INDICATIVE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
| Day 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Topic / Component |
| 10:00–10:15 | Inauguration | |
| 10:15–11:00 | BPH Diagnostics & Algorithms | From LUTS to the Right Diagnosis |
| Is Every Man with LUTS a BPH Patient? | ||
| The Essential BPH Work-up — What Do We Really Need? | ||
| IPSS, PVR & Uroflowmetry — Reading Beyond the Numbers | ||
| Prostate Volume, Median Lobe & Imaging — Does Anatomy Change the Algorithm? | ||
| Build the BPH Algorithm | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| 11:15-12:00 | BPH Pharmacotherapy | Medical Management — What, When & Why? |
| α-Blockers — Who, Which and When? | ||
| 5-ARIs — Who Really Needs Them? | ||
| Combination Therapy — When Is Two Better Than One? | ||
| Tadalafil & BPH — Beyond Erectile Dysfunction | ||
| Storage Symptoms & Nocturia — Is BPH Really the Culprit? | ||
| Pharmacotherapy Rapid Fire — My Patient Is Not Better — What Do I Do Now? | ||
| 12:00–13:00 | The BPH Decision Room | Three Patients. Three Algorithms. Three Decisions: newly diagnosed BPH; medical therapy failure; recurrent retention/high-risk patient |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:30 | BEP Consensus Statement on BPH 2026 | Towards a Contemporary Indian Consensus on BPH |
| Why Do We Need a BEP Consensus? | ||
| The Evidence — Key Evidence and Guideline Positions | ||
| Where Experts Disagree — Medical therapy, prostate size, MIST, median lobe, HoLEP vs robotics, anticoagulation, urodynamics | ||
| The Consensus Panel — Agree / Disagree / Modify | ||
| BEP BPH Consensus 2026 — 10 Key Recommendations | ||
| The BEP Declaration — Formal Announcement | ||
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| 15:45 - 17:30 | BPH in the Real World | 10 Patients. 10 Problems. 10 Decisions. |
| BPH in the Young — Too Young for BPH Surgery? | ||
| BPH with a Median Lobe — The Middle Lobe Problem | ||
| BPH with Cardiac Disorders — The Cardiac Patient with BPH | ||
| BPH with Neurological Disorders — Is It BPH or a Neurogenic Bladder? | ||
| BPH with Spinal Problems — When the Spine Changes the Bladder | ||
| BPH with Bladder Stones — Which Comes First: Stone or Prostate? | ||
| BPH with Ureteric Stones — Two Obstructions, One Patient | ||
| BPH with Septicaemia — What Do You Do First? | ||
| BPH with Bladder Cancer — LUTS + Haematuria: Don't Assume BPH | ||
| BPH with Prostate Cancer — BPH, PSA & Cancer: Where Do We Draw the Line? | ||
| 17:30-19:00 | Semi-Live Surgery | Seeing Is Deciding |
| MIST & Newer BPH Surgeries: UroLift, Rezūm, Aquablation / emerging technologies; selection, procedure, outcomes, complications | ||
| Laser Surgery: HoLEP, GreenLight, Thulium / other approaches; large prostate, anticoagulation, learning curve, complications | ||
| 19:00 Onwards | Gala Dinner | |
| Day 2 | ||
| Time | Session | Topic / Component |
| 10:00-10:45 | Robotic & Advanced BPH Surgery | Does Robotics Have a Place in Modern BPH? |
| Robotic Simple Prostatectomy — Where Does It Fit? | ||
| The Very Large Prostate | ||
| Robotics vs HoLEP | ||
| Patient Selection, Outcomes & Learning Curve | ||
| Has HoLEP Made Robotic Simple Prostatectomy Obsolete? | ||
| 10:45-11:30 | The Incontinence Forum | The Patient Who Remains Incontinent After BPH Surgery |
| Case 1 — Stress Incontinence | ||
| Case 2 — Persistent Urgency | ||
| Case 3 — Severe / Refractory Incontinence | ||
| When Should You Stop Waiting and Intervene? | ||
| 11:30-12:15 | When Things Go Wrong | BPH Complications Masterclass |
| Bleeding: prevention, anticoagulated patient, intraoperative/delayed haemorrhage, clot retention, emergency management | ||
| Incontinence: causes, stress vs urgency, transient vs persistent, evaluation and first-line management | ||
| One-Minute Takeaways — 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before My First Difficult Case | ||
| 12:15-13:00 | The Great BPH Procedure Face-Off | One Patient. Four Procedures. One Decision. |
| MIST vs Laser vs Endoscopic/TURP vs Robotic — Why is YOUR procedure best? | ||
| Expert Panel Cross-Examination | ||
| Audience Vote — What Would YOU Do? | ||
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Valedictory | |
| 13:15 Onwards | Lunch | |
