Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Sutureless Renorrhaphy - 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.

Directed by top expert Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie and proctored by Dr. Stefano Puliatti.

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 & CME credits.

This course will focus on the correct resection techniques to preserve the renal parenchyma in the best way, in particular the sutureless technique.

The aim of the RAPN sutureless course is:

• Standardization of the used techniques
• Show the different types of resection techniques and the renorrhaphy technique and the new sutureless technique
• Complication management
• Tips and tricks for complex cases

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 | 08h00 - 17h00

Live case observation at OLV hospital Aalst of complex RAPN cases performed by Prof. Dr. Alex Mottrie with a step-by-step explanation of the sutureless procedure.

Theoretical session with videos of RAPN cases of both the standard renorrhaphy and sutureless procedures. Focus on hemostatic devices. (Dr. Puliatti, Dr. Farinha, Dr. Amato)

Day 2 | 08h15 - 17h00

Hands-on wet lab training at Orsi Academy:

• theoretical introduction on techniques and advanced tips and tricks of RAPN (1h)
• dry-lab training on harvested kidney: focus on the renorrhaphy technique and sutureless technique
• wet-lab training on porcine model: full RAPN