Last updated 01/04/2025. Minor chanages in timings are still possible.
Programme
Thursday 15 May 2025
10:30 – Registration, welcome coffee and visit of the Exhibitors
11:00 – Opening
11:05 – Session 1: BPH
Moderators: Cecilia Cracco & Felipe Figueiredo
- 11:00 – Live case: HOLEP – Fernando Gomez Sancha (supported by Quanta)
- 11:30 – What’s the limit of enucleation? When to succumb to robot assisted? – Martin Kanne
- 11:50 – The interactive patient consent: Evidence based approach on telling your patients the truth about the outcomes – Peter Schatteman
- 12:10 – How to prevent stenotic complications? – Cesare Scoffone
- 12:30 – Challenging situations in BPH:
- Chair – Felipe Figueiredo
- Panel – Feras Al Jaafari, Martin Kanne, Peter Schatteman, Cesare Scoffone
13:00 – Lunch Break and visit of the Exhibitors
14:00 – Session 2: Stone 1
Moderators: Leye Ajayi & Udo Nagele
- 14:00 – Live case: ECIRS with suction access sheath – Tom Chi & Etienne Keller (supported by Wellead, Ambu)
- 14:30 – Quality of life in stone patients: the most important outcome? – Gregory Tasian
- 14:50 – Stone prevention: is drinking more the only advice we should give? Do’s and don’ts for a healthy stone diet – Leye Ajayi
- 15:10 – Are we all fans of FANS?
- Not a fan – Cecilia Cracco
- Fan(s)tastic – Amelia Pietropaolo
- Referee – Peter Kronenberg
- 15:35 – Pre-Recorded RIRS supported by Dornier – Silvia Proietti
15:55 – Coffee Break and visit of the Exhibitors
16:15 – Session 3: NMIBC/UTUC
Moderators: Amelia Pietropaolo & Peter Schatteman
- 16:15 – Live case: TURB – Cesare Scoffone
- 16:45 – UTUC: how to follow our patients after kidney sparing approach for UTUC? – Marianne Brehmer
- 17:05 – Battle of the guidelines EAU vs AUA in UTUC: best practice for endoscopic management of UTUC in 2025 – Sima Porten
- 17:25 – Adjuvant instillations after kidney sparing UTUC treatment: Bladder Kidney or both. Stent or Neph tube? – Joyce Baard
- 17:45 – The debatable case: Do we always need a biopsy prior to nephro-ureterectomy. Do we need to prove that it’s UTUC?
- Chair – Camille Berquin
- Panel – Joyce Baard, Marianne Brehmer, Sima Porten, Silvia Proietti
- 18:10 – Optimizing results in endoscopic UTUC treatment: Do scope, laser and disposables matter? – Silvia Proietti
18:30 – End of Day
20:00 – Faculty Dinner
Friday 16 May 2025
08:00 – Registration, welcome coffee and visit of the Exhibitors
08:30 – Session 1: Stone 2
Moderators: Peter Kronenberg & Eva Van Bos
- 08:30 – Stone burden: The burden of stones… on a healthcare system: cost-efficiency as an outcome – Daron Smith
- 08:50 – Live case: ECIRS – Marcos Cepeda & Cecilia Cracco (supported by Cook Medical, Quanta & Karl Storz)
- 09:20 – Is Ho: YAG still the king? KOL: King of lasers? View of a KOL – Olivier Traxer
- 09:40 – Getting access in PCNL:
- Xray only is best – Silvia Proietti
- Ultrasound only is best – Tom Chi
- You need Both – Cesare Scoffone
- Referee – Leye Ajayi
- 10:10 – pre-recorded case RIRS – Amelia Pietropaolo (supported by Pusen)
10:30 – Coffee Break and visit of the Exhibitors
11:00 – Session 2: BPH 2
Moderators: Pieter Uvin
- 11:00 – AEEP: miniaturization is not only for stones, or is it?
- PRO – Felipe Figueiredo
- CON – Feras Al Jaafari
- Referee – Martin Kanne
- 11:20 – To ejaculate or to urinate? Do we need to choose? – Thomas Herrmann
- 11:40 – Live case: pulsed ThuLEP: Peter Schatteman (supported by Dornier Medtech/Bemedico)
- 12:10 – The small obstructive prostates:
- PRO: MIST is all – Stefania Feretti
- CON: Clear the MIST – Fernando Gomez Sancha
- Referee – Etienne Keller
- 12:30 – Panel session: 18 carat tips from 1K enucleators. How did you…. What if….
