VVTHTH INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL COURSE COURSE

ON RIGID AND ON RIGID AND FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE

URETEROSCOPYURETEROSCOPY

4-5 June 2009

Cristo Re Hospital, Rome

Course Directors:

Lorenzo Defidio MD Chief of Urology and Stone Center, Cristo Re Hospital, Rome, Italy

Anup Patel MS FRCS (Urol) Consultant Urological Surgeon Department of Urology, St. Mary Hospital at Imperial School of Medicine, London, UK

Organizing Secretary

FEDRA CONGRESSI - ROME Via dei SS. Pietro e Paolo, 23 - 00144, Rome info@fedracongressi.it www.fedracongressi.it Ph. +39(06)52247328 Fax +39(06)5205625

Scientific Secretary Mauro De Dominicis MD, Vasco Santini MD dedominicism@alice.it Cell. +39(338)8132722 Fax. +39(06)78395217 www.urologoonline.it www.lorenzodefidio.it Please note that the 5th iteration of this successful course is limited to 100 urologists only on a first come first served basis

(14 credits have been obtained in the last course)

Registration Fees: 350,00 Euros (Residents are welcomed) Simultaneous translation is planned

Venue AULA MAGNA CRISTO RE HOSPITAL Via delle Calasanziane, 25 - 00167 - Rome

INVITED FACULTY P. CAIONE ROMA F. CAUDA TORINO M. DE DOMINICIS ROMA L. DEFIDIO ROMA A. DE LISA CAGLIARI D. DONADIO ROMA G. FUCHS Los Angeles, USA A. PATEL London, UK C. PAVONE PALERMO G. PREMINGER Durham, NC, USA D. PREZIOSO NAPOLI R. SCARPA ORBASSANO C. SCOFFONE ORBASSANO SPONSORS (temporary) GOLD PATRON: OLYMPUS, GYRUS SILVER PATRON: ANMRIS, COOK, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, DIMED BRONZE: IPSEN, ASTELLAS, PORGES, SPA, SIGMA TAU, ANGELINI

Course Patrons

ANMRIS

Dear colleagues and friends

the International Course on Rigid and Flexible Ureteroscopy is

going for the 5th edition. This year the course will have some

changes in order to improve the practical and didactical aspect

to enriche participants with useful information for the of every

day’s activity.

The purpose is that of :

• to give everybody the necessary technical basis;

• to furnish guide-lines to the treatment of the patholo-

gies of the upper urinary tract;

• to put in evidence the small details in the instrumenta-

tion and in the technique that allow those urologists who

already perform such techniques to improve the activity

or to shorten the learning-curve of the neophytes.

The live surgery (soul of this course), will be full of interesting

and didactic cases with 6 procedures on 2 operating rooms.

As every year we won't miss a Faculty with national and inter-

national experts of the technique selected for their skill and

ability to transmit with enthusiasm and clarity their experience.

Interactive presentations and experiences on pelvic-trainer

under the guide of a Tutor will be performed.

We wait for you in Rome.

Lorenzo Defidio Anup Patel

Program Day 1 - Thursday, June 4th From 8.30am to 11.00am LECTURES Moderators: P. Caione, C. Pavone • Instruments and accessories, an essential guide (C. Scoffo-

ne) • Safe access to the upper urinary tract and safe use (L. Defi-

dio) • Ureteric stone fragmentation, retrieval and migration, opti-

mal strategies, prevention and what to do if it happens to you (M. De Dominicis)

• Lower pole stones: management in situ or relocation? (G. Preminger)

• Large renal stones: retrograde treatment options? (G. Fuchs)

• Tips and Tricks in upper tract for successful flexible URS (A. Patel)

From 11.00am to 11.30am COFFEE BREAK From 11.30am to 1.30pm LECTURES Moderators: D. Prezioso, D. Donadio • Renal preservation in upper tract TCC: when and how (L.

Defidio) • Retrograde endopyelotomy: is it still a valid option? (G.

Fuchs) • Stent after ureteroscopy: which and when (A. Patel) • Complications of ureteroscopy (R. Scarpa) • Whats new and possible with RIRS instrumentation and te-

chniques (A. Patel) • Uptade on joint EAU-AUA guidelines on uretero-renoscopy

for urinary tract stones (G. Preminger) • Take-home messages (L. Defidio) From1.30pm to 2.30pm LUNCH

From 2.30pm to 5.00pm SKILL-LABS Tutors: A. De Lisa: The instruments and accessories F. Cauda: Introdution techniques Exercises on Pelvic-Trainer with instruments and accessories under the supervision of the Tutors.

Day 2 - Friday, June 5th From 8.00am to 4.00pm LIVE SURGERY Surgeons Room A: G. Fuchs (OLYMPUS) A. Patel L. Defidio Provoker : L. Defidio Surgeons Room B: R. Scarpa (OLYMPUS-GYRUS) G. Preminger M. De Dominicis Provoker : R. scarpa Moderators: A. De Lisa, F. Cauda • Moderation and interactive discussion of live surgical cases. • All the operations will be performer on kidney and ureteral

pathologies with rigid and/or flexible uretero-renoscopes. • Holmium and thulium lasers will be used for the optimal

treatment of tumors and stones. • The brand new digital flexible uretero-renoscope

from Olympus and the new digital semirigid urete-roscope wil be shown in use

From 4.00pm to 5.00pm ROUND TABLE An interactive discussion on uretero-renoscopy Moderator: G. Preminger Panelists: G. Fuchs, A. Patel, R. Scarpa, L. Defidio Registrants should please bring along their own cases so we can really make this a truly interactive format so that you get the most out of the session! At 5.00pm Course Closure