General info
Orsi Academy offers an Advanced Course in Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy for urologists who already master the robotic surgery approach and want to improve their specialized skills with different urinary diversions.
This course consists of:
- One day of hands-on training focusing on ileal conduit and different neobladders techniques on live animal tissue (porcine model)
- One day of hands-on training focusing on neobladder reconstruction on human cadaver tissue
- One day of live case observation
Medical device:
- Intuitive da Vinci Xi robotic platform
🏷️ Exclusive benefit for EAU members
Members of the European Association of Urology (EAU) receive a 15% discount on the course fee with the code EAUMEMBER2026. A valid EAU membership ID is required.
🏷️ Exclusive benefit for SIU members
Members of the Società Italiana di Urologia (SIU) receive a 10% discount on the course fee with the code SIU10.
What you will learn
- Comprehensively cover basic robot techniques in RARC with different urinary diversions
- Different techniques in nerve sparing procedures
- Different techniques in conduit creation
- Various neobladder reconstructions
Prerequisites
- The participant has experience with the intra or extra corporeal diversion technique.
- The participant has experience with open and/or laparoscopic cystectomy & neobladder.
- The participant has robotic experience as console surgeon.
Faculty
Program
Welcome & introduction to the course
Theoretical session
Objectives within robot-assisted radical cystectomy and possible urinary diversion:
- Case selection
- Patient set-up and docking
- Port placement and instruments portfolio
- Step-by-step RARC in man
- Ileal conduit vs neobladder
Coffee break and change into scrubs
Hands-on session on live animal tissue - ileal conduit
- Training model: anesthetized porcine model
- Simplified Cystectomy
- Isolating the ureters
- Transmesocolic mobilization of ureter
- Ileal loop selection
- Step-by-step ileal conduit (ileo-ileal side-by-side anastomosis)
- Urostomy
- Posterior wallace type plate
- Anterior wall ileo-ureteral anastomosis and use of ICG vascularization
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on session on live animal tissue - different neobladders
- Training model: anesthetized porcine model
- Neobladder - Wiklund (adapted studer)
End of day 1
Faculty dinner for faculty and participants
Arrival at Orsi Academy
Theoretical Session: Robot-assisted radical cystectomy and urinary diversion
- Key surgical steps and anatomical considerations (male and female cystectomy)
- Nerve-sparing techniques, urethral preservation, and extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND)
- Ileal conduit versus orthotopic neobladder (patient selection and surgical choices)
Hands-On Session (Human Cadaver): Radical cystectomy and preparation for urinary diversion
- Port placement and robotic docking
- Key steps of radical cystectomy and anatomical dissection
- Ureteral identification, dissection, and mobilisation
- Ileal segment selection and mobilisation
- Bowel division and restoration of intestinal continuity
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-On Session (Human Cadaver): Urinary diversion techniques
- Ileal conduit reconstruction: Conduit preparation, ureteroileal anastomosis, stent placement, and stoma creation principles
- Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction: Ileal detubularisation, reservoir configuration, and urethroileal/ureteroileal anastomotic techniques
Case observation cystectomy in AZORG Hospital, Aalst
Timing to be confirmed.
Prices
Standard fee
Incl. of VAT
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