Report on XV meeting of EAU Robotic Urology Section in 2018

Abstract

On 5–7 September 2018 the fifteenth annual meeting of EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) took place in Marseille, France. ERUS meeting is regarded as a scientific platform for every urologist who is interested in latest technical advances and continuous progress of urological science and practice. Among the widely discussed topics were organization of surgical care in hospitals equipped with surgical robot, education and training of robotic urological surgeons, use of early recovery protocols in robotic urology and many others. Prototypes and concepts of new robotic surgical systems soon to appear on the market were demonstrated at ERUS-2018. During the live surgery session worldwide-known urologists demonstrated about 20 surgical interventions with comments and explanations for every step in real time.

Keywords

• early recovery after surgery
• organization of surgical workflow
• robot-assisted surgery
• robotic urology
• surgical training