laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy | P. Wiklund, Stockholm (SE) |
| ESU Course 37 | Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) | E. Liatsikos, Patras (GR) |
| ESU Course 38 | General neuro-urology | F.R. Cruz, Porto (PT) |
| ESU Course 39 | Post-surgical urinary incontinence in males | E. Chartier-Kastler, Paris (FR) |
| ESU Course 40 | Advanced course on laparoscopic nephrectomy | V. Pansadoro, Rome (IT) |
| ESU Course 41 | Metastatic prostate cancer | K. Pummer, Graz (AT) |
If you wish to register for a course, you can do so by sending an , or on-site at the Self Service Area or the ESU Registration desk. Advance registration online is highly recommended – as courses are often fully booked before the opening of the congress!