FELLOWSHIP IN ENDOUROLOGY
Explore the Fellowship in Endourology through our practical-focused Postgraduate Diploma program. Designed for medical professionals aspiring to excel in diagnostics and endourological procedures, this course provides clinical training and expert mentorship to master advanced techniques in minimally invasive urology.
Batch starts on
Jan to Dec/ May to June
Course Duration
12 Months
Multimodal Program
Hybrid Mode & Clinical Attachment
Flexible payment
financing options available
Program Overview
MGA Medical Global Academy’s Fellowship in Endourology is for urologists seeking to broaden their scope of practice and gain clinical proficiency in minimally invasive urology. This fellowship is designed to develop practical skills to manage high-prevalence conditions like urolithiasis, BPH and upper urinary tract diseases with the latest endoscopic and laser technologies. The fellowship goes beyond theoretical knowledge, providing comprehensive clinical training in areas such as patient selection, imaging, procedure execution, and post-procedure management. The program encourages a systematic and evidence-based approach to urological cases, enhancing surgical technique and patient outcomes. An important aspect of the program is training in the use of modern technologies such as flexible endoscopy, laser technology and emerging techniques such as robotically-assisted endourology. This guarantees your practice is up-to-date with the standards and expectations of modern urology patients
Inside the Training Experience
Over the duration of the fellowship, you gain confidence with the management of clinical cases. The focus remains on:
Treating stones using complex procedures such as URS and PCNL
Improving knowledge of laser use in urology, particularly lithotripsy and BPH
Gaining insights into diagnosis through imaging and planning of procedures
Improving decision-making skills, including managing complications
Collaborating with highly skilled endourologists in high-volume clinics
What Changes in Your Practice
This fellowship affects your practice and your niche as a specialist:
You transition from treating simple urology procedures to effectively treating procedure-based high-billing cases. Given the better outcomes and less invasive nature of the procedures, your reputation and patient satisfaction rise – resulting in retention and referrals.
With increasing patient demand for laser and endoscopic procedures, your capacity to provide these procedures may help you get ahead in a clinical environment. This boosts your reputation and your patient load, and increases your practice income.
Where This Takes You
After the fellowship, you can:
Create a niche practice in endourology and stone disease
Partner with complex urology hospitals and multi specialty hospitals
Offer laser and minimally invasive surgical procedures
Develop a niche in a lucrative and procedural specialty
What you'll learn
Introduction to Endourology
Diagnostic Endoscopy
Management of Urolithiasis
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Ureteral Strictures and Obstructions
Endourological Oncology
Key Features
1. Attending /Non-Attending Classes
2.Clinical Training in Nearest Hospital/Clinics.
3. Free Study Material with recorded lectures
4. Best Faculties (Super Specialists) of India
5. Library Access & Question & Answer Session
6. NAAC A+ University
7. 1 Year of Mentorship
8. Updated Curriculum
Course Curriculum
- History and development of Endourology
- Principles of minimally invasive surgery
- Endoscopic instruments and technologies
- Patient selection and preoperative considerations
- Ethical and legal issues in endourology
- Appreciate the role and importance of Endourology in urology
- Learn about different endoscopic equipment used in practice
- Appropriate indications and patient criteria for ureteroscopy (URS) and laser lithotripsy
- Ureteroscopes: rigid and flexible, lasers
- Methods of URS and holmium laser lithotripsy for kidney and ureter stones
- Postoperative care and complications
- Treatment of large stones and complicated stones (staghorn calculi)
- Ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy skills
- Indications, patient selection and pre-procedure evaluation for PCNL
- Percutaneous access: Safe access, tract dilation and nephrostomy tube insertion
- Advanced techniques: Supine vs prone, multi-tract PCNL
- Complications: Hemorrhage, injury and prevention of infection
- Follow-up and follow-up imaging
- Experienced with PCNL for complicated stones
- Experienced with complications and post-procedural care
- Pathophysiology and diagnosis of BPH
- Endoscopic management of BPH: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), bipolar TURP
