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
Prices
Standard fee (incl. of VAT)
Members of the European Association of Urology (EAU) benefit a 25% discount on the course fee using the code EAUMEMBER2026. EAU member ID is required!
Resources
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Course - Posterior Approach
HOLIDAY CLOSURE NOTICE
Please note that no course applications will be reviewed or processed between December 16 and January 4 due to our holiday closure.
You may still submit your application during this period, but approval or rejection will only resume once our team returns on January 5.
Thank you for your understanding!
