MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL, NADIAD

Flexible Ureteroscopy

Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad organised a 3-day Instruction Course on Flexible URS (ureteroscopy), during 20^th to 22^nd August 2009.    Flexible Ureteroscopy is becoming increasingly popular in the management of stone disease.    

During the past two decades, URS has dramatically changed the management of ureteral calculi and is extensively used in many urological centres all over the world, including the Nadiad Kidney Hospital (MPUH).   Major improvements have taken place especially in the area of flexible URS that offers minimally-invasive removal of stones from the proximal ureter and the kidney.  Flexible URS has demonstrated its efficacy for small or mid-sized stones.  Further technical advancements, more experience and better skills of the urologists will expand its indications, making flexible URS a preferred treatment option for renal calculi.  The three-day Instruction Course organised at MPUH was attended by more than 100 urologists from all over India and abroad.

The star faculty included Drs. Michael Grasso, S V Kandasami and Pradeep P Rao.  From MPUH, Dr. Mahesh Desai, Director, JPAC and Chairman, Department of Urology; and Dr. R B Sabnis, Vice-Chairman, Department of Urology also participated in the Programme and shared their experience.  There were ‘hands-on’ course on simulators and a model.

*****

P A JOSEPH, Officer on Special Duty, MPUH, Nadiad, www.mpuh.org