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Department of Urology: Urology Achievement

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Urology activity and research 2023

AWARDS AND HONORS

1. First prize winner, 34th Saudi Urological Association Conference. Raouf M. Seyam, Hammam M. Mandourah, Mohamed S. Kattan, Turki Al-Hussain, Waleed M. Altaweel, Said A. Kattan. An experimental animal study for the histopathological effect of collagen fleece (Tachosil) patch of tunica albuginea defects associated with penile surgery. 15-17 February 2023, Hilton Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2. Third prize winner, 16th Annual Resident’s Research Day – Poster Presentation with Abstract King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh. Waleed Altaweel, Raouf Seyam and Razan Almesned. A comparison between perineal and penoscrotal approaches in artificial urinary sphincter implantation for the control of males’ stress urinary incontinence. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 9 February 2023.

3. First prize winner, 13th Annual Research Day Student Poster Competition, Alfaisal University. Ahmed Abouelkhair, Raouf Seyam, Kenan Abou Chaer, Amal Albalawi, Hadeel Alarfaj, Loulwah Almaiman, Omar Zeitouni, Othman Alzahrani, Razan A. Alhamidi, Zaid Ali Alzahrani , Ali Suliman E Al-Gonaim, Turki Al-Hussain, Hassan M. Alzahrani, Mohamed F. Alotaibi, Sultan Alkhateeb, and Waleed Altaweel. An unexpectedly high prevalence of the chromophobe histopathology subtype in renal carcinoma specimens among nephrectomy patients in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center between 2005-2020. Thursday 3 March 2022, Alfaisal University Campus, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

4. Second prize winner, 13th Annual Research Day Student Poster Competition, Alfaisal University. Kenan Abou Chaer, Raouf Seyam, Ahmed Abouelkhair, Arwa Almouh, Othman Alzahrani, Mohammad Alghafees, Razan A. Alhamidi, Ali Suliman E Al-Gonaim, Turki Al-Hussain, Tarek Mahmoud Amin, Waleed Altaweel. The Association of Genitourinary Cancer Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: a KFSH&RC 2003-2020 Cohort. Thursday 3 March 2022, Alfaisal University Campus, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Book chapter

1. Altaweel, Waleed, and Raouf Seyam. Sexual Dysfunction and Fertility in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction. In Neurourology: Theory and Practice, edited by Limin Liao and Helmut Madersbacher, 2nd Edition, Springer Netherlands, 2023.

2. Karl-Erik Andersson, Helmut Madersbacher, Waleed Altaweel, Pawan Vasudeva, and Yasuhiko Igawa. Drug Treatment. In Neurourology: Theory and Practice, edited by Limin Liao and Helmut Madersbacher, 2nd Edition, Springer Netherlands, 2023.

Publications from RAC approved projects in 2023.

Workshops 2022-2023

1. 19-20 Mar 2022, 2nd KFSH&RC Endourology Symposium, King Salman Auditorium & MS Teams – Dr. Mohammad Alomar

2. 19 Mar 2022, URS & PCNL Hands-On Workshop, Comparative Medicine Building – Dr. Mohammad Alomar

3. 04 Jun 2022, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Hands-On Workshop, Comparative Medicine Building – Dr. Mohammad Alomar

4. 20 Jun 2022, Bladder Cancer Translational Research Workshop – Virtual Meeting, MS Teams in collaboration with the Bladder Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer & Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham – Prof. Waleed Altaweel and Prof. Richard Bryan (UK)

5. 17 Sep 2022, Health Research Foundation Course, PGC Auditorium – Dr. Basim Alsaywid

6. 24 Sep 2022, Health Research Foundation Course, King Salman Auditorium – Dr. Basim Alsaywid

7. 16 Nov 2022, Bladder Cancer Genomics Workshop: An Update of Bladder Cancer Integrated Management from Genetics to Surgery and Beyond, King Salman Auditorium - Prof. Waleed Altaweel and Prof. Richard Bryan (UK)

8. 17 Nov 2022, 1st KFSH&RC Urethroplasty Live Surgery Workshop, PGC Auditorium – Prof. Waleed Altaweel

9. 19 Nov 2022, 7th Bladder Augmentation and Reconstruction Workshop, Comparative Medicine Building – Prof. Waleed Altaweel and Prof. Christopher Chapple (UK)

10. 24 Nov 2022, Urology Residents Mock OSCE Exam – Prof. Waleed Altaweel

11. 15 Feb 2023, Andrology & Infertility Hands-On Training Workshop & Live Surgery, Comparative Medicine Building, SUA Pre-Congress Workshop – Prof. Said Kattan

12. 15 Feb 2023, Fundamentals of Microsurgery and Hypospadias Repair, Comparative Medicine Building, SUA Pre-Congress Workshop – Dr. Naif Alqarni

13. 15 Feb 2023, Urethral Reconstruction Hands On Training Workshop, Comparative Medicine Building, SUA Pre-Congress Workshop – Prof. Waleed Altaweel