- Chair – Martin Kanne
- Panel – Felipe Figueiredo, Fernando Gomez Sancha, Cesare Scoffone, Pieter Uvin
13:00 – Lunch Break and visit of the Exhibitors
14:00 – Session 3: Stone 3
Moderators: Vincent De Coninck & Greg Tasian
- 14:00 – Favourite disposables in endourology: My disposable is best because
- Tom Chi
- Olivier Traxer
- Etienne Keller
- Marcos Cepeda
- 14:25 – Live case: RIRS – Leye Ajayi (supported by Quanta, Cook Medical and Karl Storz)
- 14:55 – Applied laser physics for the practicing urologist: feeling Hot Hot Hot – Peter Kronenberg
- 15:15 – Today’s complications in stone treatment are not yesterday’s – Vincent De Coninck
- 15:35 – What’s the added value of AI in Endourology? DEBATE
- AI don’t need it – Udo Nagele
- AI need it – TBC
- Referre – Thomas Herrmann
16:00 – Coffee Break and visit of the Exhibitors
16:20 – Session 4: UTUC/NMIBC
Moderators: Marianne Brehmer & Etienne Keller
- 16:20 – Live: RIRS – Olivier Traxer (supported by Hugemed)
- 16:50 – Are all NMIBC created equal? Challenging the current T staging – Tim Muilwijk
- 17:10 – Does this patient need another TURBT after initial resection? Challenging the indication – Benjamin Pradere
- 17:30 – Indications for Hexvix? Should we all glow in the dark? Or only for limited use?
- PRO – Benjamin Pradere
- CON – Joyce Baard
- Referee – Sima Porten
- 17:55 – What’s on the horizon after the era of BCG? New treatments for NMIBC. Urologist or oncologist? – Sima Porten
- 18:15 – What’s the best practice in follow-up of patients treated with TMT? – Camille Berquin
18:35 – End of Day
20:00 – Congress Dinner at Gravensteen
Saturday 17 May 2025
08:30 – Registration, welcome coffee and visit of the Exhibitors
09:00 – Session 1: Stone 4
Moderators: Feras Al Jaafari, Joyce Baard
- 09:00 – Challenging situations in PCNL/ ECIRS. What would you do?
- Chair – Udo Nagele
- Panel – Leye Ajayi, Marcos Cepeda, Tom Chi, Cecilia Cracco, Stefania Feretti
- 09:30 – Best practice in ureteric stone treatment: what does the data tell us? – Daron Smith
- 09:50 – Same day surgery, are we there yet for PCNL – Tom Chi
- 10:10 – Challenge the guidelines: Is it time to change the way we think about stone burden and treatment suggestions?
- Volume vs size? – Vincent De Coninck vs Gregory Tasian
- The increasing range of flex URS? Lowering the threshold for PCNL? – Peter Kronenberg vs Udo Nagele
- Referee – Daron Smith
10:50 – Coffee Break and visit of the Exhibitors
11:10 – Session 2: All about Stents
Moderators: Guillaume Krings
- 11:10 – Difficult ureteral stenting: The difficult ureter: Thou shalt not pass. How to deal – Marcos Cepeda
- 11:30 – Overcoming stent encrustation: Changing the stent or changing the medium – Etienne Keller
- 11:50 – Stenting for malignant obstruction – Stefania Feretti
- 12:10 – Predicting and managing stent related symptoms. What have we learned so far? – Gregory Tasian
- 12:30 – Pre-recorded case: Lithovue Elite (supported by Boston Scientific)
13:00 – Lunch Break and visit of the Exhibitors
14:00 – Session 3: The grand finale
Moderators: Thomas Tailly & Carl Van Haute
- 14:00 – Pre-recorded case HOLEP with Moses – Tev Aho (supported by Boston Scientific)
- 14:25 – BPH = Big Prostate Horrors
- Chair – Fernando Gomez Sancha
- Panel – Tev Aho, Felipe Figueiredo, Thomas Herrmann, Pieter Uvin
- 15:10 – Balloon Debate: Stone treatment from all angles
- Chair – Leye Ajayi
- Panel – Feras Al Jaafari, Tom Chi, Etienne Keller, Udo Nagele, Daron Smith
15:55 – Closing of the congress
16:00 – End of Congress