Endourological Society
Chairman: Jorge Gutierrez, (Mexico)
08:00-08:20 State-of-the-Art-Lecture
Is There a Role for Endopyelotomy in the Era
of Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty?
Paul Vancangh, (Belgium)

08:20-08:40
State-of-Art Lecture Practical Hints on Laparoscopic
Pyeloplasty
Octavio Castillo, (Chile)

08:40-09:35
Panel Discussion and Case Presentations

Percutaneous Renal Surgery: What Have We Learned?
Moderator: Jorge Gutierrez, Mexico

Reducing Risks in Percutaneous Renal Surgery
Norberto Bernardo, (Argentina)

Upper Pole and Multiple Tracts
Mahesh Desai, (India)

Intermediate Dorsal Decubitus Approach
Peter Daels, (Argentina)
Management of Complications

09:35-10:00
Debate

Non-Staghorn Kidney Stones, PCNL or Retrograde Flexible
Lithotripsy? PCNL vs. Retrograde

Moderator:
Mahesh Desai, (India)
Michael Wong, (Singapore)
Andreas Gross, (Germany)

10:00-10:20

State-of-the-art-Lecture
Ureteral Stones 2007, an Update on Management
Anup Patel, (UK)

10:20-10:40
State-of-the-Art-Lecture

ESWL, Practical Recommendations to Improve
Results Based on Physical Principles
Jorge Gutierrez, (Mexico)

10.40-11.00
State-of-the-Art-Lecture
Update of Imaging in Urology

Session I – Update on stents

08.00-08.05 Opening
Daniel Yachia

Chairmen: Gopal Badlani, Ravi Kulkarni

08.05-08.20 Is there a need for Urine Drainage After Prostate Thermotherapy?
                  Jean de la Rosette – Netherlands
 
08.25-08.40 What We Learned from the Urolume Experience:
                  Gopal Badlani, USA

08.45-09.00 Four Years of Experience in an Interventional Radiology Department with a New
                  Temporary, Covered Urethral Stent in Urethral Strictures
                  Vesna Stojanovic, Serbia

09.05-09.20 Gains from the Long-Term Use of Metallic Ureteric Stents in Comparison with
                  Conventional JJ stents
                  Ravi Kulkarni, UK

Session II - Stents and Drug Delivery

Chairmen: Evangelos Liatsikos, Daniel Yachia

09.30-09.55 Biostable and Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery
                  Naama Kohn,  Israel

10.00-10.20 Clinical experience with Drug Eluting Ureteral stents
                  Evangelos Liatsikos, Greece

10.25-10.45 Stent as a component of a Combination Device
                  Daniel Yachia, Israel

10.50-11.15 Visit the Posters

Session III - Discussed posters
Chairman: Mahesh Desai

11.15-11.25 Minimally Invasive treatment of BPH
 
Treatment Trends for BPH in the U.S. -- The Dramatic Increase in Application of Minimally Invasive Therapies
                  Sean Elliott, USA

TUNA Therapy: Improvement in Technical Device - Better Clinical Outcome
                 Dragomir Zubac, Norway

Discussion

11.25-11.40 Brachytherapy

Long-term Urinary Sequellae following Iodine 125 Prostate Brachytherapy
                  Juanita Crook, Canada

The Nature and Extent of Urinary Morbidity in Relation to Prostate Brachytherapy Urethral Dosimetry
                 Juanita Crook, Canada

Urologic Factors Associated with Post-Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Urinary Retention
                 Torrence Wilson, USA

Discussion

11.40-11-45 Post-Radical Prostatectomy Anastomotic Stenosis

Continence Rates and Stricture Formation following Radical Prostatectomy
                  Jaimin Bhatt, United Kingdom

Discussion

11.45-12.00 Double-J Stents

Is Pre-Op Stenting Routinely Required Prior to Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS)?
                 Shivadeo Bapat, India

Passive Dilation by Ureteral Stenting Prior to Ureteroscopy Eliminates the Need for Active Dilation
                  Jeffrey S. Palmer, USA

A Simple and Reliable Formula for Determining the Proper JJ Stent Length in the Pediatric Patient: Age + 10
                 Jeffrey S. Palmer, USA

Discussion

12.00-12.10 Ureteral Stents—Malignancy

Wire-based Ureteral Stents: Impact on Tensile Strength and Compression
                  Manoj Monga, USA

Flexible Percutaneous Approach in Uretero-Enteric Stenosis
                  Petrisor Geavlete, Romania

Discussion

• North America: Ralph Clayman (USA)
• Latin America: Fernando Gabilondo (Mexico)

• SIU: Mostafa Elhilali (Canada)
• IVU: Catherine DeVries (USA)

International Society for Sexual Medicine
Vascular Biology and Erectile Function

Chairmen:
Ira Sharlip, (USA)
Jacques Buvat, (France)

Concurrence of Cardiovascular Disease and Erectile Dysfunction:
Coincidence of Two Prevalent Diseases or Real Cause-Effect Relationship?
Jacques Buvat, (France)

Impact of the Metabolic Syndrome on the Pharmacological Management
of Erectile Dysfunction
Aksam Yassin, (Germany)

Approaches to Improve on the Long-Term Effectiveness oPDE5 Inhibitor Therapy
Khaled Dabees, (Egypt)

PDE5I and NAION
Raouf Seyam, (Saudi Arabia)