title: Report from the 29th World Congress of Endourology and SWL (November 30-December 3, 2011 - Kyoto, Japan).
abstract: Kyoto is a city of surprises: from the most beautiful castles and temples known far and wide across the world, to the humblest temples, as beautiful as those appearing in all tourist guides, just hidden away in small lanes among busy traffic of bicycles and pedestrians shopping in markets or attending to their daily business. Add the innumerable tourists busily exploring the city's attractions, although this was not the reason for visiting Kyoto, which was the site of this year's World Congress of Endourology and SWL. Nevertheless, maybe as a compensation, the meeting was held in Kokusaikaikan, literally the International Conference Centre, which is a modern facility in the city outskirts, actually adjoining the Takaragaike park, with a beautiful lake and the mountains, brightly led by the trees' red leaves, just visible through the main hall windows.
authors.affiliation: Thomson Reuters, Barcelona, Spain. xavier.rabasseda@thomsonreuters.com
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authors.lastname: Rabasseda
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000628:therapy; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000628:therapy