34th Congress of the ESPU
April 17-20th, 2024 - Naples, Italy

Programmes


Notes:

  • This congress is accredited with 24.5 European CME credits by EACCME and Nurse's programme is accredited with 10.75 CNE credits by the EUAB-CNE.
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Main programme

Wednesday 17, April 2024

10:30   Opening of the Registration Desk        
12:15 - 13:15   Research Committee Session: "Redefining UTIs - From Animal and Clinical Studies to Beyond"
Christina CHING, (USA) Massimo Garriboli (UK), Salvatore Cascio (Ireland)
  12:30 - 14:30   PAEDIATRIC UROLOGY BEYOND EUROPE
(Parallel programme)
13:15 - 14:15 S01: BASIC RESEARCH
Moderators: Darius Bägli (Canada), Nicolas Kalfa (France)
       
14:15 - 14:45   Lecture Basic Science: "Rare early onset lower urinary tract disorders: From genetics to gene therapy"
Adrian Woolf (UK)
       
14:45 - 15:55 S02: CASE REPORTS
Moderators: Berk Burgu (Turkey), Perviz Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)
       
15:55 - 16:20   Coffee Break        
16:20 - 17:00 S03: TESTIS 1
Moderators: Sabine Zundel (Switzerland), David Keene (UK)
    16:20 - 17:00    S04: MISCELLANEOUS
Moderators: Alex Turner (UK), Anja Lingnau (Germany)
(Parallel programme)
17:00 - 18:20 SH: HISTORY SESSION
Chair: Cenk Büyükünal (Turkey)
  17:00 - 17:50    S05: TESTIS 2
Moderators: Anil Takvani (India), Tariq Abbas (Qatar)
(Parallel programme)
18:20 - 18:50   Local Lecture: Napolitan Culture
Amedeo Colella
  17:50 - 18:20    S06: ONCOLOGY
Moderators: Thomas Blanc (France), Haluk Emir (Turkey)
(Parallel programme)
18:50 - 19:00   Opening Ceremony        
19:00 - 21:00   Welcome Reception        

 

Thursday 18, April 2024

07:00   Opening of the Registration Desk        
07:20 - 08:20   Research Commitee Session: "AI in Paediatric Urology: A Brave New World?"
Caleb Nelson (USA), Bernhard Haid (Austria), Luke Harper (France)
       
08:20 - 08:25   Opening Remarks        
08:25 - 09:30 S07: NEUROPATHIC BLADDER
Moderators: Reddy Pramod (USA), Rosalia Misseri (USA)
       
09:30 - 10:00   John Duckett Lecture: "The Role of Pelvic Osteotomy in the Modern Treatment of Bladder Exstrophy: A Move Forward"
John Gearhart (USA)
Introduced by Serdar Tekgül (Turkey)
       
10:00 - 11:00 S08: BLADDER EXTHROPHY EPISPADIAS COMPLEX
Moderators: Max Cervellione (UK), Anne-Kristin Ebert (Germany)
   10:00 - 11:30    URODYNAMICS WORKSHOP "Bladder Dysfunction and Paediatric Urodynamic: The Chicken, The Egg and Everything in Between" Part II
(Parallel programme)
Eskinder Solomon (UK), Massimo Garriboli (UK) 
11:00 - 11:20   Special Session "Patient Experience": Bladder Exstrophy
Introduced by Alaa El-Ghoneimi (France)
Luc Giros (APEX)
 
11:20 - 11:40   Coffee Break        
11:40 - 12:45 S09: DIVERSION
Moderators: Raimund Stein (Germany), Armando Lorenzo (Canada)
       
12:45 - 13:25   Panel EUPSA-ESPU: "Bowel Preparation and Diversion in Major Abdominal Surgery"
Moderator: Alaa El-Ghoneimi (France)
Panelists: Anju Goyal (ESPU), Peter Vajda (Hungary)
       
13:25 - 14:20   Lunch        
14:20 - 14:50 S10: MY WORST COMPLICATION
Moderators: Gianantonio Manzoni (Italy)
       