- Laser vaporization and vapor resection techniques
- Efficacy, complications and indications for each technique
- Learn to perform minimally invasive surgery for BPH
- Learn the intricacies of laser treatment of prostate enlargement
- Endourologic treatment for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC): laser ablation, ureteral stents and resection
- Laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy and enucleation of renal tumors
- Endourologic treatment of diverticula, and congenital anomalies
- Recent advances: Robotic-assisted endourology, intrarenal access and digital endoscopy
- Confidently perform complex endourologic surgery
- Keep up to date on emerging technologies
- Use of urodynamic studies and uroflowmetry to investigate endourologic patients
- Incorporating functional urology in endourology
- Evaluation and management of bladder outlet obstruction and post-surgical retention
- Post-operative continence and sexuality
- Apply principles of functional urology to endourology
- Properly interpret urodynamic data and improve surgical outcomes
- Experience with robotics (e.g., Da Vinci)
- Robotic-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and pyeloplasty
- Robotic renal tumor resection and reconstruction
- Robotic-assisted ureteral reconstructive procedures and stenting
- Learn how to execute robotic-assisted advanced endourology surgeries
- Explore the advantages and challenges of robotic surgery
- Up-to-date research in Endourology: Molecular studies of stone formation, new technologies and outcomes research
- Understanding clinical research and clinical trials in Endourology
- Scientific writing and international presentations
- Endourology practice improvement: Safety, efficacy and cost-benefit analysis
- Perform clinical research and add to the body of knowledge in Endourology
- Communicate research in an effective manner
- Pediatric urolithiasis: Diagnosis, surgical techniques and endoscopy
- Endourological approaches to pediatric BPH and hydronephrosis
- Endoscopic approaches to the treatment of upper tract cancer in children
- Endourologic treatment of congenital anomalies (e.g., UPJ obstruction)
- Endourology in patients with complex urologic conditions
- Recognize the challenges of endourology in children
- Observation of live surgeries, with a focus on complex and uncommon cases
- Clinical experience with different endourological procedures: Ureteroscopy, PCNL, HoLEP, lasers and robotic surgeries
- Attendance of multidisciplinary tumor board and case reviews
- Analysis of patient outcomes and post-surgery care
- Attain expertise in endourological procedure under supervision
- Develop a holistic approach to patient care, including pre- and post-operative management
- Epidemiology and pathophysiology of urolithiasis
- Modern imaging for stone detection (CT, US, MRI)
- Treatment of advanced stones: Large stones, staghorn calculi, recurrent stones
- Emerging methods of stone fragmentation: Laser technology, shockwave lithotripsy, ultrasound fragmenting
- Dietary and medical management of recurrence prevention
- Gain expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated stone disease
- Acquire new techniques and technologies for treatment and stone recurrence prevention
- Endourological techniques for ureteral strictures: Dilation, stenting, balloon dilation
- Special techniques: Endoscopic ureteroplasty, anastomosis and biomaterials
- Treatment of recurrent and difficult ureteral strictures (e.g., following radiation or surgery)
- Laser technology for treating strictures (e.g., Holmium laser)
- Learn to treat ureteral strictures with minimally invasive endourologic techniques
- Be familiar with complex ureteral reconstruction
- Ureteral and renal trauma: endourologic management
- Imaging of urologic trauma (CT, IVP, retrograde pyelography)
- Management of traumatic renal hematoma, renal lacerations and ureteral avulsion
- Endoscopic repair of bladder and urethral injuries
- Outcomes and complications after trauma
- Learn to perform endourologic procedures for the treatment of trauma to the urinary tract
- Learn the concepts for surgical and non-surgical management of urologic trauma
- Female specific urological conditions: Incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, urolithiasis
- Endourologic treatment of incontinence: Sling, bladder neck suspension
- Laparoscopic repair of prolapse and vaginal fistulas
- Laser treatment of female pelvic conditions (vaginal atrophy, urgency)
- Urological care of the pregnant patient: Stone disease and BPH
- Gain insight into endourologic management of female urological conditions
- Understand approaches to minimally invasive therapy for women’s health
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