Some of the most prominent Laparoscopic Urological

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Challenges in Laparoscopy & Robotics The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics 2019

Some of the most prominent Laparoscopic Urological Surgeons will perform innovative live surgery demonstrating the full spectrum of urological procedures.

July 3-4-5 2019 Barcelona, SpainCrowne Plaza Barcelona - Fira Center

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Course DirectorsAlberto BredaBarcelona, Spain

Inderbir GillLos Angeles, USA

Joan PalouBarcelona, Spain

Vito PansadoroRome, Italy

CILR Challenges inLaparoscopy & RoboticsSince 2004 - Vincenzo Pansadoro Foundation

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is a great pleasure to welcome you again to Barcelona for the European Meeting on

Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery.

“Challenges in Laparoscopy and Robotics” has reached the 16th edition and the concept that

initiated this adventure is quite alive and shows great potential for the future of Urology. The

comprehensive scientific program will include live laparoscopic and robotic surgeries performed

by the world’s most prominent urologic surgeons. In the past meetings, we have witnessed

many challenging procedures. It is now time to expand our indications and to look forward to

new challenges like the Single port trans-perineal prostatectomy, the robotic kidney transplantation

in the obese recipient, the buccal mucosal repair for ureteral strictures, the Cava Thrombus in

RCC, the retroperitoneal Robotic Partial Nephrectomy and the IMAGE1 S.

We are enthusiastically anticipating an extremely stimulating meeting. Live surgery, discussions

and thought-provoking debates will take place with the participation of the best urologists in the

International arena. There will be three monitors transmitting three different surgeries at the

same time. Each delegate will be provided with headphones with the possibility to select the

preferred moderation.

All questions will be transmitted to the moderators via Twitter or directly via moderators. We are

very proud to host this 16th International Meeting again in Barcelona, the perfect city for old

antiquities and innovative techniques to convene. All the surgeries will be transmitted live from

Fundació Puigvert, one of Europe’s leading centers in Urology.

We hope that the challenging procedures that you will see will lead the way towards defining

the future of Urologic Surgery.

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Alberto Breda Jaon PalouVito PansadoroInderbir Gill

Challenges in Laparoscopy since 2004

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Challenges in Laparoscopy & Robotics The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics 2020 Some of the most prominent Laparoscopic Urological Surgeons will perform innovative live surgery demonstrating the full spectrum of urological procedures

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Course Directors, Scientific Board and Local Organizing Committee,Invited Surgeons, Invited Speakers, Patient’s Advocates & Moderators

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Joan Palou, MDChairman of theUrology DepartmentFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Alberto Breda, MDChief of the Uro-Oncology Divisionand Director of the KidneyTransplant UnitFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Vito Pansadoro, MD Director of the Laparoscopy Center,Vincenzo Pansadoro FoundationRome, Italy

Inderbir Gill, MD, MCHDistinguished ProfessorChairman, Catherine & Joseph ArestyDepartment of UrologyExecutive Director, USC Institute of UrologyShirley & Donald Skinner Chairin Urologic Cancer Surgery Associate Dean (Clinical Innovation),Keck School of Medicine, Universityof Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, USA

Scientific Board & Local Organizing Committee

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Scientific Board

Local Organizing Committee

Coordinator

Vito Pansadoro, MDDirector of the Laparoscopy Center,Vincenzo Pansadoro FoundationRome, Italy

Committee

Renaud Bollens, MDGroupe Hospitalier de l'InstitutCatholique de Lille, FranceCentre Hospitalier de WalloniePicarde Tournai, Belgique


Paolo Emiliozzi, MDChairman Department of UrologySan Camillo HospitalRome Italy

Tibet Erdogru, MDProfessor and Chief Uro-Klinik Robotic and Laparoscopic SectionIstanbul, Turkey

Richard Gaston, MDDirector of Laparoscopic &Robotic CenterClinique St. AugustinBordeaux, France

