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ESU Courses
ESU Courses, 18 March
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ESU Course 38
14.30 - 16.30 General neuro-urology
Green Hall 2 - Level N-1
Introduction
F.R. Cruz, Porto (PT)
Diagnostics
M.J. Drake, Bristol (GB)
Therapy
F.R. Cruz, Porto (PT)
Case discussion
Chair: F.R. Cruz, Porto (PT)
Aims and objectives
The course aims at introducing neuro-urology to urologists and other caregivers in training and at refreshing
the topic to those who consider this subspeciality important for their current clinical practice.
For many urologists neuro-urology is a less well known subspeciality that is considered less appealing
due to the use of a specific terminology, methods of diagnosis and evaluation and a treatment that very
frequently requires individualisation. For many urologists neuro-urology is not part of their training. However
as patients with micturition problems of neurogenic cause have nowadays a life span very close to that of
normal individuals, expertise in this field will be an inevitable requisite for the average urologist.
Terminology has been updated in recent years and its familiarity is necessary not only in order to facilitate
communication between caregivers but also to increase access to relevant literature. This will be the object of
a complete review. Investigation is a decisive part of the management of patients with micturition problems
of neurogenic origin. This is not intended as a urodynamic course but rather as a useful session in which the
use of urodynamic and other tools will be clarified. Finally, management of these patients will be reviewed,
from the more classic to the more experimental approaches, always keeping in mind that the expected
audience will be the average urologist who is willing to increase their knowledge in the field. Thus the
different therapeutic approaches will be presented in a more practical and useful way instead of a classical
pharmacological approach. This is expected to facilitate the transfer the available information into everyday
practice. Particular attention will be given to the use of botulinum toxin. Ultimately, different conditions will
be simulated in order to rehearse the main topics.
By the end of the course it is expected that participants will be able to adequately investigate and manage
the most frequent neuro-urological situations.
Registration fee excluding VAT
EAU members € 32
Non-EAU members € 47
Residents (members/non-members) € 21