Benign Urological & Reconstructive Robotic Surgery

Orsi Academy is organizing a 2-day course for urologists with previous experience on the robot and familiarity with pyeloplasty and ureteric re-implantation.

The programs consists of:

-one day of live case observations in the OLV hospital in Aalst (2 Anderson Hynes pyeloplasty cases)

-one day of hands-on training on dry- & wet-lab models (see program)

The aim is to comprehensively cover the basic principles in reconstructive robotic surgery and to focus on advanced robot techniques in robotic pyeloplasty and ureteric re-implantation.

Course will be proctored by Dr. Geert De Naeyer & Dr. Justin Collins.

Course is directed by Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie.

Day 1

0830 - 0900 Introduction and welcome OLV hospital Aalst

0900 - 1230 Live case observation of Anderson Hynes pyeloplasty at OLV (2 cases)

1230 - 1300 Transfer to Orsi Academy

1300 - 1400 Lunch

1400 - 1500 Console & Computer simulation* with baseline evaluation

1500 - 1700 Presentations:

The principles of reconstructive surgery

Step by step description of A-H pyeloplasty

Step by step description of ureteric re-implantation with psoas hitch

Day 2

0800 -0830 Registration

0830-0900 Lecture presentation of the porcine mode

0900-1300 Porcine model training

1300 - 1400 Lunch

1400 - 1630 Porcine model training

1630 - 1700 Final evaluation and certification

1700 Closing remarks

*Console and Computer simulation

The first 30 mins of this lecture will be spent discussing optimal set up of the operating console as this is a topic not well covered in basic robot training leading to many surgeons becoming habituated to unergonomic positions.

Pig Model

Tissue handling

Effective tissue dissection, cutting and sealing

Dissection of the ureters

Psoas hitch

A-H pyeloplasty

Stent insertion