Introduction

Urotrainer Academy offers a 5-week intensive hands-on training program for urology residents and fellows who want to master laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. You will perform 12 partial nephrectomies on a high-fidelity kidney model. The curriculum starts with small and polar tumors, and progresses by raising complexity with big, hilar, and completely endophytic tumors. Hands-on classes will be live on Zoom, tutored in real-time by experienced professors.

Academic Program: What will you learn?

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FEBRUARY ​12th
Online lesson 1 - Laparoscopic surgery technique
Online lesson 2 - Renal ischemia

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FEBRUARY 19th
Online lesson 3 - Surgical treatment of complex tumors
Online lesson 4 - Introduction to robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN)

FEBRUARY 29th - HANDS-ON SESSION - 14.00 to 17.00hs (CET)
Partial nephrectomy training (small tumors) -  LEVEL 1
Exercise on cyst
Tumor #12 15mm RENAL 4p
Tumor #8 15mm RENAL 4p
Tumor #9 15mm RENAL 5p
Tumor #4 15mm RENAL 4a
Tumor #3 15mm RENAL 7xh

MARCH 7th - HANDS-ON SESSION - 14.00 to 17.00hs (CET)

Partial nephrectomy training (big tumors) - LEVEL  2

Tumor #5 35mm RENAL 7x

Tumor #6 35mm RENAL 7a
Tumor + cyst #10 16mm RENAL 7p

MARCH 14th - HANDS-ON SESSION - 14.00 to 17.00hs (CET)
Partial nephrectomy training (hilar and endophytic tumors) - LEVEL 3

Tumor #1 15mm RENAL 5a

Tumor #2 20mm RENAL 10xh
Tumor #7 15mm RENAL 9x

 Time zone: Central European Time 
 

At the end of the program, you will have developed all the integral skills of partial nephrectomy:

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• Excision of renal mass (Tumor resection)

• Vascular management

• Suturing techniques (Internal and external renorraphy)

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Requirements

No previous certification or surgical experience in PN is required, only basic skills in laparoscopic surgery.