Hands-on Training courses

ESU Hands-on training

A unique opportunity to train with international experienced experts

Friday, 30 May 2025
11.45 – 12.45
Room : Zeta 1

Hands-on-Training on Basic Laparoscopy (LUSs1)

Tutor:

Hands-on-Training on Endoscopic Stone treatment Step 1 (ESTs1)

Tutor: T. Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lisbon (PT)

Hands-on-Training on Transurethral Treatment (TURP)

Tutor: D. Oliveira Reis, Lisbon (PT)

Hands-on-Training on Robotic surgery

Tutor: TBD

To register for any of these entitlements, please go to the registration page. If you already registered, please send an email to our Registrations Department and indicate which Hands-on-training you would like to book.

General information

Hands-on-Training on Laparoscopy LUSs1

This basic laparoscopic training course is the first step in the Laparoscopic Urological Skills (LUS) curriculum. It’s designed to provide urologists with a fundamental understanding of laparoscopy and enhance their laparoscopic skills. This comprehensive training is specifically tailored for urologists who want to gain a basic level of knowledge in laparoscopy and wish to improve their proficiency in key laparoscopic techniques. The course comprises four essential exercises aimed at honing skills related to depth perception and bimanual dexterity: Peg Transfer, Circle Cut, Needle Guidance, and Knot Tying.

The primary objective of this course is to enhance participants’ laparoscopic skills, focusing on key aspects such as depth perception and bimanual dexterity. By the end of the course, attendees should feel more confident and competent in their basic laparoscopic skills.

Hands-on-Training on Endourology ESTs1

This Basic Endoscopic Stone Treatment course is the first step in the Endoscopic Stone Treatment (EST) curriculum. It is designed to provide urologists with a fundamental understanding of endoscopic stone treatment and enhance their skills. This comprehensive training is specifically tailored for urologists who want to gain a basic level of knowledge in endoscopy and wish to improve their proficiency in key techniques for endoscopic stone management. The curriculum includes four key exercises that provide hands-on experience and practical training: Flexible Cystoscopy, Rigid Cystoscopy, Semi-Rigid Ureteroscopy, and Flexible Ureteroscopy.

The primary objective of this programme is to enhance participants’ skills in the treatment of urinary stones with endoscopic techniques. By the end of the course, attendees should feel more confident and competent in their basic skills.

Hands-on-Training on Transurethral treatment TURP/TURBT

This intermediate transurethral treatment training course is the second step in the Transurethral Treatment (TUT) curriculum. It is designed to provide urologists with a fundamental understanding of transurethral resection of the bladder or prostate and enhance their skills. This comprehensive training is specifically tailored for urologists who want to improve their proficiency in resection techniques. Experts will lead participants through the resection on state of the art models, ensuring a familiarity with the process, recognition of the equipment and how to handle it, and an understanding of best practice for the procedure.

Hands-on-Training on Robotic surgery

This hands-on-training course is an introduction to robotic surgery that will be conducted on Intuitive Da Vinci simulators. During this 30-minute course participants will practice their control-skills and hand-eye-coordination, learn about objective benchmarking

of console performance and an receive an introduction into standardised surgical steps in simulated robot-assisted procedures.

Key features of the training:

  • Advanced instrument control and articulation
  • 3D high-definition visualisation
  • Improved dexterity in confined anatomical spaces

The course is designed for urologists and residents interested in gaining practical exposure to robotic techniques — whether as a first introduction or to complement existing knowledge.

Registration is open.

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