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 40th Annual EAU Congress in Madrid 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 47 courses, divided over 17 areas ranging from Female Urology, Infections, Stones, Trauma, and Male LUTS to onco-urology to paediatric urology with some topics featuring multiple courses.
More information about rates can be found here. Please note that the courses are NOT included in the congress rate.
Topics
Adrenal tumour
Andrology
- Male genital diseases (C07)
- Office management of male sexual dysfunction (C09)
- Male prosthetic urology (C16)
- The infertile couple: Urological aspects (C42)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, infections and penile and testicular cancer: What has changed? (C25)
Benign lower and upper urinary tract diseases
- Prolapse management and female pelvic floor problems (C43)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed? (C19)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, female and male LUTS: What has changed? (C21)
- Chronic pelvic pain in men and women (C02)
- Practical neuro-urology (C33)
- Lower urinary tract dysfunction and urodynamics (C46)
- Practical tips for pelvic laparoscopic surgery: Cystectomy, radical prostatectomy adenomectomy and sacrocolpopexy (C23)
- Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones (C31)
- Complications in BPO Management. A guide on how to mess up BPO management (fast) (C04)
- Enucleation of the prostate for BPO treatment: The anatomical solution to various challenges (C35)
- Surgical management of BPO: From resection to ablation of prostate adenoma (C22)
Infections
- Dealing with the challenge of infection in urology (C10)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, infections and penile and testicular cancer: What has changed? (C25)
Paediatric and adolescent urology
Penile cancer
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, infections and penile and testicular cancer: What has changed? (C25)
- Male genital diseases (C07)
Prostate cancer
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (C29)
- Retropubic radical prostatectomy: Tips, tricks and pitfalls (C34)
- Focal therapy in prostate cancer (C05)
- Prostate cancer screening and active surveillance – Where are we now? (C41)
- Oligometastatic prostate cancer (C26)
- Prostate cancer update: 2024-2025 (C37)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed? (C19)
- Advanced indications in robotic surgery (C44)
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery (C15)
- Prostate cancer made simple: A comprehensive update for all urologists (C30)
Renal tumour
- Advanced course on laparoscopic renal surgery (C01)
- Treatment of localised renal masses: Tips and tricks (C18)
- Robotic renal surgery (C11)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Renal, bladder and prostate cancer: What has changed? (C19)
- Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones (C31)
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery (C15)
- Kidney stones made simple: A comprehensive update for urologists (C39)
Testicular cancer
- 2025 EAU Guidelines update – Sexual health, infections and penile and testicular cancer: What has changed? (C25)
- Male genital diseases (C7)
Transplantation
- Renal transplantation: Technical aspects, diagnosis and management of early and late urological (C45)
Trauma
Uro-genital reconstruction
- Advanced vaginal reconstruction (C36)
- Advanced course on urethral stricture surgery (C14)
- Advanced indications in robotic surgery (C44)
Urolithiasis
- Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) (C13)
- Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks and indications (C47)
- Metabolic workup and non-surgical management of urinary stone disease: What a urologist must know (C12)
- Advanced endourology in the non-standard patients with urolithiasis (C03)
- Complications in endourology: Causes, management and prevention (C40)
- 2025 EAU Guidelines updates and controversies – Urolithiasis, female and male LUTS: What has changed? (C21)
- Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy: Kidney, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), ureter and stones (C31)
Urothelial cancer
- Practical management of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) (C38)
- How we manage upper tract tumours (C24)
- Tips and tricks in cystectomy (C17)
- Advanced indications in robotic surgery (C44)
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery (C15)
Skills and professional development
- Laparoscopy for beginners: From theory to practice (C06)
- Medical writing for urologists: An interactive workshop on how to write, publish and promote the “perfect” manuscript (C20)
- Surgical complications during laparoscopic/robotic urological procedures: Prevention, diagnosis, management and complications (C8)
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in urological surgery (C15)