Session

Modern management of stone disease has changed significantly, particularly in the last two decades, due to the rapid technological developments. A complete evaluation, appropriate preparation and close follow-up of every case has become more important in an attempt to bring patients to a stone-free status with minimal complications.

Minimally invasive procedures have gained more importance than ever but application of these procedures must proceed in a standardised manner, following an appropriate training program which will enable residents to shorten the learning curves. Moreover, the impact of stone disease itself (as well as the procedures performed) on the quality of life of patients, should be kept in mind during follow-up as well as management of particularly recurrent and complex cases.

Thus, in this EULIS session, in addition to taking a close look at recent developments (particularly on the pathophysiology and epidemiology of stone disease), we will try to focus on the importance of new treatment modalities and their possible effects on the changing concepts in both medical and surgical management of urolithiasis. This will be done largely with video presentations as presented by the experts in this specific field of urology.