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“Under threat” functional urology nevertheless has bright future
EAU Secretary General Prof. Chris Chapple opened the 2nd European Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms meeting on September 21st, welcoming around 300 participants to Milan. Prof. Chapple (Sheffield, GB) said that while functional urology might at times feel “under threat” from...
ELUTS18: A report from the Functional Urology Masterclass
The second European Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Meeting (ELUTS18) started in Milan on September 20th, with a full-day ESU masterclass on functional urology. The 30 specially-selected participants got an intensive course, taught by experienced faculty from the European School...
Attention to Reconstructive and Functional Urology
ELUTS18 is a thematic educational meeting that is focused on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and all related subspecialties of urology. Two sections of the EAU are closely involved in the meeting: the EAU Sections of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgery (ESGURS)...
Newly restructured ELUTS18 to get to the core of urology in Milan this summer
The treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is something that every urologist deals with in daily practice, in the opinion of Prof. Francisco Cruz (Porto, PT). Cruz is chairman of the EAU Section of Female and Functional Urology...
Day 2: Quality of life and bladder underactivity
The first day of the regular ELUTS17 scientific programme brought many current topics to the attention of the assembled delegates. One day earlier, ELUTS17 had already begun for participants of the ESU-ESFFU Masterclass, which also continued this morning. EAU...
ELUTS17 Day 1: Anniversary for ESU-ESFFU Masterclass
Over 30 participants convened in Berlin on 12 October, taking part in the annual ESU-ESFFU Masterclass on Female and Functional Reconstructive Urology. The masterclass is in its tenth year, making it one of the longest-running courses offered by the...
Urology and Urogynaecology working together for LUTS treatment
“The ELUTS meeting represents a good opportunity to share competences amongst urogynaecologists and urologists. This is the second time since becoming President of the European Urogynaecological Association (EUGA) that a multidisciplinary LUTS meeting features an EUGA session in its...
LUTS “a key area within urology”
This October, Berlin will be hosting ELUTS17, the first in what is set to become Europe’s annual LUTS event. The EAU is organising the meeting for the first time, working together with two of its Sections, the European School...
A new meeting dedicated to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Lower urinary tract symptoms and functional urology are receiving less attention from traditional industry partners, and so it is vital that the European Association of Urology fills this void with a dedicated meeting, according to Prof. Francisco Cruz (Porto,...