International visitors

This week we were honored to receive the visit of Dr. Teodoro Sucre, from Venezuela, who was interested in learning about the use of the Greenlight HPS laser for the treatment of BPH. He attended two surgical sessions in Madrid. We had time enough to comment all details related to the surgical technique as well as tips and tricks that allow to optimize the result of this operation. Dr. Sucre is a delightful man and no doubt one of the most promising young urologists in his beautiful country.





For the second surgical session we had programmed three cases and we also were honoured by the visit of a group of American and Spanish Engineers from American Medical Systems, the manufacturer of this laser. They were in Madrid and decided to pop in to see some procedures so we could comment new aspects related with the proper use of laser fibres during surgical operations. In essence, I learned from them that when tissue particles adhere to the fiber, it degrades very fast, so it is imperative to keep it clean throughout the operation. I already had observed it, but when I saw the experimental data they showed, I could understand how paramount this is for this operation. So from now on I will clean the fiber more often, hoping to improve its performance. A very productive session!!