General info
Refining Skills for Retzius-Sparing Robotic Surgery!
This focused training program offers an in-depth, practical exploration of the posterior Retzius-sparing technique. Participants will gain confidence in performing the procedure through expert guidance and intensive hands-on experience.
What to expect
- A full day of hands-on training on human cadaver and chicken tissue
- Step-by-step instruction in the posterior approach for RARP
- One-to-one teaching ensuring close interaction with expert faculty
🏷️ Exclusive benefit for EAU members
Members of the European Association of Urology (EAU) receive a 25% discount on the course fee with the code EAUMEMBER2026. A valid EAU membership ID is required.
What you will learn
- Understand and perform the key steps of the posterior approach in robotic radical prostatectomy (RARP)
- Gain a thorough understanding of the Retzius-sparing technique, including its principles and workflow
- Identify and manage technical challenges, while applying refinements to optimize outcomes
- Follow step-by-step guidance through the complete Retzius sparing RARP procedure
Faculty
Program
Arrival at Orsi Academy
Theoretical session: Lecture on objectives in robotic radical prostatectomy with extended pelvic LND surgery
- Patients selection
- Patient positioning
- Robotic set-up
- Retzius sparing technique
- Pouch of Douglas
- Preservation of the DVC, pubovesical ligaments
- Posterior reconstruction
- Anastomosis technique
- Pelvic and extended pelvic LND
- Intra-operative problem solving
Coffee break and change into scrubs
Hands-on training on chicken model - refinement of UV anastomosis
Hands-on training at Orsi skills lab with UV anastomosis
Hands-on training on human cadaver tissue
- Port placement and docking process
- RARP procedure step by step by retzius sparing technique
- Entering into the douglas space
- Isolation of seminal vesicles and vas deferens
- Posterior prostatic dissection – antegrade way
Lunch at Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training on human cadaver tissue
Continue the RS- RARP procedure and pelvic lymph node dissection/extended pelvic lymph node dissection
- Bladder neck incision
- Stay sutures
- Anterior prostatic dissection – antegrade way
- Urethra dissection
- UV- anastomosis
- Pelvic LND
Closing remarks
End of the course
Resources
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Course - Posterior Approach
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