14:50 - 15:50 S11: OBSTRUCTION & HYDRONEPHROSIS 1
Moderators: Marie-Klaire Farrugia (UK), Paul Austin (USA)
     15:15 - 16:30      Program Directors Meeting
(Parallel programme, Calipso room)
15:50 - 16:30 S12: OBSTRUCTION & HYDRONEPHROSIS 2
Moderators: Gillian Barker (Sweden), JP Capolicchio (Canada)
       
16:30 - 16:55   Coffee Break        
16:55 - 17:35   EAU-ESPU PANEL: "EAU/ESPU Guideline Standards and New Frontiers-MIS in Paediatric Urology"
Moderator: Selçuk Silay (Turkey)
Panelists: Uchenna Kennedy (EAU),
Ciro Esposito (ESPU)
       
17:35 - 18:15 S13: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS)
Moderators: Mohan Gundeti (USA), Maria Escolino (Italy)
       
18:15 - 19:15   Satellite Symposium: "Putting the rumours to bed: Discussing the DryNites® clinical trial in Paediatric Nocturnal Enuresis"
Moderator: Serdar Tekgül (Turkey)
Juliette Rayner (UK), Noah Buchalter (KC)
       

 

Friday 19, April 2024

07:30   Opening of the Registration Desk          
07:40 - 08:30   Educational Session: "CAKUT and Prophylactic Antibiotics : Urologist vs Nephrologist"
Moderator: Alfredo Berrettini (Italy)
Panelists: Sofia Sjostörm (Sweden), Giovanni Montini (Italy)
       
08:30 - 09:00 S14: PHIMOSIS
Moderators: Sibel Tiryaki (Turkey), Marcel Drlík (Czech Republic)
  08:30 - 09:00   YPUC SESSION
Quality Improvement Session with Martin Koyle (USA)
(Parallel programme)
09:00 - 10:05 S15: HYPOSPADIAS 1
Moderators: Anne Françoise Spinoit (Belgium), Haytham Badawy (Egypt)
       
10:05 - 10:35   Coffee Break        
10:35 - 11:50 S16: HYPOSPADIAS 2
Moderators: Alex Springer (Austria), Antonio Macedo (Brazil)
       
11:50 - 12:20   JPU Lecture: "Scientific Communication: Past , Present, Future"
Anthony Caldamone (USA)
       
12:20 - 13:10 S17: GENITALIA
Moderators: Barbara Ludwikovski (Germany), Marie Andersson (Sweden)
       
13:10 - 13:45 S18: TIPS & TRICKS
Moderators: Emilio Merlini (Italy)
       
13:45 - 14:55   GA (Members only)        
13:45 - 14:55   Lunch        
14:55 - 15:05   ERN UPDATE
Wout Feitz (Netherlands)
       
15:05 - 16:15 S19: LOWER URINARY TRACK OBSTRUCTION
Moderators: Seppo Taskinen (Finland), Tony Herndon (USA)
       
16:15 - 16:40 S20: RENAL TRANSPLANT
Moderators: Pedro Lopez Perreira (Spain), Matthieu Peycelon (France)
  16:15 - 17:00   YPUC SESSION: "Tips for the FEAPU Exam" &  "Management of neonatal PUV : Why so different approaches ? Let's listen to experts"
(Parallel programme)
16:40 - 17:05   Coffee Break        
17:05 - 17:55 S21: VUR
Moderators: Rafał Chrzan (Poland), Gundela Holmdahl (Sweden)
       
17:55 - 18:35   RC SESSION: "When You Can Not Trust What You See: The Confounding and Beyond"
Luis Braga (Canada), Anka Nieuwhof-Leppink (Netherlands), Irfan Dönmez (Turkey)
       
19:30   Congress Dinner        

 

 

