Surgeries in Bilbao, Hospital de Basurto

Last thursday I took a plane early in the morning to go to Bilbao, to the Hospital de Basurto, to perform a surgical demonstration of the new GreenLight XPS 180 watt laser. We did two cases in the morning and the residents could perform most of the operations. Then Dr. Unda took me out for lunch "the vasque way". I like so much the Vasque Country ;-) Then I returned to Madrid to start my holidays!!

Visitors from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Galicia

This week we had two days full of GreenLight surgeries and we received visitors coming from Saudi Arabia,  (Dr. Maher Moazin, from Hospital King Fahd Medical City and Dr. Ali Bin Mahfooz, from King Faisal Specialist Hospital), from Lebanon (Dr. Fouad Honeine) and from Galicia, Dr. Andrés Rodríguez Alonso, from Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, in Ferrol.

Training in Casablanca

This time I travelled to Casablanca to participate in the training of Professors Abdennabi Joual and Rabii. They had recently visited Madrid to see GreenLight XPS laser operations.

We did five operations that took place without any trouble. Then we went to a local hotel for a press round because this is the first GreenLight laser that is installed in Morocco. Sadly I had no time to visit Casablanca...

GreenLight XPS 180 watt laser: Anatomic PVP Technique

Here I am presenting a new technique, the "Anatomic" PVP that aims to remove the whole adenoma from the prostate by localizing anatomical landmarks that will help achieving this goal. This enhances the durability of the procedure and achieve lower PSAs postoperatively.

I hope you enjoy, comments are welcome!


GreenLight XPS 180 watt laser "Anatomic" Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate from Fernando Gómez Sancha on Vimeo.

Presentation of the new GreenLight XPS laser in Spain

This Friday I participated in the official presentation of the new GreenLight XPS 180 watt laser that took place at the University Hospital Fundación Alcorcón, in Madrid.

One of the talks was about how to apply the basic science to clinical practice. I used a new tool to make presentations called PREZI, that allows for online publication. Logically this is only the presentation, but not my voice explaining it... but it is certainly remarkable and that is why I publish it here (you will see it better if you click on more on the lower right and choose full screen).

Fisiopatología del láser on Prezi

Surgeries at the General University Hospital in Valencia

This thursday I took an early flight to go to Valencia. I had to show the new GreenLigth XPS 180 watt laser. There I met my old friends Dr. Emilio López Alcina and Dr. Enrique Illueca.

The hospital was in a messy state, as they are refurbishing, but the surgical session was fantastic. We did two operations during the morning that were very succesful. Then I returned fast to Madrid. This laser is impressing everybody that gets to see it in action.

More surgeries in Sofia

This weekend I was in Sofia. We had to operate on saturday and sunday, we had seven patients.

On Sunday we finished somewhat earlier than usual and Dr. Kalchev took me to see the Vitosha mountain, a wonderful place that belongs to the Balkan mountains, just near Sofia, where bulgarians use to sky in the winter. There was no snow yet, but one could feel that soon it will be really cold there.

It is an old vulcano, and it had this massive rocks flowing down... impressive!

On Monday I returned to Madrid early in the morning.

Live surgery in Santiago de Compostela

Thursday night I flew to Santiago de Compostela, the next morning I had to perform a live procedure on a patient with benign prostatic enlargement using the new GreenLight XPS 180 watt laser. The operation was transmitted to the meeting room at the Hospital de Conxo, where the congress was held.

The operation was uneventful and I could show the anatomic vaporization technique, in which the surgical capsule of the prostate is found to make sure that the adenoma is vaporized to completion.

Then I had to do a long trip Santiago-Madrid-Milán-Sofia to arrive in Sofia that same night.