| PCNL Course | |
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| Date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Venue: | Hilton Hotel (Hall B) |
| Time: | 08:30-10:30 |
| Course Director: | Stefania Ferreti (IT) |
| Course Coordinator: | Essam Abdelmohsen (EG) |
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| Objectives and course description: | |
| PCNL is commonly used for treatment of renal stones. Indications and safety of PCNL based on the increasing expertise of urologic surgeons. Since more centres and urologists are interested in minimal invasive surgery, the number of PCNL cases is increasing. In this context PCNL training programmes have become more important than before and playing an important role in learning PCNL.
The workshop provides an interactive hands-on training of different steps and techniques of PCNL. The attendees will be trained in achieving successful and safe access, dilatation, stone fragmentation, stone extraction and how to avoid the complications. Hands-on training sessions will be carried out under the guidance of experienced Urologists and local tutors who will actively guide trainees through the different training steps. Hands-on training will be carried out using 4 training modules provided by Boston Scientific Industrial Company which allows getting access under fluoroscopic guidance |
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| Course Format: | |
| 1 | Introduction Stefania Ferreti (IT) (15 minutes) |
| 2 | Hand-on Training: (105 minutes) |
| EARLY Until 31 July 2025 |
LATE Until 28 October 2025 |
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| MMISU Egyptian Members | EGP 1000 | EGP 1500 |
| MMISU Non-Egyptian Members | USD 70 | USD 70 |
| Egyptians (Non-Members) | EGP 1500 | EGP 2000 |
| Non-Egyptians (Non-Members) | USD 100 | USD 100 |