Surgery Day - Session One - Endourology/Stones and Uro-Oncology

Thursday, October 30, 2025

07:30 - 09:00 GMT+0

This educational programme is supported by:
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Co-Chair(s)

Stilianos Giannakopoulos

Professor of Urology
Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, Greece

Moderator(s)

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Miguel Ramos

Urologist
Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal
Kai Zhang

Dr
beijing united family hospital and clinics, China (People's Republic)
Hegel Trujillo-Santamaría, Urologist

Professor of Urology
Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Sung Kyu Hong

Professor and Chair, Department of Urology
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Republic of Korea

Committee Co-Chairs: Jean de la Rosette, Türkiye / Stavros Gravas, Cyprus / Rajeev Kumar, India
Committee Members: Ranan Dasgupta, United Kingdom / Dean Elterman, Canada / Yasser Farahat, UAE / Evelyn Moshokoa, South Africa / Silvia Secco, Italy

Learning Objectives :

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

Update knowledge of recent developments in equipment and technique for the minimally invasive and surgical management of urologic diseases, based on live and pre-recorded surgical demonstrations.
Acknowledge the role of open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted surgical procedures in uro-oncology and reconstructive urology, with respect to new systems, instrumentation, and techniques.
Summarize practical knowledge of instrumentation and techniques for the endourologic treatment of upper and lower urinary tract conditions.
Recognize the role of focal therapy approaches in uro-oncology.
Recall perioperative considerations for optimizing urologic surgery outcomes, based on treatment guidelines and expert opinion.