6 Course of Excellence in Urolithiasis. Advances in Endoscopy
Aula Magna de la Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Edificio de Postgrado. Campus Madrid. Calle Marquesado de Santa Marta. 28027 Madrid
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Inscripciones Taller: Multimodal Fusion Ultrasound for PCNL – VENUS · 10:00–18:00 h · Fecha límite de inscripción online: 21 de octubre

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Scientific Organizer Fernando Ramón de Fata
Co-Organizers Alberto Pérez-Lanzac and Alberto Budía
Co-Directors Laurian Dragos, Juan Antonio Galán and Juan Manuel López Martínez
THURSDAY · 29 OCTOBER 2026
08:00 – 08:15 Registration
08:15 – 08:30 Welcome & introduction
08:30 – 09:30 SESSION 1
Chair: Alberto Budía and Matthew Bultitude
08:30 – 08:40 AI: future perspectives in stone disease. Guillermo Barbas
08:45 – 08:55 Ureteric stents: when, which and how long?. Sergio Colom
09:00 – 09:10 Lasers in endourology: types, settings, pulse modulation. Fernando Cabrera
09:15 – 09:30 Round table: My preferred laser in stone surgery. Fernando Cabrera and Michael Straüb
09:30 – 11:00 SESSION 2
Chairs: Luis Llanes and José Ramón Cansino
09:30 – 10:00 Live surgery: Ureteroscopy with 7.5 F flexible ureteroscope, FANS and TFL laser. Case presentation: Carmina Muñoz Bastidas – Surgeon: Alberto Pérez-Lanzac
10:00 – 10:40 Live surgery: Supine Mini-ECIRS with suction sheath. Case presentation: Carmina Muñoz Bastidas -Surgeons: Fernando Ramón De Fata and Alberto Budía
10:40 – 10:55 Pre-recorded surgery: RIRS. Laurian Dragos
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:45 SESSION 3
Chairs: Juan Manuel López Martínez and Gemma Duque
11:30 – 11:40 Intrarenal pressure: the silent danger in stone surgery. Matthew Bultitude
11:45 – 12:00 Automated Suction Irrigation Pressure Systems (SIPS): advanced management of intrarrenal pressure in FANS (Streaming). Vineet Gauhar
12:00 – 12:10 Small single-use flexible ureteroscopes – the end of pre-stenting? Laurian Dragos
12:15 – 12:25 Innovative mini-PCNL variants: will they replace standard PCNL? Michael Straüb
12:30 – 12:40 Debate: Will FANS ureteroscopy replace PCNL? Tzevat Tefik
12:45 – 14:00 SESSION 4
Chairs: Fernando Ramón De Fata and Murat Can Kiremit
12:45 – 12:55 Latrogenic ureteric strictures post-ureteroscopy: incidence, etiology and prevention. Guillermo Barbas
13:00 – 13:10 Drug-coated balloons for ureteric strictures. Alberto Rivero
13:15 – 13:25 FANS ureteroscopy vs mini-PCNL for 20-30 mm kidney stones. Coral Manso
13:30 – 13:40 Ambulatory FANS ureteroscopy: pushing the limits? Begoña Ballesta
13:45 – 13:55 Robotic platforms in endourology. Tzevat Tefik
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:40 SESSION 5
Chairs: José Ramón Pérez-Carral and Kasra Saeb-Parsy
15:00 – 15:40 Live surgery: HoLEP. Case presentation: María Cánovas –Surgeons: Bernardino Miñana and Oscar Buisan
15:40 – 16:20 Live surgery: Pulsed-ThuLEP. Case presentation: María Cánovas – Surgeons: Guillermo Andrés Boville
16:20 – 16:35 Pre-recorded surgery: Endoscopic segmental prostatectomy. Luis Labairu
16:40 – 17:25 SESSION 6
Chairs: Alberto Pérez-Lanzac and Tomás Fernández Aparicio
16:40 – 16:50 Conservative UTUC management: when and how? (Streaming) Angelo Territo
16:55 – 17:05 To scope or not to scope? Benefits and risks of diagnostic ureteroscopy & biopsy in UTUC. Fernando Ramón De Fata
17:10 – 17:20 Post-operative instillation chemotherapy in UTUC: indications and protocols. Jorge Caño
17:25 – 17:30 Day 1 closing remarks
AULA SEMINARIO
10:00–18:00 Workshop: Multimodal Fusion Ultrasound for PCNL- VENUS
Inscripciones Taller: Multimodal Fusion Ultrasound for PCNL – VENUS · 10:00–18:00 h · Fecha límite de inscripción online: 21 de octubre
FRIDAY · 30 OCTOBER 2026
08:30 – 08:50 Magistral Conference. Carlos Reina
08:50 – 10:20 SESSION 7
Chair: Juan Antonio Galán and Kemal Sarica
08:50 – 09:05 Best endourology papers in 2026. Andrés Calva
09:10 – 09:40 Live surgery: RIRS with single-use 6.3F flexible ureteroscope. Case presentation: Carmina Muñoz Bastidas -Surgeon: Laurian Dragos
09:40 – 10:20 Live surgery: SuperMini-PCNL / Venus / Lumenis Ho:YAG MOSES. Case presentation: Carmina Muñoz Bastidas -Surgeon: Juan Manuel López Martínez
10:20 – 11:00 SESSION 8
Chairs: Oriol Angerri and Salvatore Butticè
10:20 – 10:35 Pre-recorded surgery: i-PCNL: unlocking the future. Antonio Servera
10:40 – 10:55 Pre-recorded surgery: Robotic ureteroscopy with Ily platform. Fernando Ramón De Fata
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15 SESSION 9
Chair: Alberto Budía and Juan Antonio Galán
11:30 – 11:40 Fluoroless endourology: techniques, evidence and outcomes. Oriol Angerri
11:45 – 11:55 Temperature profile and safety during RIRS using TFL. Salvatore Butticè
12:00 – 12:10 The evolution of ureteric stents: smarter, safer, biodegradable. Federico Soria
12:15 – 13:00 SESSION 10
Chair: Tzevat Tefik and Salvatore Butticè
12:15 – 12:25 Technology meets safety: novel pressure management system in ureteroscopy. Laurian Dragos
12:30 – 12:40 Shock Wave Lithotripsy: proven, improved, and still indispensable. Kemal Sarica
12:45 – 13:00 Round table: One size doesn’t fit all – novel MIST options in BPH care: REZUM, AQUABLATION and PROSTATIC EMBOLIZATION. Kasra Saeb-Parsy, Juan Antonio Mainez and Alberto Alonso
13:00 – 14:20 SESSION 11
Chairs: Kemal Sarica, Nuria García and Roberto Ballestero
13:00 – 13:15 Chronic kidney disease and urolithiasis. María Ramos
13:20 – 13:35 Prerecorded surgery: Lit-Control pH Up, Down and Balance. Canoxidin: ureteral catheter incrustation. Luis Resel
13:40 – 13:55 SGLT2 inhibitors (SWEETSTONE TRIAL) and new horizons in treatment of urolithiasis. María Begoña Santos
14:00 – 14:15 Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and urolithiasis. Javier Saenz
14:20 – 14:30 Final remarks
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