Robotic Kidney Transplantation - Advanced 2-Day Course

Orsi Academy offers an Advanced 2-Day Course in Robotic Kidney Transplantation for urologists with advanced robotic skills who want to master the robotic surgery approach in renal transplantation.

Proctored by top-experts Dr. Alberto Breda, Dr. Angelo Territo and Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker.

The masterclass consists of 2 days of extensive hands-on wet-lab training. Please not that in comparison to the 3-day masterclass there is no live case observation included in this 2-day course.

After completion, participants receive a Orsi Academy certificate endorsed by ESU and acknowledged by NASCE/UEMS.

Morning: introduction

• Welcome & introduction to the course
• Presentation on the robotic approach in renal transplantation
• Anastomosis test in the Orsi lab

Afternoon: hands-on training

• Beginner: renal artery & vein implant technique on isolate kidney model
• Advanced: robotic-assisted kidney transplantation on a porcine model starting with preparing the iliac vessels followed by preparing a harvest donor kidney.

19:00 Social dinner at a restaurant in Ghent (subject to change)

Hands-on training

• Beginner: a donor nephrectomy followed by the full robotic-assisted kidney transplantation technique on a porcine model.
• Advanced: a robot-assisted kidney transplantation on a porcine model with multiple isolated kidneys in order to reproduce the transplant techniques.