PCNL course
Thursday 18th April – 8:30 am 11:00 am – Bibliotheca| PCNL course (2.5 hours) | |
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| Course Director: | Mahesh Desai |
| Course Coordinator: | Omar Abdelrazak – Karim Saad |
| Instructors: | Mahesh Desai – Omar Abdelrazak – Andreas Skolarikos – Essam Abdelmohsen – Omar Elgebaly Karim Saad |
| Course Format:: | • Introduction: 45 minutes (PCNL Anatomy, Access, Stone disintegration and Complication: Mahesh Desai • Hand-on Training: 105 minutes |
| Objectives and Course Description: | PCNL is commonly used for treatment of renal stones. Indications and safety of PCNL based on the increasing expertise of urologic surgeons. Since more centres and urologists are interested in minimal invasive surgery, the number of PCNL cases is increasing. In this context PCNL training programmes have become more important than before and playing an important role in learning PCNL. The workshop provides an interactive hands-on training of different steps and techniques of PCNL. The attendees will be trained in achieving successful and safe access, dilatation, stone fragmentation, stone extraction and how to avoid the complications.Hands-on training sessions will be carried out under the guidance of experienced Urologists and local tutors who will actively guide trainees through the different training steps. Hands-on training will be carried out using 4 training modules provided by Boston Scientific Industrial Company which allows getting an access under fluoroscopic guidance. |