Inderbir Gill, MD, MCHDistinguished ProfessorChairman, Catherine & JosephAresty Department of UrologyExecutive Director, USC Institute of UrologyShirley & Donald Skinner Chairin Urologic Cancer Surgery Associate Dean (Clinical Innovation),Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California,Los Angeles, USA

Markus Hohenfellner, MDChairman & ProfessorDepartment of UrologyUniversity of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany

Bernardo Rocco, MDChairman and ProfessorDepartment of UrologyUniversity of ModenaModena, Italy

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Joan Palou, MDChairman of the UrologyDepartmentFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Claude Abbou, MDProfessor of Urology Henri Mondor Hospital Creteil, France

Antonio Alcaraz, MDChairman of the Department of UrologyThe University Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain

Ferran Algaba, MD Lithiasis Urology Unit,Department of UrologyFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Oriol Angerri, MD Lithiasis Urology Unit,Department of UrologyFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Walter Artibani, MD Professor and ChairmanDepartment of UrologyUniversity of VeronaVerona, Italy

Harrie Beerlage, MDDepartment of UrologyJeroen Bosch HospitalHertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Aldo Bocciardi, MDChief of Urology Department Niguarda Hospital Ca ̀ GrandaMilan, Italy

Renaud Bollens, MDGroupe Hospitalier del'Institut Catholique de Lille, FranceCentre Hospitalier de Wallonie PicardeTournai, Belgique

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James Borin, MDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Urology DirectorEndourologyDepartment of Urology NYUSchool of MedicineNew York, USA

Aldo Brassetti, MDLaparoscopy CenterVincenzo Pansadoro FoundationRome, Italy

Maurizio Brausi, MD Director of Urology Ausl ModenaDirector Prostate Cancer UnitChairman ESOU Department of Urology B. Ramazzini HospitalCarpi (Mo), Italy

Alberto Breda, MDChief of the Uro-Oncology Division andDirector of the Kidney Transplant UnitFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Alberto Briganti, MDDepartment Of UrologySan Raffaele HospitalMilan, Italy

Ramiro Cabello, MDDepartment UrologyHospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez DíazMadrid, Spain

Luis Cecchini, MDHead of Urology andTransplantation Surgery Hospital del MarBarcelona, Spain

Antonio Celia, MDHead of Departmend of UrologySan Bassiano HospitalBassano del Grappa (VI), Italy



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Benjamin Inheb Chung, MDAssociate Professor of UrologyStanford University Medical Center,Stanford, USA

V. Enrique Corona Montes, MD, M.B.A.Head of Uro Oncology DepartmentGeneral HospitalMéxico City, Mexico

Simone Crivellaro, MDAssistant Professor inMinimally Invasive Urology Director of Urology Robotic TrainingUniversity of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Francesco Curto, MD Chairman Department Of UrologyG. Giglio Foundation InstituteCefalù (PA), Italy

Geert De Naeyer, MD Department of Urology and OLV ClinicAalst, Belgium

Paolo Emiliozzi, MD Chairman Department of UrologySan Camillo HospitalRome Italy

Tibet Erdogru, MDProfessor and Chief Uro-Klinik Robotic and Laparoscopic SectionIstanbul, Turkey

Manolo Esteban, MDChief Department of UrologyNational Hospital of ParaplegicsToledo, Spain

Vincenzo Ficarra, MD Professor and ChaimanDepartment of UrologyUniversity of MessinaMessina, Italy

Karen Fransis, MD Department of UrologyAntwerp University HospitalAntwerp, Belgium

Franco Gaboardi, MDChairman Urological DepartmentVille Turro - San Raffaele.Milan, Italy

Antonio Galfano, MDDepartment of UrologyNiguarda HospitalMilan, Italy

Richard Gaston, MDCenter of Urologic LaparoscopyClinique Saint AugustinBordeaux, France

José Maria Gaja, MDDepartment of UrologyFundaciò PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Inderbir Gill, MD, MCHDistinguished ProfessorChairman, Catherine & Joseph ArestyDepartment of UrologyExecutive Director, USC Institute of UrologyShirley & Donald Skinner Chairin Urologic Cancer Surgery Associate Dean (Clinical Innovation),Keck School of Medicine, Universityof Southern California,Los Angeles, USA

