European Association of Urology Annual Congress In Copenhagen

This year the EAU took place in Copenhagen. A congress full of new and interesting stuff.

I was first in charge of addressing the Young Urologists Group of the EAU with my talk on Tips and Tricks for HoLEP (Holmium Enucleation of the Prostate).

Then I was invited to present a semi-live surgery of Anatomic PVP (Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate) during the plenary session of the congress.

Later that day I recorded an interview for a new education website on BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) that Boston Scientific is going to release soon, similar to the one they have been running for stone disease  http://stonesmart.urologytimes.com/. I spoke about the GreenLEP technique that I have described for the treatment of large glands. I will announce it in this blog the moment in comes online.

Also in this congress I presented a live surgery recorded previously at the Boston Scientific Booth.

This video will soon be available at the prestitious AIS Channel, I will also announce it here when it becomes available online.

Also I had to moderate a session of videos on new techniques in the treatment of BPH. 

In this session we phad submitted a video on how to perform intravesical morcelation of BPH tissue with safety, that Dr. Enrique Rijo presented. He is a colleague and a friend from Barcelona who learnt to enucleate with me and has grown up to become a true expert. 

Finally I presented another video that we had submitted to the congress on Robotic Nephrectomy in a tumor with caval thormbus.

In summary, a very busy congress in which I have been able to ascertain that we are in line with other european high level centers offering the latest technologies in minimally invasive surgery to our patients. 

Kicking off the international multi center study on iTIND

ICUA and Clínica CEMTRO have initiated their participation in the international multicenter clinical trial on the new device iTIND for the treatment of BPH and Marion's disease (primary sclerosis of the bladder neck).

The advantage of this device that is implanted in the prostatic urethra and is removed five days later is that it reshapes the anatomy of the bladder neck allowing for a much more comfortable micturition for patients without affecting ejaculation or sexual function.

We have carried out the first cases for the study and the recruitment is still open, so if you suffer from BPH contact us to see if you are a candidate to participate in this study.

Live Surgery in Madrid

This morning we went to Hospital La Luz in Madrid, to participate in the Course on Benign Prostate Hyperplasia organised by the urology department leaded by Dr. Romero.

 
I was invited to perform a GreenLEP procedure (GreenLight Enucleation of the Prostate) that would be broadcasted to the main auditorium at the Hospital. I took my nurses Vanesa Cuadros and Nuria Torrego with me so everything would take place uneventfully.

The operation went very well and we could show again the simplicity and elegance of the GreenLEP procedure, as the comment below in twitter illustrates.

International Course at ICUA - Clinica CEMTRO

This year we are going to run several international courses on new advanced techniques of surgery for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with the GreenLight laser. In the first of these courses we had the privilege of having Dr. Vincent Misrai, from Tolousse, France, and Dr. Giovanni Ferrari, from Modena, Italy. We had visitors from the UK and United Arab Emirates.

The course had two days, one with live surgical cases performed at Clinica CEMTRO, and another day at the Boston Scientific headquarters in Madrid, where we gave many talks on the different aspects of surgery for BPH with the GreenLight laser.

There was also time to practice with the new surgical simulator, that has improved significantly.

These courses will take place in Madrid several times this year, so if you want to join us, contact Boston Scientific. We cover the techniques that I described three years ago in this paper.