ESU Hands-on-training courses

ESU/ESUT Hands-on training in Women's Health

The European School of Urology (ESU) and the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) offer a practical hands-on training course with female pelvic models focusing on the placement of slings for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. The delegates will be taken through a step-by-step programme of surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence with retropubic, transobturator, and single-incision slings. The programme will begin with a discussion of patient selection and relevant clinical data. Videos demonstrating the different techniques will be presented, and afterwards the delegates will be instructed in small teams on the pelvic trainers. Finally, all remaining questions can be answered and discussed with the tutors, including the demonstration of tips and tricks.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS

ESU Hands-on training course on Urodynamics

This workshop aims to provide a practical course offering an interactive "hands-on" environment for doctors, nurses and technicians to improve their skills in urodynamics, with an emphasis on practical aspects including equipment used, interpretation of traces, quality control and trouble-shooting. The use of recorded tests, access to equipment and small groups means that individual problems can be addressed. All the speakers are involved in similar "hands-on" courses, which have ran successfully in the United Kingdom and abroad. The small group format has been shown to work well in addressing individual needs. Access to teaching aids and equipment will simulate the clinical scenario as much as possible within the constraints of the conference setting. At the end of the workshop delegates should feel more confident in their practice of urodynamics.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from LABORIE and MEDIWATCH

ESU/ESUT Hands-on training GreenLight Laser Vaporisation – Basic Course

The European School of Urology (ESU) and the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) offer an intensive hands-on training course with different models focussing on the endoscopic management of LUTS. The delegates will be taken through a sequential programme of GreenLight-laservaporisation using virtual reality models. A video demonstrating the different steps and tasks of the procedures will be presented and afterwards the delegates will be instructed according to their level of experience in small teams at the models. Finally, all remaining questions can be answered and discussed with all tutors including the demonstration of tips and tricks.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS

ESU/ESUT Hands-on training GreenLight Laser Vaporisation – Advanced Course

The European School of Urology (ESU) and the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) offer an intensive hands-on training course with different models focussing on the endoscopic management of LUTS. The delegates will be taken through a sequential programme of Green-light-laservaporisation using a virtual reality model, especially focussing on more complicated applications (ie. , large intravesical obstructing middle lobes, patients under anti-coagulation, cardiological considerations) A video demonstrating the different steps and tasks of the procedures will be presented and afterwards the delegates will be instructed according to their level of experience in small teams at the models. Treatment of high risk patients will be discussed ( anticoagulant ). Finally, all remaining questions can be answered and discussed with all tutors including the demonstration of tips and tricks.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS

ESU-ESUT Hands-on-training courses on Laparoscopy

Laparoscopic procedures are continuously evolving in urology based on the increasing expertise of urologic surgeons. This includes ablative procedures, such as radical nephrectomy as well as reconstructive techniques, such as pyeloplasty. Some advanced procedures (i.e. radical prostatectomy, radical cystectomy) have both, ablative and reconstructive steps. Since the number of centres with laparoscopic expertise is still limited in Europe, laparoscopic training programmes have become very important. Hands-on training courses at the pelvitrainer represent one of the main steps of such courses. Finally, all remaining questions can be answered and discussed with all tutors including the demonstration of tips and tricks.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from KARL STORZ GMBH & CO.KG and COVIDIEN

ESU-ESUT-EULIS Hands-on-training courses on Ureterorenoscopy

The European School of Urology (ESU), the EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) and the EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS) offer an intensive hands-on training course with different models focussing on the endoscopic management of urolithiasis. The delegates will be taken through a sequential programme of Ureterorenoscopy using normal endoscopic instruments in different models. The use of various guide-wires, baskets and intracorporeal lithotripters will be demonstrated. The ESUT and the EULIS faculty consist of experienced surgeons in the field of Ureterorenoscopy. A video demonstrating the different steps and tasks of the procedures will be presented and afterwards the delegates will be instructed according to their level of experience in small teams at the models. Finally, all remaining questions can be answered and discussed with all tutors including the demonstration of tips and tricks.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from KARL STORZ GMBH & CO.KG and COOK MEDICAL

ESU-ESUT Hands-on-training courses on Transurethral Therapy of LUTS – Bipolar TURP

This course is supported by educational grants from KARL STORZ. Every session accommodates for 18 participants who will be selected and assigned to a course based on the level of their experience. Participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire prior to the course.

ESU/ERUS Hands-on-training courses on Robotic surgery

The European School of Urology (ESU) and the EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) offer an intensive hands-on training course. We will provide training using simulators.The main aims of this 90 minutes course are: improving the participants´ control-skills and hand-eye-coordination, as well as an objective benchmarking of console performance and an introduction into standardized surgical steps in robot-assisted procedures. Therefore, each course is limited to the small number of 6 participants, to facilitate an optimal training setting with only 2 participants per faculty.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from INTUITIVE SURGICAL & MIMIC

ESU/ESUT Hands-on training in OnabotulinumtoxinA administration for OAB

Botulinum toxin type A administration in Urology has become common practice over the last two decades. Following the completion of Phase 3 registration trials in OAB, OnabotulinumtoxinA received marketing approval for this indication and now has a standardised injection paradigm. This workshop is procedure-focused, and will teach attendees the practicalities of OnabotulinumtoxinA administration through short lectures, videos and hands-on demonstrations using bladder models. Attendees will learn how to reconstitute the product and see different types of equipment available.

This meeting has been supported by ALLERGAN through funding of room and equipment hire and honorarium payment for trainers.

ESU-ESUT Hands-on-training Laparoscopy – Basic Skills (E-BLUS)

The European School of Urology (ESU) and the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) offer the standardised and validated practical European training programme in Basic Laparoscopic Urological Skills (E-BLUS). The exercises in this hands-on training course have been designed to develop and practice psychomotor skills such as depth perception and bimanual dexterity and to master basic laparoscopy skills such as instrument handling, pattern cutting and intracorporal suturing.

Experienced laparoscopist-examiners will guide the trainees and offer their training advice, tips and tricks where needed. The E-BLUS training programme, including instructional videos of the exercises and an online theoretical introduction can be found at http://hot.uroweb.org.

The training courses are aimed at delegates with little or basic laparoscopy experience and at candidates for the E-BLUS examination (separate application required). It is not possible to register for these training courses, admission will be based on available seats and first-come-first-served policy.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from OLYMPUS EUROPA SE & CO. KG