14. 03 Jun 2023, 3rd Saudi International Conference on Disorders of Sexual Development: “Early vs Late Corrective Surgeries – Best of Both Worlds”, PGC Auditorium – Dr. Naif Alqarni

Significant Achievements 2022-2023

1. 28 March 2022 – Go live of the Nephrectomy Adult Clinical Pathway

2. 06 November 2022 – Go live of the Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Adult Clinical Pathway

3. 12 Sep 2022 – Go live of the Ureteroscopy Clinical Pathway

4. We started in the hospital a new technology Rezum in prostate treatment

5. Opening of the Urology Metabolic Stone clinic which caters all patients in the country

6. Multidisciplinary Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic was launch once a month

7. Re-accreditation of the Pediatric Urology Fellowship Training Program for four years

8. Re-starting the Uro-Oncology Fellowship Training Program

9. Ongoing collaboration with the European Association of Urology through World Elite/ Distinguished Visiting Professor, Prof. Christopher R. Chapple - Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom.

10. Ongoing collaboration with the University of Southern California and the Department of Urology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh in the field of robotic urologic oncology surgery

Significant Achievement Report 2022

Occurred only in the reporting period

1ST QUARTER 2022

Expertise:

Distinguish your service from other services, both nationally and internationally (link to hospital mission)

The Department of Urology continue to offer a full range of care for urology problems in adults and children. The services attend to genito-urinary cancers, neurogenic bladder, prostate disorders, sexual dysfunction, male infertility, robotic surgery, female urology, endourology and reconstructive surgery.

The Department continue to be one of the leading centers in the Kingdom that treats complex, full range oncology and reconstructive urological cases; and remains to be the only referral center for such conditions.

Significant Achievements in 2022

refer to measurable changes in capacity outcomes and efficiencies, of new treatment modalities introduced. Please include outcome/benchmark data, if available.

Q1 2022 preliminary Clinical Documentation scores for Urology Department:

 

  • In-patient Documentation Overall Compliance Score is 96%
  • Discharge documentation compliance score is 95%

Go Live - Nephrectomy Adult Clinical Pathway:

  • The Nephrectomy Adult Clinical Pathway went live in ICIS on 28th March 2022

Innovation / New Services / State-of-the-art and New Advancement Technology in 2022
  • We started in the hospital a new technology Rezum in prostate treatment.
  • Increased the number of Cystoscopy Cases in the new Urology IPU – 80 cases from 7-31 Mar 2022

Completed Performance Improvement (PI) in 2022:

Within this period

None

Academic & Training Activities:

Presentations at internationally recognized events, publications, symposiums and clinical trials

Publications for Q1 2022:

  1. Alomar M A, Alghafees M A, Seyam R M, et al. (March 10, 2022) A Staghorn Calcium Phosphate Stone in a Child with Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome: An Iatrogenic Manifestation? Cureus 14(3): e23032. doi:10.7759/cureus.23032
  2. Almardawi AH, Akram R, Kattan Y, Al Suhaibani SS, AlAli H, Kattan S, Al Hathal N. Micro-dissection testicular sperm extraction in Klinefelter's syndrome patients, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh experience. Urol Ann. 2022 Jan-Mar;14(1):43-47. doi: 10.4103/ua.ua_88_21. Epub 2022 Jan 20. PMID: 35197702; PMCID: PMC8815347.
  3. Alghafees M A, Seyam R M, Altaweel W M, et al. (July 31, 2021) A Primary Urothelial Carcinoma Presenting as a Mid-Bulbar Urethral Stricture in a 30-Year-Old Male. Cureus 13(7): e16774. DOI 10.7759/cureus.16774
  4. Waleed Altaweel, Shahbaz Mehmood, and Raouf Seyam. Intraoperative cell salvage transfusion in patients undergoing posterior urethroplasty: its efficacy of reducing allogeneic blood transfusion, safety, and cost. In press.  Submitted July-21. Urology Annals.
  5. Waleed Altaweel, and Raouf Seyam Sexual. Dysfunction and Fertility in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Book chapter. In press. Submitted August-21 (in press).
  6. Waleed Altaweel. Pharmacology in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract. Book Chapter. In press. Submitted August-21 (in press).
  7. Junejo NN, Alkhateeb SS, Alrumayyan MF, Alkhatib KY, Alzahrani HM, Alotaibi MF, Alothman KI, Al-Hussain TO, Altaweel WM. Trends in the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma in a contemporary tertiary care setting. Urol Ann. 2021 Apr-Jun;13(2):111-118. doi: 10.4103/UA.UA_151_20. Epub 2021 Mar 4. PMID: 34194135; PMCID: PMC8210727.

