Kris Maes , the coordinator of the Uro-Oncology Centre and the Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre from Hospital da Luz Lisboa , was in the TV show Edição da Manhã, at SIC Channel, on September 6, in the scope of the ERUS 2019 congress , the largest European gathering of specialists in urological robotic surgery, which will take place for the first time in Lisbon, between 11 and 13 September . “This is a learning congress for urologists , to show how to do and the best way to do it. And it is an opportunity to learn with some of the best surgeons in the world, that are coming to Lisbon”, highlighted Kris Maes. The surgeon further explained the importance of robotic surgery: “the robot is a master-slave, meaning it has no autonomy. We cannot envision that there is a button that we can press and it does everything by itself. The robot is an assistant: it helps the surgeon to perform better, but in a minimally invasive manner, so as to achieve the best results! ERUS (European Robotic Live-Urological Surgery), to be held at Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, is organized annually by the Robotic Urology Section of the European Association of Urology – EAU, counting with the participation of the most experienced surgeons in the world in this field. This year’s main topic is: “Create consensus in robotic surgery”. The program combines theoretical sessions of knowledge updating and the discussion of cases with the following-up of oncological and non-oncological surgeries – in a total of 18, which will be performed at Hospital da Luz Lisboa, and live-streamed to the congress. These surgeries will be performed by specialists such as Alexandre Mottrie (director of the Urology Department from OLV Hospital, in Aalst, Belgium), Dimitry Pushkar (director of the Russian Program of Robotic Training), James Porter (director of Robotic Surgery at the Swedish Medical Centre, in Seattle), Khurshid Guru (chairman of the Urology Department of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Buffalo, New York) and Vipul R. Patel (clinical director of Florida Global Robotics Institute. See Kris Maes at SIC channel
