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SIU@U
SIU@U
    Session Type: Surgery Day

    Surgery Day - Session Three - Uro-Oncology and Focal Therapy

    Thursday, October 30, 2025
    14:00 - 15:50 GMT+0

    Surgery Day SIU@U

    This educational programme is supported by:
    Corporate Sponsor: Procept BioRobotics
    Congress Contributors: Coloplast, Edge Medical, Laborie, Medtronic, MicroPort, Pusen, Simai Co., Ltd., Sofmedica, Sonablate, Teleflex, YiGaoMed.

      Co-Chair(s)

    • Prokar Dasgupta

      Professor of Surgery
      King's Health Partners, United Kingdom

    • MS

      Matin Sheriff

      Director of Robotic Surgery
      Medway NHS Foundation Trust Kent , United Kingdom

      • Moderator(s)

    • Grigorios Athanasiadis

      Consultant Urological Surgeon
      Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    • Badrinath Konety

      President and Chief Academic Officer
      Allina Health Cancer Institute, Allina Health System, United States

    • Leonard Gomella

      Professor and Chair, Dept. of Urology
      Thomas Jefferson University, United States

    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.

    Presentations:

    • 14:00 - 14:45 GMT+0
      LIVE: Clipless Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

      Surgeon: Dmitry Pushkar – Moscow Urological Center, Botkin Hospital

    • 14:00 - 14:45 GMT+0
      LIVE: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy with Telesurgery

      Surgeon: Geert De Naeyer – AZORG Hospitals Aalst

    • 14:45 - 15:30 GMT+0
      LIVE: Clipless Retzius-Sparing Robotic Prostatectomy

      Surgeon: Wissam Abou-Chedid – Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

    • 14:45 - 15:30 GMT+0
      LIVE: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
    • 15:30 - 15:50 GMT+0
      SEMI-LIVE: Focal Therapy With HIFU

      Surgeon: Alistair Grey – UCLH

    • 15:30 - 15:50 GMT+0
      SEMI-LIVE: Lateral Approach in Nerve-Sparing Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

      Surgeon: Markos Karavitakis – 2nd Department of Urology, Lefkos Stavros the Athens Clinic