Surgical Saturday in the Canary Islands

This Saturday I travelled early to Gran Canaria to operate with Dr. Francisco Juarez, in the Santa Catalina Hospital of Las Palmas. Dr. Juarez has pioneered the HPS laser prostatectomy in the Canary Islands and he owns the first high powered greenlight laser (120 watts) in these islands. I am mentoring him in the technique.

After the first surgical session a couple of weeks ago, he had prepared an intense surgical list, we did 4 consecutive operations with the HPS laser. We operated two patients in the morning and then we had some time to rest and have a proper lunch in an Italian restaurant nearby. Then we continued in the afternoon and evening... all patients did very well and we had a good time together. The anaesthetists could not believe that at last there was a surgical option to open prostatectomy and TURP that does not cause bleeding, and they really were shocked when we told them that all patients would be home the next morning...


The we went out for dinner. After a brief sleep, I rushed to the airport to return to Madrid to spend the sunday at home. I still have some Jet lag after the AUA in anaheim...