title: EAU policy on live surgery events.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Live surgery is an important part of surgical education, with an increase in the number of live surgery events (LSEs) at meetings despite controversy about their real educational value, risks to patient safety, and conflicts of interest.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a European Association of Urology (EAU) policy on LSEs to regulate their organisation during urologic meetings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The project was carried out in phases: a systematic literature review generating key questions, surveys sent to Live Surgery Panel members, and Internet- and panel-based consensus finding using the Delphi process to agree on and formulate a policy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The EAU will endorse LSEs, provided that the EAU Code of Conduct for live surgery and all organisational requirements are followed. Outcome data must be submitted to an EAU Web-based registry and complications reported using the revised Martin criteria. Regular audits will take place to evaluate compliance as well as the educational role of live surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This policy represents the consensus view of an expert panel established to advise the EAU. The EAU recognises the educational role of live surgery and endorses live case demonstration at urologic meetings that are conducted within a clearly defined regulatory framework. The overriding principle is that patient safety must take priority over all other considerations in the conduct of live surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Controversy exists regarding the true educational value of live surgical demonstrations on patients at surgical meetings. An EAU committee of experts developed a policy on how best to conduct live surgery at urologic meetings. The key principle is to ensure safety for every patient, including a code of conduct and checklist for live surgery, specific rules for how the surgery is organised and performed, and how each patient's results are reported to the EAU. For detailed information, please visit www.uroweb.org.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: walter.artibani@univr.it.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Artibani
authors.affiliation: University of Udine, Department of Urology, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ficarra
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ben J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Challacombe
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Clement-Claude
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Abbou
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bedke
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boscolo-Berto
authors.affiliation: New S. Agostino-Estense Hospital, AUSL, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brausi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jean J M C H
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: de la Rosette
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Paracelsus-Krankenhaus Ruit, Ostfildern, Germany.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deger
authors.affiliation: Oncology Centre Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guazzoni
authors.affiliation: Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses-Croix Saint Simon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guillonneau
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: John P F A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Heesakkers
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacqmin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen, Sindelfingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knoll
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez-Piñeiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montorsi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mottrie
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Clinic Saint Augustin, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Thierry
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Piechaud
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rassweiler
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Arnulf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stenzl
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, VU Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Moorselaar
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Roland F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Van Velthoven
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Poppel
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Per-Anders
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Abrahamsson
authors.affiliation: Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Keith F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D057766:Policy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards
keywords: EAU guidelines; EAU policy; Live broadcasts; Live surgery; Surgical education; Surgical procedures; Urology surgical procedures