ESU Courses

From the newest updates in urology, practical insights, core theoretical knowledge to best practices, the course programme of the European School of Urology (ESU) at the 39th Annual EAU Congress in Paris will this year encompass the full breadth of urology, providing expert knowledge and in-depth views on major topics and procedures.

The ESU aims to not only offer the insights of experienced mentors and faculty, but also ensure participants will get, first-hand, the best practices that are vital in offering optimal care to patients. Below you will find 45 courses in 17 areas ranging from Female Urology, Infections, Stones, Trauma, and Male LUTS to onco-urology to paediatric urology.

More information about fees can be found here. Please note that the courses are not included in the congress fee.

Topics

Adrenals

  • Adrenalectomy course: Elevate your surgical expertise

Andrology

  • Office management of male sexual dysfunction
  • Male prosthetic urology
  • The infertile couple: Urological aspects

Female urology

  • Advanced vaginal reconstruction
  • Prolapse management and female pelvic floor problems

General urology

  • Updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, female and male LUTS Guidelines 2025: What has changed?
  • 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed?
  • Medical writing for urologists: An interactive workshop on how to write, publish and promote the “perfect” manuscript
  • 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, infections and penile and testicular cancer: What has changed

Infections

  • Dealing with the challenge of infection in urology

Kidney transplantation

  • Renal transplantation: Technical aspects, diagnosis and management of early and late urological complications

Male LUTS

  • All about the current BPO surgical therapy

Neurogenic and non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction

  • Chronic pelvic pain in men and women
  • Practical neuro-urology
  • Lower urinary tract dysfunction and urodynamics

Paediatric urology

  • Practical approach to paediatric urology

Penile and testicular cancer

  • Male genital diseases

Prostate cancer

  • Focal therapy in prostate cancer
  • Oligometastatic prostate cancer
  • Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
  • Prostate cancer update: 2024-2025
  • Retropubic radical prostatectomy: Tips, tricks and pitfalls
  • Prostate cancer screening and active surveillance – Where are we now?

Renal tumours

  • Advanced course on laparoscopic renal surgery
  • Robotic renal surgery
  • Treatment of localised renal masses: Tips & tricks

Trauma

  • Urinary tract and genital trauma

Urethral strictures

  • Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery

Urolithiasis

  • Advanced endourology in the non-standard patients with urolithiasis
  • Complications in endourology: Causes, management and prevention
  • Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL)
  • Metabolic workup and non-surgical management of urinary stone disease
  • Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks and indications

Urological surgery

  • Surgical complications during laparoscopic/robotic urological procedures: Prevention, diagnosis, management and complications
  • Laparoscopy for beginners: From theory to practice
  • Practical tips for pelvic laparoscopic surgery: Cystectomy, radical prostatectomy adenomectomy and sacrocolpopexy
  • Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery
  • Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones
  • Advanced indications in robotic surgery

Urothelial tumours

  • How we manage upper tract tumours
  • Tips and tricks in cystectomy
  • Practical management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)