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Practical PCNL: From Access to Exit - A Hands-on Course - California (2020)
This course is SOLD OUT! If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please email Education@AUANet.org.
We will also offer PCNL training at AUA2020 in Washington DC - view our Hands-on Skills Training Program, including Practical PCNL with Dr. Rob Sweet.
Directed by Ralph V. Clayman, MD and Jaime Landman, MD, this newly enhanced course will feature a combination of didactic lectures, surgical video cases, panel discussions, Q&A sessions, an interactive review using audience response and hands-on surgical skill stations that allow each participant to perform percutaneous stone removal from start to finish on human cadavers for more accurate training. Other features of the course:
- Updated PCNL Coding presentation for 2020
- 1:4 faculty to attendee ratio for optimum learning experience
- Additional lectures that will also improve your ureteroscopic skills and enable you to perform the complete metabolic evaluation of your stone-forming patients
- Combined experience of the faculty represents well over 100 years of PCNL experience- more than any other course
Course Registration Fees
| Early Bird - On/Before January 10, 2020 | Standard - On/After January 11, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| AUA Member | $1249 | $1560 |
| Non-Member | $1560 | $1950 |
Target Audience
- Residents
- Urologists
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Obtain percutaneous access to the kidney using fluoroscopy and/or ultrasound alone or in combination with ureteroscopic guidance.
- Review instrumentation integral to optimizing PCNL success (including tract dilation, graspers, baskets, and flexible nephroscopes).
- Perform prone flexible cystoscopy and flexible ureteroscopy.
- Demonstrate methods for post-operative sealing or drainage of the percutaneous tract.
- Utilize flexible ureteroscopy and instrumentation in combination with antegrade nephroscopy to enhance stone treatment success.
- Proper, safe deployment of a ureteral access sheath during flexible ureteroscopy, including sheaths up to 16F.
- Perform and review ultrasound imaging.
- Recognize and manage complications of PCNL.
- Focus on the latest in laser fragmentation and laser dusting techniques.
- Master the medical management of the urolithiasis patient, including metabolic evaluation and effective pharmaceutical/diet therapy.
Acknowledgments
This educational course is supported by independent educational grants from:
Educational Grants
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Cook Medical
- KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas
In-Kind Grants
- Applied Medical
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- BK Medical
- Boston Scientific
- Cook Medical
- Dornier MedTech
- GE Healthcare
- Hitachi Healthcare
- IPG Photonics
- KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.
- Lumenis, Inc.
- Micro-Tech Endoscopy
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas
- Philips Healthcare
- PUSEN Medical
- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments
Saturday, February 22, 2020
6:20 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast
6:50 a.m. Welcome
Ralph V. Clayman, MD and Jaime Landman, MD
7:00 a.m. Pre-test
Ralph V. Clayman, MD and Jaime Landman, MD
7:10 a.m. Renal Anatomy for Percutaneous Stone Removal
D. Duane Baldwin, MD
7:30 a.m. Imaging the Stone: CT, 3D CT, and iVR for Pre-procedural PCNL Planning
Jaime Landman, MD
7:45 a.m. Fluoroscopy: Fundamentals and Radiation Safety
D. Duane Baldwin, MD
8:05 a.m. Ultrasonography: Fundamentals and Knobology
Rony Kampalath, MD
8:20 a.m. To the OR - First Things First: Patient Preparation (Prone, Supine, and Lateral)
Matthew D. Dunn, MD
8:35 a.m. Questions and Answers
8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. Fluoroscopy Guided Percutaneous Access: “Bull’s Eye” and “Triangulation”
Manoj Monga, MD, FACS
9:20 a.m. Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Access
Thomas Chi, MD
9:40 a.m. Endoscopic-guided Fluoroscopic Percutaneous Access: Prone Cystoscopy/Ureteral Access Sheath/Amplatz Sheath Placement
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
10:00 a.m. Supine Access
Matthew D. Dunn, MD
10:20 a.m. Nuances of Nephrostomy Tract Dilation: Technique and Avoidance of Complications
Ramy Youssef-Yaacoub, MD
10:35 a.m. Questions and Answers
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Percutaneous Access: Does Size Matter – Macro, Micro, Mini, Ultramini, Nano, Pico and Zero?
