Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy - Image guidance - Advanced 2-Day Course

Orsi Academy offers an Advanced 2-Day Course in Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for urologists who already master the robotic surgery approach and who want to improve their specialized skills. This course focuses on the transperitoneal approach with suturing technique & image guidance with drop-in probe and AR with 3D printed model.

Directed by top expert Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie and proctored by Dr. Geert De Naeyer.

This 2-day masterclass consists of live case observations and hands-on wet-lab training on porcine models.

After completion, participants receive a Orsi Academy certificate of attendance & CME credits.

This course will focus on the transperitoneal approach with suturing technique & image guidance with drop-in probe and augmented reality with 3D printed model.

The transperitoneal approach is a recommended surgery for tumors that are more anterior and are not easily accessible from the retroperitoneum.

This course is for urologists with previous experience on the robot, who want to learn or optimize the robot-assisted partial nephrectomy procedure. This course is not for robotic beginners.

Larcher A, De Naeyer G, Turri F, Dell'Oglio P, Capitanio U, Collins JW, Wiklund P, Van Der Poel H, Montorsi F, Mottrie A; ERUS Educational Working Group and the Young Academic Urologist Working Group on Robot-assisted Surgery. The ERUS Curriculum for Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Structure Definition and Pilot Clinical Validation. Eur Urol. 2019 Jun;75(6):1023-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.02.031. Epub 2019 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 30979635.

Day 1 | 08:00 - 17:00 | Live case observation at OLV Hospital Aalst

• Live case observation at OLV Hospital Aalst of complex RAPN cases performed by Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie/Dr. Geert De Naeyer with a step-by-step explanation of the transperitoneal approach.
• Theoretical session with videos of RAPN cases of transperitoneal procedures.

19:00 Social dinner at a restaurant in Ghent

Day 2 | 09:00 - 17:00 | Hands-on wet lab training at Orsi Academy

• Theoretical introduction on techniques and advanced tips and tricks of RAPN
• Dry-lab training on harvested kidney: focus on suturing technique and image guidance
• Wet-lab training on porcine model: full RAPN