Conference on Surgery
Prostate enlargement The Security Forces Hospital Program in Riyadh is organizing the first international conference specialized in the latest global developments in enlarged prostate surgery, with the participation of a group of international and local speakers, on Saturday 24 Jumada Al-Ula 1439 AH corresponding to February 10, 2018 AD. This was mentioned by Dr. Abdullah Al-Anzi, 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 at the global level that is devoted to discussing the latest developments and techniques in prostate enlargement surgery specifically, and the first conference organized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about this.
Dr. Al-Enezi stressed the great impact and benefit that this conference is expected to have, through his work papers and various studies, on the Saudi health sector, surgeons and specialists in the field of treatment and surgery for enlarged prostate, as it puts in their hands the latest international technologies and specialized studies and enjoys the participation of international experiences, most notably Professor Muhair Desai, former chair of the Urology Endoscopy Center at Cleveland Clinic Hospital and a trauma surgeon at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Al-Enazi added that prostate enlargement surgeries have witnessed a great paradigm shift and a tremendous development through modern methods and techniques that have occurred to it, and this will be discussed, as several important techniques will be presented, including treatment of the prostate with bipolar curettage using surgical cauterization, vaporization of the prostate using green laser, radiotherapy. Interventional, holmium laser prostatectomy, robotic prostatectomy, laparoscopic prostatectomy as well as hydrocelectomy. The conference will also include a live broadcast from the operating room to the halls designated to inform surgeons about one of the operations in a live and direct application, and an open discussion during the surgery. The world, which used to use traditional procedures, including incision and unipolar surgical dredging, has now begun to introduce modern technologies due to its positive impact on the patient and health facilities.
Dr. Al-Enazi continued that, with the grace of God and then with the support of our rational government, may God support it, most of these technologies exist in the Kingdom, including what is in the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh, such as the robotic surgeon, and we seek, with the help of God, to provide other technologies in the near future.
