Program 2025

08:00 – 09:00

Registration/ Coffee

09:00 – 09:10

Introduction

09:10 – 09:50

Debate: Endourology

Pro Rezüm
Jan Ebbing

Against TURP
Dominik Abt

09:50 – 10:40

Debate: PCA – Targeted biopsies are not enough

Pro systematic and targeted/perilesional PBx:
Romain Diamand

Pro targeted PBx only:
Olivier Rouviere

10:40 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:35

Fellowship in urology:  personal experiences – pros and cons?
Nico Grossmann

11:35 – 12:15

Surveillance for NMIBC with or w/o Cystoscopy
Pro Cystoscopy

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Without cystoscopy
Nico Grossmann

12:15 – 13:40

Lunch

13:30 – 14:20

Critical evaluation of level 1 evidence in uro-oncology
Olivier Timothee

14:10 – 14:30

Discussion

14:30 – 15:30

Debate: Bladder cancer

Bladder sparing in MIBC bladder cancer will become a new standard in 5 years
Richard Cathomas

Against the motion/ Pro Cystectomy
Thomas Hermanns

15:30 – 15:35

Conclusion

Credits:
SGU – 6 Credit Points

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22nd Symposium
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November 14th 2025- Kursaal Bern

21th Symposium

Focus – Urolithiasis

21th Symposium

Focus – Urolithiasis

20th Symposium

Best of Urology Arena

19th Symposium

To treat or not to treat: state of the art and open debates

18th Symposium

Prospects and controversies in urotherial cancer

17th Symposium

Controversies in BHP and Prostate Cancer

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Pro TUR-P (for a small prostate)
— PD Dr. Räto Strebel (Chur, CH)
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Pro TUR-P (for a big prostate)
— PD Dr. Räto Strebel (Chur, CH)
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Pro Urolift (for a small prostate)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
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Pro Aquablation (for a big prostate)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
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Pro Embolisation (for a big prostate)
— Prof. Tiago Bilhim (Lisbon, PT)
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Pro Rezuum (for a small prostate)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
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Pro Transurethral Enucleation (for a big prostate)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
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Pro Vaporisation (for a small prostate)
— Prof. Tullio Sulser (Zurich, CH)
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Pro Vaporisation (for a big prostate)
— Prof. Tullio Sulser (Zurich, CH)
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Pro Open/robotic Enucleation (for a big prostate)
— Prof. Hubert John (Winterthur, CH)

16th Symposium

Complications in urology: prevention and management

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Complications of transurethral procedures
— Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Danuser, Luzern CH
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Complications of medical treatment
— Dr. David Niedrig, Zurich CH
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Complications in Upper Tract Endoscopy
— Prof. Dr. Jean de la Rosette, Amsterdam NL
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Complications in Robotic Surgery
— Prof. Dr. Christophe Vaessen, Paris FR
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Difficult Doctor Patient Encounters
— Prof. Dr. Wolf Langewitz, Basel CH
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Prostate biopsy 2018: Urosepsis
— Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Eberli, Zurich CH

15th Symposium

Controversies in urology: the experts challenge the experts

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Should testosterone replacement be used more liberally? – YES
— Dr. Laurent Vaucher, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Should testosterone replacement be used more liberally? – NO
— PD Dr. Alexander Müller, Schlieren, Switzerland
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Small renal masses – Partial nephrectomy
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
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Small renal masses – Percutaneous ablation
— Prof. Pilar Laguna Pes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Urodynamics prior to bladder outlet obstruction intervention – YES
— Prof. Paul Abrams, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Urodynamics prior to bladder outlet obstruction intervention – NO
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
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Urologists’ nightmare: lawyer challenges the experts (Summary)
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
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Urologists’ nightmare: lawyer challenges the experts (Presentation)
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
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Urologists’ nightmare: lawyer challenges the experts – case presentation
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
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Urologists’ nightmare: lawyer challenges the experts – case presentation
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
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Men at risk of prostate cancer – Standard pathway
— Prof. Franz Recker, Aarau, Switzerland
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Men at risk of prostate cancer – MR-based pathway
— Prof. Hashim U. Ahmed, London, United Kingdom
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Renal stones – ESWL
— PD Dr. Daniel Nguyen, Bern, Switzerland
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Renal stones – Endoscopic management
— PD Dr. Christian Seitz, Vienna, Austria