Robert Sweet, MD, FACS
11:15 a.m. Rigid Nephroscopy: Access, Choice of Endoscopes, MIP, and Accessories
Roger Sur, MD
11:30 a.m. Lithotripsy: Pneumatic, Ultrasound and Lasers
Shlomi Tapiero, MD
11:45 a.m. Flexible Nephroscopy: Tips and Tricks
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
12:00 pm Ending the Procedure: Tube and Tubeless Techniques
Matthew D. Dunn, MD
12:15 pm Questions and Answers
12:20 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Lab Session 1
3:45 pm Lab Session 2
5:45 pm Adjourn for the day
Sunday, February 23, 2020
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Panel Session: My Way - PCNL Start to Finish
Moderator: Jaime Landman, MD
Panelists: Thomas Chi, MD; Robert Sweet, MD, FACS; Matthew D. Dunn, MD
8:40 a.m. PCNL: Complications of PCNL/URS: Prevention, Recognition, and Resolution
Manoj Monga, MD
9:00 a.m. Follow-up: Imaging, Laboratory Studies, Postoperative Visits, Quality of Life Issues and Management of Stent Pain
Roshan Patel, MD
9:20 a.m. Stone Trees: Medical Management of Urolithiasis Made Simple
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
9:50 a.m. Billing PCNL in the Age of ICD-10 and 2020 CPT
Edna R. Maldonado, CPC, ACS-UR, AHIMA-ICD-10 Trainer
10:20 a.m. Questions and Answers
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Panel Session: Great Googlimoogli’s… Help me Rhonda! Now What?
Moderator: Ralph V. Clayman, MD
Panelists: Manoj Monga, MD; D. Duane Baldwin, MD; Roger Sur, MD
11:45 a.m. Post-test/Questions
Ralph V. Clayman, MD and Jaime Landman, MD
12:00 pm Adjourn
Travel
The AUA recommends that you register for the course BEFORE making travel arrangements. Once the meeting capacity is reached, which may be prior to the early-bird date, the AUA is unable to guarantee a spot in the course.
Hotel Information
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Anaheim - Orange County
100 The City Drive
Orange, California 92868-3204
USA
Tel: +1-714-634-4500
Fax: +1-714-978-3839
To hold a reservation, a major credit card number must be provided.
Room Rate: $169 single/double occupancy. Make your reservation online or call 1-800-HILTONS. Reference the AUA PCNL Course to receive the special group rate. Once the AUA group block is full, which may be prior to the cut-off date, the AUA is unable to guarantee rooms at this rate or at this hotel.
Cut-off Date
Thursday, January 30, 2020. Guest rooms may not be available at the AUA special rate after this date.
Check-in: 4 p.m.
Check-out: 11 a.m.
Parking
Daily Self-Parking - $15 per car
Daily Valet Parking – $20 per car
Prices are subject to change.
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Education Council Disclosures
AUA Office of Education Staff has nothing to disclose.
Ralph Clayman, MD
Jaime Landman, MD
D Baldwin, MD
Thomas Chi, MD,MBA
Matthew Dunn, MD
Pengbo Jiang, MD
Rony Kampalath, MD
Edna Maldonado, CPC
Manoj Monga, MD, FACS, FRCS
Zhamshid Okhunov, MD
Roshan Patel, MD
Roger Sur, MD
Robert Sweet, MD, FACS
Shlomi Tapiero, MD
Ramy Youssef-Yaacoub, MD
ACCREDITATION:
The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION:
The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER LEARNERS:
The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
EVIDENCE BASED CONTENT:
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- Divestiture of the relationship by faculty
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Available Credit
- 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 12.50 Non-Physician Participation
Price
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Course Registration Fees
| Early Bird - On/Before January 10, 2020 | Standard - On/After January 11, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| AUA Member | $1249 | $1560 |
| Non-Member | $1560 | $1950 |
Cancellation Policy
An administration fee of 15% is assessed if registration is cancelled up to six weeks prior to the course. If registration is cancelled four to six weeks from the course, the cancellation fee of 50% of the registration fee will be paid. No registration fees will be refunded less than four weeks prior to the course.
AUA Education & Research reserves the right to cancel this course if a minimum enrollment is not reached before January 17, 2020. If AUA Education & Research cancels this course, registration fees will be refunded in full and notification will be sent by January 22, 2020.
Cancellations must be made in writing. Requests may be made via mail or fax to 410-689-3912. Questions? Call 1-800-908-9414 or email registration@AUAnet.org.
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