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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
13000 |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
All over the world including noted urologist from the US, Canada, Japan and European countries (Italy, Germany, UK, etc.) |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
Yes |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
Shahid Beheshti, Iran, Shiraz, Mashhad and Isfahan Medical universities |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
Asking 2 questions pertinent to the method of evaluation in patients focusing on nephrologic work ups.
Some participants strongly supported our results and mentioned that have stopped applying extensive evaluations in young patients with microhematuria |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Bob Djavan
Professor at NYU School of Medicine |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
Our work was presented in a highly prestigious congress in which only abstracts of high scientific value are accepted. In this congress only four abstracts from Iran were accepted for presentation. Our work from uro-oncology research center (Tehran University of medical sciences) was one of them.
Currently no follow up seems to be necessary. |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
every thing was excellent |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
There was a joint meeting between European association of urology and Iranian urological association which was excellent. Iranian urologist had the opportunity to share their experience with their European colleagues. Discussed issues in this outstanding meeting were as follows:
Radical cystectomy in octogenarians.
Various methods of urinary diversion and their impacts on quality of life
The state of the art approach to localized prostate cancer
Only four papers were accepted for standard presentation in the congress from Iran of which one paper was from Tehran University of medical sciences.
I also had the opportunity to work with a robot which is being used in various urological surgeries in developed countries. |