Markus Graefen, MDDepartment of UrologyMartini KlinikUniversity of HamburgHamburg, Germany

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Vital Hevia, MDUrology DepartmentHospital Universitario Ramón y CajalMadrid, Spain

Markus Hohenfellner, MDChairman & ProfessorDepartment of UrologyUniversity of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany

Günter Janetschek, MDConsultant Wehrle-Diakonissen HospitalSalzburg RudolfinerhausVienna, Austria

Rosario Leonardi, MD Chief of Laparoscopic Unit Musumeci HospitalCatania, Italy

Evangelos Liatsikos, MDProfessor of Urology andHead of the Endourologyand Laparoscopic Unit atthe University of PatrasPatras, Greece

Carlos Llorente, MDDepartment of UrologyHospital UniversitarioFundacion Alcorconadrid, Spain

Stacy Loeb, MDUrologist atNew York UniversityLangone Medical CenterManhattan Veterans HospitalNew York, USA

Bernard Malavaud, MDProfessor, Department of UrologyCHU Toulouse - Rangueil HospitalToulouse, France


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Andrea Minervini, MDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of UrologyCareggi University Hospital Florence, Italy

Ignacio Moncada Iribarren, MDAssociated Professor ofUrology Medical FacultyUniversity Francisco de VitoriaMadrid, Spain

Francesco Montorsi, MDDepartment of UrologyUrological Research InstituteUniversity Vita-Salute San RaffaeleMilan, Italy

Joan Palou, MDChairman of theDepartment of Oncologic UrologyFundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Alberto Pansadoro, MDDepartment of UrologySan Giovanni HospitalRome, Italy

Vito Pansadoro, MDDirector ofthe Laparoscopy Center,Vincenzo Pansadoro FoundationRome, Italy

Vipul Patel, MDMedical Director ofUrologic Oncology Florida HospitalMedical Director ofGlobal Robotics InstituteAssociate Professor of UrologyUniversity of Central FloridaFlorida, USA

Toño Peña, MDDepartment ofUro Oncology Fundaciò PuigvertBarcelona, Spain


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Jose Gregorio Pereira, MDChairman Department of UrologyGaldakao HospitalBilbao, Spain

Javier Ponce De Leon, MDDepartment of Reconstructive Urology,Fundació PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Francesco Porpiglia, MDProfessor and ChairmanDepartment of UrologyS. Luigi Hospital, OrbassanoUniversity of TurinTurin, Italy

James Porter, MDDirector, Robotic Surgery Swedish Medical Center Seattle, Washington, USA

Miguel Ramirez Backhaus, MDDepartment of UrologyFundación IVOValencia, Spain

Abhay Rane, MDClinical Lead For Urology SurreySussex Nhs TrustRedhill, UK

Diego Rengifo, MDDepartment of UrologyUniversity Hospital Puerta de Hierro,Madrid, Spain

Maria José Ribal, MDDepartment of Uro-OncologyHospital ClínicBarcelona, Spain


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Bernardo Rocco, MDChairman and ProfessorDepartment of UrologyUniversity of ModenaModena, Italy

Antonio Rosales, MDDepartment of UrologyFundació́ PuigvertBarcelona, Spain

Morgan Rouprét, MDHôpital Pitié-SalpétrièreAP-HP UrologieSorbonne UniversitéParis, France

José Rubio, MDHead Department of UrologyFundación InstitutoValenciano de UrologiaValencia, Spain

Manuel Ruibal, MDChief Department of UrologyComplexo Hospitalario De PontevedraPontevedra, Spain

Cesare Scoffone, MDChief Department of UrologyComplexo Hospitalario De PontevedraPontevedra, Spain

Giuseppe Simone, MDDepartment of UrologyIstituto Regina ElenaIstituti Fisioterapici OspitalieriRome, Italy

Michael Stifelman, MDChair of Urology andDirector of Robotic SurgeryHackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ, USA


