General info
Orsi Academy offers an Advanced 1,5-Day Course in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for urologists with advanced robotic skills who want to cover procedural skills in RARP with pelvic lymph node dissection.
This 1,5-day masterclass consists of hands-on training on human and animal cadaver tissue and theoretical sessions.
After completion, participants receive an Orsi Academy certificate of attendance.
Members of the European Association of Urology (EAU) benefit a 25% discount on the course fee using the code EAUMEMBER2025. EAU member ID is required!
What you will learn
To comprehensively cover procedural skills in robotic assisted prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection. Based on the Vipul Patel and James Porter approach.
Faculty
Program
Arrival at Orsi Academy
Welcome & lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Lecture on objectives in RARP with pelvic LND surgery
- Robotic-assisted: why?
- Patient selection
- Patient positioning
- Robotic set-up
- Instruments & accessory considerations
- Nerve sparing technique - total preservation vs. partial preservation
- Bladder neck reconstruction
- Periurethral suspension stitch
- Posterior reconstruction
- Managing complications
- Injury management
Coffee break & change into scrubs
Hands-on training on Venezuelan chicken model
Vesico-urethral anastomose technique on chicken model
End of the day
Arrival at Orsi Academy
Theoretical morning lecture
Case discussion
Coffee break & change into scrubs
Hands-on training with Histolog scanner
- Introduction of confocal microscopy device ‘histology scanner’
- Practical session on use and easy to read images
Hands-on training on human cadaveric tissue
- Port placement and docking process
- RARP procedure
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Continue hands-on training
- RARP procedure and pelvic lymph node dissection
End of the course with closing remarks
Resources
Flyer Robotic Radical Prostatectomy 2025
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