Greenlight HPS world experts meeting in Madrid

This weekend we celebrated the second meeting of world experts in Greenlight laser surgery of the prostate, again in Madrid. The organization was carried out by the ICUA, with the unrestricted support of AMS (Americal Medical Systems). The idea was simple and innovative, put together the surgeons with more experience in Greenlight HPS laser surgery to allow them to share experiences and reach consensus on how this operation should be done and then be able to share what we learnt with the rest of the world.


Doctors attending were Mr. Gordon H. Muir (London), Alex Bachmann (Basel, Switzerland), Oliver Reich (Munich, Germany), Jean de la Rossette (Holland), Benjamin Choi (New York, EE.UU.), Shahin Tabatabei (Boston, USA), Edward Collins (San Francisco, USA), Henry Woo (Sidney, Australia) and I was chairing the meeting. We named this group the IGLU group (International Greenlight Users Group).


We jointly performed 9 operations with prostates from 15 to 92 g in the Sanatorio del Rosario, in Madrid. We had a chance to observe different techniques and to share surgical tips and tricks, strategies and opinions during the whole day. On Saturday, we went to Toledo, where we had a wonderfu round table discussion and then on Sunday we discussed how to spread the conclusions of this meeting, so the can reach the rest of the urologists in the world.


It has been an excellent meeting. I have learn a lot from my colleagues. We all share the same passion for the Greenlight HPS Surgery. We, also, enjoy a very nice atmosphere and camaraderie...

Soon we will start publishing our results and the recommendations on how to perform this technique, so everybody can benefit from the experience we have gathered over the last four or five years. The group will continue working together and aiming to improve this technique and the way it is applied worldwide. We are all quite certain that this treatment option will dethrone the classic surgical options...