Kris Maes , coordinator of Hospital da Luz Lisboa Centre of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, was a guest speaker at the 18 th São Paulo Urology Congress, one of the major world events in the area. Along the event, that took place between 4 and 7 September, in São Paulo (Brazil), Kris Maes made three interventions and presented a scientific poster, representing the Hospital, the Portuguese Association of Urology (APU), and the Portuguese Association of Robotic Surgery (APCIR). In one of his communications, the surgeon presented the “Clipless robotic prostatectomy (Zero clip Lisbo RARP)” – a surgical technique developed to achieve better oncological and functional results in the approach to prostate cancer – and in another, he approached the “Robotic intracorporeal neobladder”. The third intervention (“Artificial Intelligence in robotic surgery: where do we stand?”) was about the transforming power of AI in this area, namely the impact of large scale data collection and analysis. The scientific work, in the form of digital poster, approached the “Unfavourable intermediate prostate cancer: how to combine technique and tactics to optimize results in robotic radical prostatectomy”, authored by the team comprising Tomás Bernardo Costa Moretti, Gabriel Carvalho dos Anjos Silva, Luísa Jerónimo Alves (Hospital da Luz), Kayann El Hayek, Gianluca Spena, Francisco Javier Dávila Salamea, Miguel Fernandes, Artur da Silva Farias, Miguel Miranda and Kris Maes. The São Paulo Urology Congress is one of the major events worldwide in number of participants, counting with workshops, presentation of technological and scientific novelties, and panels of renowned experts who present their work, sharing experiences and recommendations. “It was an honour to be able to present the results of a continuous work and involving a lot of people, in particular the fellowships of robotic surgery and internists of Hospital da Luz Urology Service” , stated Kris Maes. In the photo above, Kris Maes with the four Brazilian urologists who carried out the robotic surgery program at Hospital da Luz, next to the scientific poster presented in São Paulo: from left to right, Kayann Hayek, Artur Farias, Tomás Moretti, Kris Maes and Gabriel dos Anjos.
