Program Overview

08:00 Welcome  Addresses
Norberto Bernardo, Argentina - Glenn Preminger, USA
08:00-09:00 Session 1: Medical Stone Management
08:00-08:15 Aetiology of stones
Horacio Sanguinetti, Argentina
 08:15-08:30 Investigation of Stone Patients (inc biochem, imaging & F/U)
Pablo Contreras, Argentina
08:30-08:45 Evidence for Medical Management
Glenn Preminger, USA
08:45-09:00 Special scenarios
Adolfo Serrano, Colombia
09:00-10:00 Session 2: Ureteroscopy
Faculty: Mariano Gonzalez, Argentina - Glenn Preminger, USA -
Roberto Hernandez, Argentina - Eduardo Mazzucchi, Brazil
 09:00-09:30 Preoperative Considerations
 09:30-10:00 Equipment & devices
 - Scopes & wires
 - Lithotripsy devices
  (All presentations will include short sequence videos to illustrate points of technique)
 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 Session 3: Ureteroscopic Adjuncts
Faculty: Norberto Bernardo, Argentina - Marcelo Baptistussi, Brazil - Roberto Hernandez, Argentina
 10:30-10:45 Role of Wires & Baskets
 10:45-11:00 Role of Access Sheaths
 11:00-11:15 Role of stents
 11:15-11:30 Tips & Tricks – Problem Solving
 11:30-12:30 Session 4: Ureteroscopic Access
 11:30-11:45 Technique 1 - Insertion of semirigid scope
Pablo Contreras, Argentina
 11:45-12:00 Technique 2 - Insertion of flex ureteroscope
Mariano Gonzalez, Argentina
 12:00-12:15 Post-Op care & F/U
Marcelo Baptistussi, Brazil
 12:15-12:30 URS Complications – How to stay out of trouble
Eduardo Mazzucchi, Brazil
12:30-13:30 
Lunch Break
 13:30-16:30 Hands on training – Ureteroscopy
 13:30-14:15 Session 1: semirigid & flex ureteroscope – basic use & damage prevention
 14:15-15:00 Session 2: Semirigid Ureteroscopy Skills
 15:00-15:45 Session 3: Flexible Ureteroscopy skills
 15:45-16:30 Session 4: Intra-corporeal Lithotripsy:
o Lithoclast
o Ho Laser fragmentation
o Role of anti-retropulsion devices
08:00-09:00 Session 1: Case Selection
08:00-08:15 Role of antibiotics in Endourology – ICUD Consensus
Pablo Contreras, Argentina
08:15-08:30 Indications for PCNL
Adolfo Serrano, Colombia
08:30-08:45 Role of imaging
Sandro Varea, Argentina
08:45-09:00 Clinical Case scenario
Maximiliano Lopez Silva, Argentina
09:00-10:00 Session 2: PCNL Planning & Approach
09:00-09:15 Operating Room Planning
Horacio Sanguinetti, Argentina
09:15-09:30 Equipment
Mariano Gonzalez, Argentina
09:30-09:45 Prone vs Supine
Pieter Daels, Argentina
09:45-10:00 Lithotripsy devices
Glenn Preminger, USA
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 Session 3: Technique of Access
10:30-10:45 USS vs Fluoroscopy
Eduardo Mazzucchi, Brazil
10:45-11:00 Triangulation technique
Norberto Bernardo, Argentina
11:00-11:15 Upper Pole Access
Adolfo Serrano, Colombia
11:15-11:30 Tips & tricks
Glenn Preminger, USA
11:30-12:30  Session 4
11:30-11:50 Role of Mini/micro PCNL
Pablo Contreras, Argentina
11:50-12:10 Role of Drainage vs Tubeless
Marcelo Baptistussi, Brazil
12:10-12:30 Management/Prevention of Complications
Sandro Varea, Argentina
12:30-13:30
 Lunch Break
13:30-16:30 Hands-on-Training
Session A: PCNL Equipment & OR set up
Session B: Obtain Access on Models – Inanimate
16:30-17:30  Symposium
17:30  Closing Remarks