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Jens Uwe Stolzenburg, MDDirector of Department of Urology,Chairman of International UrologicalTraining Centre of Laparoscopyand Robotic-assisted Surgery,University of LeipzigLeipzig, Germany

Peter Tenke, MDJahn Ferenc South-PestTeaching HospitalBudapest, Hungary

Carlo Terrone, MDChief Department of UrologySan Martino HospitalGenova, Italy

Leonardo Tortolero Blanco, MDÁlvaro Cunqueiro UniversityHospital of VigoVigo, Spain

Enrique Trilla, MDDepartment of UrologyClinica DiagonalBarcelona, Spain

Volkan Tugcu, MDUrology DepartmentMemorial Bahçelievler HospitalInstanbul, Turkey

Levent Turkeri, MDProfessor of UrologyMarmara University School of MedicineIstanbul, Turkey

Francisco Gómez Veiga, MDDepartment of UrologyUniversity of A CoruñaCoruña, Spain


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Francesc Vigues Julià, MDChief of UrologyDepartment BellvitgeUniversity Hospital BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain

Alessandro Volpe, MDUrology UnitUniversity of Piemonte OrientaleNovara, Italy

Peter Wiklund, MDProfessor in Urologyand Consultant of theDepartment of UrologyKarolinska University HospitalStockholm, Sweden

Xu Zhang, MDChief of Urology Department,Chinese PLA General Hospital 301Beijing, China


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Congress ProgramCongress Program

Wednesday July 3rd,Thursday July 4th,Friday July 5th, 2019

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WednesdayWednesday, July 3rd 2019

8:00 — 8:30 WelcomeAlberto Breda, Vito Pansadoro Opening

Joan Palou Welcome

Manolo Esteban General Secretary of the AEU

Maria José Ribal President of the Catalan Society of Urology

Peter Wiklund Chairman ERUS

Morgan Rouprêt Chairman ESOU

Evangelos Liatsikos Chairman ESUT

Jens Uwe Stolzenburg FU of patients CILR 2018

Francesco Porpiglia Introduction of CILR 2020

Presentations8:30 — 8:45 Inderbir Gill Open vs Robotic Urologic Oncologic Surgery: Meta-Analysis of 104,000 patients

8:45 — 9:00 Michael Stifelman Buccal mucosa for ureteral strictures: Indications technique and results

9:00 — 9:15 Francesco Porpiglia Augmented reality in urology

WednesdayWednesday, July 3rd 2019

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SURGICAL SESS ION 9 .00 — 19 .00

MONITOR A MONITOR B MONITOR C Semi-live

9.00 — OR 1Moderators: Claude Abbou,Vincenzo Ficarra, Carlos Llorente

Renaud BollensIMAGE1 S Laparoscopic partialnephrectomy Transperitoneall

9.00 — OR 2Moderators: Tibet Erdogru,Abhay Rane, Leonardo Tortolero

Richard GastonDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic Ureteralreimplantation in ileal conduit

9.00 Moderator ModeratorBernardo RoccoOne hour withFrancesco PorpigliaRobotic ureteral ileal replacement

10.00 ModeratorLevent TurkeriOne hour with Antonio AlcarazRobotic kidney transplantation

11.00 Moderator José RubioOne hour with Xin MaDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic Surgeryand IVC Thrombus

12.00 Moderator Alessandro VolpeOne hour with Peter TenkeLaparoscopic radical NS prostatectomy

13.00 Moderator Antonio RosalesOne hour with Ignacio MoncadaRobotic simple prostatectomy

14.00 ModeratorRenaud BollensOne hour with Tibet ErdogruLaparoscopic pudendal nerve release

15.00 ModeratorMarkus HohenfellnerOne hour with Inderbir GillRobotic IVC Thrombus level 3

16.00 ModeratorLeonardo TortoleroOne hour with Volkan TugcuRobotic transperinal prostatectomy

17.00 Moderator Geert De NaeyerOne hour with Franco GaboardiLaparoscopic partial adrenalectomy

18.00 Moderator Antonio GalfanoOne hour with Bernardo RoccoRobotic prostatectomy with magic path

11.30 — OR 2Moderators: Ramiro Cabello,Alberto Pansadoro,Javier Ponce de Leon

Andrea MinerviniDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic partialnephrectomy

