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MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL, NADIAD

ANDROLOGY TRAINING WORKSHOP

Jayaramdas Patel Academic Centre (JPAC) at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad organised a 3-day Andrology Training Workshop for postgraduate doctors during March 18-20, 2010. The programme provided a comprehensive overview of all practical aspects of Andrology and it included live surgical demonstrations, lectures and case discussions .

Dr. Rupin Shah was the Course Director. Other faculty included Drs Sanjay Kalra, Manish Bankar, SS Vasan, Vijay Kulkarni and Ravindra Sabnis. More than 60 delegates from all over India and abroad participated in the workshop.

There were 24 sessions on topics such as, Male infertility, Assisted Reproductive techniques, Azoospermia (total absence of sperm in the ejaculate), Ejaculatory Disorders, Undescended Testis, Vasectomy & VVA, Medical management of OAS (oligoasthenozoospermia), Surgical management of OAS: Varicocele, Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, MSD (Male sexual dysfunction), Penile prosthesis – choosing the right implant, operative techniques, complications, Sperm retrieval – non-surgical and surgical methods, Comparison of PDE5 inhibitors, Intra-cavernosal injections, Vacuum erection devices, and surgery for erectile dysfunction.

Live surgical/video demonstrations covered microsurgical varicocelectomy, needle biopsy and testicular mapping, microsurgical VEA and VVA, TURED, penile curvature correction and penile prosthesis implantation, etc.


P A Joseph
Officer on Special Duty
MPUH, Nadiad