2nd Annual NARUS North American Robotic Urologic Symposium 2018

2nd Annual NARUS North American Robotic Urologic Symposium is organized by Veritas Meeting Solutions and will be held during Feb 16 - 17, 2018 at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Urologists, Residents, Fellows, PAs, NPs, and Allied Health Professionals. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Conference Highlights:

• World Expert Faculty
• For Urologists, Residents, Fellows, PAs, NPs, and Allied Health
• Live Surgery Prostate, Kidney, Bladder/ Reconstruction and Pediatrics
• New Technologies in Robotic Surgery
• Adult, Pediatric and Allied Health Programs

Conference Objectives are :

ADULT:

Topic Area: Prostate
•To critique high impact publications in robotic surgery for prostate cancer
•To demonstrate refined techniques for preserving urinary control after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, and link them to patient-reported outcomes
•To demonstrate nerve-preserving surgical plane selection and recognition

Topic Area: Renal
• To demonstrate the surgical steps of robotic surgery procedures for kidney cancer
• Analyze the robotic techniques unique to the surgical management of kidney cancer
• Describe tips and tricks to manage difficult intra-operative situations and avoid complications
• Discuss the key complications and outline the intra-operative and post-operative management related to robotic surgery procedures

Topic Area: Bladder
• To demonstrate the surgical steps of robotic surgery procedures for bladder cancer
• Analyze the robotic techniques unique to the surgical management of bladder cancer
• Describe tips and tricks to manage difficult intra-operative situations and avoid complications
• Discuss the key complications and outline the intra-operative and post-operative management related to robotic surgery procedures

Topic Area: Reconstruction
• To demonstrate the surgical steps of robotic surgery procedures for reconstructive surgery
• Analyze the robotic techniques unique to the surgical management of reconstructive patients
• Describe tips and tricks to manage difficult intra-operative situations and avoid complications
• Discuss the key complications and outline the intra-operative and post-operative management related to robotic surgery procedures

PEDIATRICS:

Topic Area: Ureteral Reimplantation
• To discuss the role of pediatric robotic reimplantation for the treatment of VUR
• o analyze the key steps of pediatric robotic reimplantation as well as tips and tricks to maximize surgical success rates and minimize complications

Topic Area: Pyeloplasty / Heminephrectomy / Uretero-ureterostomy / Pediatric Oncology
• To discuss the role of robotic surgery for pediatric kidney procedures such as pyeloplasty, nephrectomy / hemi-nephrectomy, and uretero-ureterostomy.
• To describe the key steps as well as tips and tricks of pediatric robotic kidney procedures.

Topic Area: Complex Reconstruction
• To describe recent refinements and advances in robotic surgical technology that benefit pediatric complex reconstruction procedures
• To discuss the use and focused patient selection process for pediatric robotic reconstruction procedures

ALLIED HEALTHCARE:

Summary:
• Provide a unique opportunity for the peri-operative nurses and allied health professionals working in robotics to learn strategies for successful robotic surgery across multiple specialties from the pre-, intra-, and post-operative perspectives.
• Collaborate with or without their surgeon counterparts.
• Discuss and experience hands-on workshops that cover areas such as optimizing efficiency, team management, assist strategies, communication, organization, positioning/safety concerns, troubleshooting.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.