10.00 — OR 3Moderators: Victor Corona,Karen Fransis, Michael Stifelman

Aldo BocciardiDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic Retziussparing prostatectomy

13.30 — OR 3Moderators: Lluis Cecchini,Franco Gaboardi, Peter Tenke

Jim PorterDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic partialnephrectomy retro

13.00 — OR 1Moderators: Bernard Malavaud,Abhay Rane, Maria José Ribal

Francesco PorpigliaIMAGE1 S Laparoscopicretroperitoneal nephroureterectomy

16.00 — OR 1Moderators: Victor Corona Montes,Tibet Erdogru, Jose Gregorio Pereira

Evangelos LiatsikosIMAGE1 S Laparoscopic partialnephrectomy

15.00 — OR 2Moderators: Benjamin I. Chung,Bernardo Rocco, Enrique Trilla

Levent TurkeriDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic partialadrenalectomy

18.00 — OR 3Moderators: Ignacio Moncada,Cesare Scoffone, Carlo Terrone

Jens Uwe StolzenburgRobotic radical Prostatectomy

17.30 — OR 3Moderators: Vital Hevia, Toño Peña,Levent Turkeri

Josep Maria GayaIMAGE1 S Laparoscopic Inguinallymphadenectomy penile cancer

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Presentations8:00 — 8:20 Vincenzo Ficarra State of the art of Partial Nephrectomy

8:20 — 8:40 Claude Abbou Cyto-reductive therapy in Oligo-metastatic prostate cancer

8:40 — 9:00 Vipul Patel Lessons learned from 12.000 RARP

ThursdayThursday, July 4th 2019

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SURGICAL SESS ION 9 .00 — 19 .00

MONITOR A MONITOR B

9.00 — OR 2Moderators: Claude Abbou,Maurizio Brausi, Franco Gaboardi

Inderbir GillDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic nephrectomywith IVC thrombus

9.00 — OR 1Moderators: Carlos Llorente,Francesco Porpiglia, Giuseppe Simone

Antonio RosalesIMAGE S1 Laparoscopic simpleprostatectomy

13.30 — OR 1Moderators: Antonio Celia,Stacy Loeb, Levent Turkeri

Vipul PatelDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic radicalprostatectomy with confocalendomicroscopy

10.00 — OR 3Moderators: Aldo Bocciardi,James Borin, Karen Francis.

Markus GraefenDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic radicalprostatectomy

14.00 — OR 3Moderators: Orion Angerri, James Borin, Javier Ponce de Leon

Michael StifelmanDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic ureteralstricture repair with buccal mucosa

13.00 — OR 2Moderators: Simone Crivellaro,Benjamin I. Chung, Maria Jose Ribal,

Francesco MontorsiDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic radicalprostatectomy

17.00 — OR 2Moderators: Geert De Naeyer,Vincenzo Ficarra, Morgan Rouprêt

Inderbir GillDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic partialNephrectomy

16.30 — OR 1Moderators: Antonio Galfano,Toño Peña, Alessandro Volpe

Francesco ViguesIMAGE1 S Laparoscopicmetastasectomy for RCC

MONITOR C Semi-live

9.00 Moderator Ramiro CabelloOne hour withMarkus HohenffelnerRobotic Radical Prostatectomy

10.00 Moderator Abhay RaneOne hour with Jim PorterRetroperitoneal robotic complications andtheir managment

11.00 Moderator Lluis CecchiniOne hour with Renaud BollensLaparoscopic ureteral repair with Montitechnique

12.00 Moderator Günter JanetschekOne hour with Peter WiklundRobotic Cistectomy with intracorporealneobladder

13.00 Moderator:Francisco Gomez VeigaOne hour with Antonio CeliaUreteral injury and its management duringrobotic/lap surgery

