programme 2024

CET – Central European Time (GMT+1)

T&T 2024 – 14^th Edition

November 20^th-22^th, 2024 

Wednesday, November 20^th, 2024 

7.30-8.15 Registration of the participants 

8.15-8.45 Opening address of the Board of the Cottolengo Hospital:

– Don Carmine Arice, General Father of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza

– Avv. Gianpaolo Zanetta, General Director of the Cottolengo Hospital

– Dr. Claudio Plazzotta, Health Director of the Cottolengo Hospital
– Suor Nicoletta Arrivabene, Director of the Training Center and Nursing Degree Program, Cattolica University 

Welcome and Introduction by the Chairman of the Course: Cesare Marco Scoffone

8.45-10.00 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: ECIRS
OR 2: Enucleation Quanta Dual (Ho and TFL)

10.00-10.15 FOCUS ON:
Lasers for endourological procedures in 2024: which, when and how? 

10.15-10.45 PRERECORDED SURGERY:
RIRS

10.45-11.15 PRERECORDED SURGERY:
Robotic RIRS

11.15-12.30 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: ECIRS
OR 2: BipoLEP

12.30-12.45 COMPANY’S CORNER
The single-use digital flexible cystoscope, versatility of use 

12.45-13.15 PRERECORDED SURGERY:
PNL

13.15-13.30 FOCUS ON:
Standard care plan for ECIRS, the nurse’s perspective

13.30-14.15 LUNCH 

14.15-14.30 FOCUS ON:
Current situation of Asian minimally invasive surgery 

14.30-15.30 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: RIRS
OR 2: Urolift

15.30-15.45 COMPANY’S CORNER
The big mini-allied (Ultraxx 18 fr, N-Compass, Flexor parallel)

15.45-16.15 PRERECORDED SURGERY:
Mini PNL (18 Ch)

16.15-16.30 FOCUS ON:
Hands-on training models for endourological procedures 

16.30-17.30 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: TFL EEP
OR 2: RIRS

17.30-19:00 ROUND TABLE:
MIS in BPH

• 30-17.45 Greenlight
• 45-18.00 Rezum
• 00-18.15 Urolift
• 15-18.30 iTIND
• 30-19.00: Discussion

Thursday, November 21^th, 2024 

8.00-8.15 FOCUS ON:
Prevention of stone recurrence 

8.15-9.30 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: MiniECIRS
OR 2: RIRS 

9.30-9.45 COMPANY’S CORNER
Laser technology

9.45-11.00 ROUND TABLE:
Upper tract urothelial carcinoma, clinical cases

11.00-12.15 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: Mini-ECIRS
OR 2: RIRS

12.15-12.30 COMPANY’S CORNER
The new Dormia Dual PERC basket

12.30-12.45 FOCUS ON:
RIRS and laser safety: the danger hidden in high frequencies

12.45-13.30 ROUND TABLE:
Intrarenal pressures and temperatures during endoscopic procedures
– 12.45-13.00 TURP/EEP
– 13.00-13.15 PNL
– 13.15-13.30 URS/RIRS

13.30-14.30 LUNCH

14.30-15.30 LIVE SURGERY:
OR 1: TURB EN BLOC LASER
OR 2: AEEP 

15.30-16.00: PRERECORDED SURGERY:
Mini ECIRS

16.00-17.15 ROUND TABLE:
Complications in stone treatment

17.15-17.35 FOCUS ON:
-17.15-17.25 Residual fragments: a big problem for the patients!
-17.25-17.35 Retrieval methods (gel clotting and magnetic retrieval)

17.35-18.45 BALLOON DEBATE:
The case of an asymptomatic inferior calyceal staghorn stone

• Observation
• Medical therapy
• ESWL
• RIRS
• MiniPNL
• Standard PNL
• MiniECIRS

 Friday, November 22^th, 2024

8.15-8.30 FOCUS ON:
Tailoring medical therapies for BPO on the patient

8.30-8.45 FOCUS ON:
Prevention of infectious complications in RIRS and PNL

8.45-10.00 ROUND TABLE:
Bladder cancer, clinical cases 

10.00-10.15 FOCUS ON:
Prostate anatomy: the magic of the perfect surgical plane 

10.15-10.30 FOCUS ON:
Are all prostates eligible for EEP? 

10.30-11.15 LIVE TRANSMISSION
HoLEP 

11.15-11.45: PRERECORDED SURGERY:
AEEP 

11.45-12.00 FOCUS ON:
The evolution of the instrumentation for EEP

12.00- 13.15 ROUND TABLE:
Complications in enucleation and morcellation of the prostate

13.15 CONCLUSIONS by Cesare M. Scoffone and FAREWELL LUNCH