Conference on Prostate Enlargement Surgery

The Security Forces Hospital Program in Riyadh is organizing the first international conference specialized in the latest global developments in prostatic hyperplasia, with the participation of a group of international and local speakers, on Saturday 24 Jumada I 1439 AH corresponding to February 10, 2018 CE.

This was mentioned by Dr. Abdullah Al-Enezi, a consultant urologist and head of the scientific committee of the conference, and he said that this conference is one of the most important regional conferences, as it is one of the rare conferences on the global level that is devoted to discuss the latest developments and technologies in prostate enlargement surgery specifically, and the first conference organized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about this.

Dr. Al-Anizi stressed the impact and great benefit expected from this conference through his various working papers and studies, on the Saudi health sector, surgeons and specialists in the field of treatment and surgery for prostatic hyperplasia, as it puts in their hands the latest international technologies and specialized studies and has the participation of global experiences, most notably Professor Muhair Desai is the former head of the Urology Endoscopy Center at Cleveland Clinic Hospital and Urologist at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Al-Anazi added that prostate enlargement surgery witnessed a great qualitative shift and a huge development through modern methods and techniques that have occurred, and this will be discussed as he will present several important techniques, including treatment of the prostate with bipolar shoveling using surgical cauterization, evaporation of the prostate using green laser, radiation treatment Interventional, prostatectomy with Holmium laser, prostatectomy with robotic surgeon, endoscopic prostatectomy and watery resection. The conference will also include a live broadcast from the operating room to the halls designated for informing surgeons of one of the operations in a live and direct application, and an open discussion during the surgical process, and indicated that the conference is accredited by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties by 25 hours of medical education, indicating that many medical centers around The world, which was using traditional operations, including surgical incision and unipolar surgical shoveling, has now begun to introduce modern technologies due to its significant positive impact on the patient and health facilities.

And Dr. Al-Anazi added that, thanks to God and then with the support of our rational government, may God support it, most of these technologies are in the Kingdom, including what is found in the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh, such as a robotic surgeon, and we seek, with God’s help, to provide other technologies in the near future.