14.00 Moderator Karen FransisOne hour with Richard GastonRobotic Radical Cystectomy with intracor-poreal neobladder

15.00 Moderator Francesco CurtoOne hour with Manuel RuibalAortic complications during LDN

16.00 Moderators: Carlo TerroneOne hour with Harrie Beerlage Laparoscopic partial Adrenalectomy

17.00 Moderator Antonio CeliaOne hour with Vipul PatelComplex and challenging RARP

FridayFriday, July 5th 2019

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Presentations8:00 — 8:20 Ferran Algaba News in prostate pathology

8:20 — 8:40 Stacy Loeb Social media in prostate cancer

8:40 — 9:00 Richard Gaston Orthotopic Neobladder in the female

SURG ICAL SESS ION 9 .00 — 14 .00

MONITOR A MONITOR B

9.00 — OR 2Moderators: Maurizio Brausi,Benjamin I. Chung, Morgan Rouprêti

Alberto Briganti,Peter WiklundDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic radical cystec-tomy with intracorporeal neobladder

9.00 — OR 3Moderators: Franco Gaboardi,Markus Hohenfellner, Rosario Leonardi

Xu ZhangDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic nephrectomywith IVC thrombus

11.30 — OR 3Moderators: Evangelos Liatsikos,Bernard Malavaud, Giuseppe Simone

Richard GastonDa Vinci Xi HD Robotic radicalprostatectomy in radiorecurrent pca

10.00 — OR 1Moderators: Paolo Emiliozzi, CesareScoffone, Peter Tenke

Miguel Ramirez BackhausIMAGE1 S Laparoscopic Radicalprostatectomy with ICG

14.00 — OR 1Moderators: Francesco Curto,José Rubio, Enrique Trilla

Manuel RuibalIMAGE1 S Laparoscopic RadicalProstatectomy

14.00 — OR 2Moderators: Ignacio Moncada.Diego Rengifo, Antonio Rosales

Jim PorterRetroperitoneal Robotic LND

MONITOR C Semi-live

9.00 Moderator Bernard MalavaudOne hour withJose Gregorio PereiraRobotic extended lymphadenectomyfor Prostate Cancer

10.00 Moderator Toño PeñaOne hour with Geert De NaeyerRobotic Partial Nephrectomy for cT2kidney cancer

11.00 Moderator Enrique TrillaOne hour with Simone CrivellaroSingle Port Robotic Surgery

12.00 Moderator Diego RengifoOne hour withVictor Corona MontesRobotic inguinal lymphadenectomypenile cancer

13.00 Moderator Alberto PansadoroOne hour with Andrea MinerviniRobotic radical cystectomy withintracorporeal Florence neobladder

14.00 Moderator Aldo BocciardiOne hour withBenjamin I. ChungPartial nephrectomy with subtotalureterectomy for a duplicated system

Information

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Congress Venue Crowne Plaza Barcelona Fira Center Av. Rius i Taulet, 1-3 E-08004 Barcelona, Spain

Clothing During the entire meeting, attire will be informal.

Climate The Mediterranean climate is in full swing in June, which means you can expect high temperatures, plenty of sunshine and clear blue skies for most of the month. Barcelona sits on an elevated plateau on Spain’s northeast coast. Its position leaves it open to cooling winds from the Atlantic, which can lower temperatures and make the weather much colder at night. Temperatures range from 16°C to daily highs of 24°C. Rain is very rare and Barcelona weather in June is mostly warm, dry and sunny.

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InformationLiability CiLR 2019 Secretariat and Organisers cannot accept liability for personal accidents or loss of or damage to private property of participants and accompanying persons. Participants are advised to take out their own personal travel and health insurance for their trip.

Official Language The official language of CiLR 2019 is EnglishSocial media During the congress we are using social media to encourage an open discussion on urology science and experiences. CILR congress speakers, opinion leaders, delegates and media share their ideas, commentary and photos on Facebook and Twitter. You can follow CILR on Facebook via www.facebook.com/challengesinlaparoscopy and on Twitter via @CILR19. Use #CILR19 to discuss the Congress, and join the conversation!

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Documents

Some of the most prominent Laparoscopic Urological