Saturday 20, April 2024

07:30   Opening of the Registration Desk
07:40 - 08:20   JPUROL-RC JOINT SESSION: "Learning to Review Papers"
Caleb Nelson (USA), Christina Ching (USA), Luis Braga (Canada)
08:20 - 09:00 S22: STONE 1
Moderators: Sadaf Aba Umer (Pakistan), Naima Smeulders (UK)
09:00 - 09:45   RARE STONES DISEASES LECTURE
Moderator: Sajid Sultan (Pakistan), Alfredo Berrettini (Italy)
09:45 - 10:25 S23: STONE 2
Moderators: Anna Bujons (Spain), Sharjeel Saulat (Pakistan)
10:25 - 10:50   Coffee break
10:50 - 11:35 S24: FUNCTIONAL VOIDING DISORDERS 1
Moderators: Erik Van Laecke (Belgium), Simona Gerocarni Nappo (Italy)
11:35 - 12:15 S25: FUNCTIONAL VOIDING DISORDERS 2
Moderators: Yazan Rawashdeh (Denmark), Giovanni Mosiello (Italy)
12:15 - 12:30   Prizes and Closure

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ESPU-Nurses Accepted abstracts (Nurses programme sessions)

Preliminary Nurses programme

Wednesday 17, April 2024

16:00 - 16:10   Opening
Jens Larsson, President ESPU N, SE
16:10 - 18:00   Industry sponsored session - Starting Course:
Teaching children IC and TAI with help from image cards

Elin Lyman, SE

 

Thursday 18, April 2024

08:15 - 08:20   Welcome
Jens Larsson, President ESPU N, SE
08:20 - 09:10   Keynote Lecture: Urodynamic assessment in children
Eskinder Solomon, UK
09:10 - 09:20   Questions and discussion
Moderator: Ananda Nacif, QA
09:20 - 10:20 SN1: FUNCTIONAL VOIDING DISORDERS
Moderators: Ananda Nacif (QA), Sigrid Van de Borne (BE)
10:20 - 11:10 SN2: POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES
Moderators: Louiza Dale (UK), Bieke Samijn (BE)
11:10 - 11:40   Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:20 SN3: HYPOSPADIAS
Moderators: Sarah Boulby (UK), Sofia Sjödin (SE)
12:20 - 13:20   Workshop
How to assess pelvic floor function in children? Ananda Nacif, QA. Jens Larsson, SE
How to do rectal manometry in children? Sofia Sjödin, SE
Normal penis and foreskin development? Sarah Boulby, UK
13:20 - 14:20   Lunch
14:20 - 15:00   Keynote lecture: Urological oncology in children:
Surgical and nursing aspects

Simona Nappo, IT, Paola Belletti, IT
15:00 - 15:10   Questions and discussion
Moderator: Jens Larsson, SE
15:10 - 15:30 SN4: NEUROPATHIC BLADDER
Moderators: Hanny Cobussen (NL), Anka Nieuwhof-Leppink (NL)
15:30 - 16:00 SN5: MISCELLANEOUS 1
Moderators: Hanny Cobussen (NL), Anka Nieuwhof-Leppink (NL)
16:00 - 16:20   Coffee Break
16:20 - 16:50   AGM ESPU Nurses Group

 

Friday 19, April 2024

08:00 - 08:05   Welcome
Jens Larsson, President ESPU N, SE
08:05 - 08:45   Keynote Lecture: An introduction to machine learning in healthcare and clinical application of technologies
Mandy Rickard, CA
08:50 - 09:30 SN6: MISCELLANEOUS 2
Moderators: Babett Jatzkowski (SE), Fiona Marks (UK)
09:30 - 09:35   Break
09:35 - 10:15 SN7: MISCELLANEOUS 3
Moderators: Jens Larsson (SE), Anna Giambonini (CH)
10:15 - 10:40   Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:10   The ESPUN Grant Scientific Session:
A practical approach to research for nurses - from conceptualization to publication

Mandy Rickard, CA
11:10 - 11:40 SN8: MISCELLANEOUS 4
Moderators: Alexandra Vermandel (BE), Tinne van Aggelpoel (BE), Angela Downer (UK)
11:40 - 12:00 SN9: POSTER SESSION
Moderators: Alexandra Vermandel (BE), Tinne van Aggelpoel (BE), Angela Downer (UK)
12:00 - 12:50   Difficult Case Session
Moderators: Sarah Boulby, UK
12:50 - 13:00   Closing Remarks
Jens Larsson, President ESPU N, SE
13:00   Continuing joint meeting ESPU