Presentations and CME Activities for Q1 2022:

  1. Conference presentation: First prize winner, 13th Annual Research Day Student Poster Competition, Alfaisal University. Ahmed Abouelkhair, Raouf Seyam, Kenan Abou Chaer, Amal Albalawi, Hadeel Alarfaj, Loulwah Almaiman, Omar Zeitouni, Othman Alzahrani, Razan A. Alhamidi, Zaid Ali Alzahrani , Ali Suliman E Al-Gonaim, Turki Al-Hussain, Hassan M. Alzahrani, Mohamed F. Alotaibi, Sultan Alkhateeb, and Waleed Altaweel. An unexpectedly high prevalence of the chromophobe histopathology subtype in renal carcinoma specimens among nephrectomy patients in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center between 2005-2020. Thursday 3 March 2022, Alfaisal University Campus, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  2. Conference presentation: Second prize winner, 13th Annual Research Day Student Poster Competition, Alfaisal University. Kenan Abou Chaer, Raouf Seyam, Ahmed Abouelkhair, Arwa Almouh, Othman Alzahrani, Mohammad Alghafees, Razan A. Alhamidi, Ali Suliman E Al-Gonaim, Turki Al-Hussain, Tarek Mahmoud Amin, Waleed Altaweel. The Association of Genitourinary Cancer Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: a KFSH&RC 2003-2020 Cohort. Thursday 3 March 2022, Alfaisal University Campus, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  3. Conference presentation: Raouf Seyam, Hammam Mandourah, Sultan Almaiman, Mohamed Kattan, Dieter Broering Said Kattan, and Waleed Altaweel. The impact of donor robotic partial hepatectomy on sexual function in sexually active men: a prospective study. 23rd Annual Congress of the European for Sexual Medicine (ESSM 2022) Virtual, Rotterdam, 17 – 19 February 2022.
  4. Symposium: 2nd KFSHRC Endourology Symposium, King Salman Auditorium, KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 19-20 Mar 2022
  5. Workshop: Ureteroscopy and PCNL Hands-On Workshop, Comparative Lab Medicine Building, KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 19 Mar 2022

Training Graduates:

  1. Dr. Eyad Gutub, ID1505636, Andrology/Infertility Fellow
  2. Dr. Abdullah Alrumaih, ID1515430, Pediatric Urology Fellow
  3. Dr. Tariq Alotaibi, ID1509550, Urology Resident

Research Activities in 2022:

Published articles, ongoing research projects

Total Number of Approved Ongoing Research Projects for Q1 2022: 14

Below are the details of these projects:

  1. The Value of Screening and Early Detection of Carcinoma of the Prostate in Saudi Arabia
  2. Follow Up Cases After Radical Orchiectomy for Testicular Cancer in KFSH&RC
  3. Molecular Profiling for Prostate Cancer
  4. Urology Data Registry
  5. Trimodal Therapy Versus Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer; Which is A Better Choice? KFSH&RC Experience
  6. Complications of Proximal Hypospadias Repair in One Stage Versus Two Stage Technique
  7. Early Effect of Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Semen Parameters in Morbid Obese Patients
  8. Presentation Outcome of Patients with Renal Masses Treated in King Faisal Specialist Hospital
  9. The Impact of Donor Robotic Partial Hepatectomy on Sexual Function in Sexually Active Men: A Prospective Study
  10. The Management of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma in King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
  11. The Association of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Experience
  12. Novel Epidemiological and Computational Genomic Approaches to Explore the Missing Heritability of Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  13. Clinical Safety and Diagnostic Efficacy of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound (MPMRI-US) Fusion Targeted and Systematic Transperineal Prostate Biopsy: The Preliminary Experience of First 100 Cases
  14. Histological Changes in Corpus Cavernosa After Patching of Tunica Albuginea Defect with Tachosil, Polypropylene Mesh, or Vicryl Mesh: A Pilot Study in the Rat and Baboon Penis

Collaboration with External Professional organization

With Significant National and International centers
  • Ongoing collaboration with the University of Southern California and the Department of Urology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh in the field of robotic urologic oncology surgery.

  • Ongoing collaboration with European Association of Urology through World Elite/ Distinguished Visiting Professor, Prof. Christopher R. Chapple - Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom – stepping the department’s training and research up a notch.

Accreditation and Award

During this period

None

Others in 2022

None

Prepared by:

Approved by: Memo Ref: URO/332/43

Barbara Jolene S. Neri

Prof. Waleed Altaweel, MD, FRCSC, MMM

Ext./MCD: 24307/45850

Chairman, Department of Urology

           

Occurred only in the reporting period

2nd QUARTER 2022

Expertise:

Distinguish your service from other services, both nationally and internationally (link to hospital mission)

The Department of Urology continue to offer a full range of care for urology problems in adults and children. The services attend to genito-urinary cancers, neurogenic bladder, prostate disorders, sexual dysfunction, male infertility, robotic surgery, female urology, endourology and reconstructive surgery.

The Department continue to be one of the leading centers in the Kingdom that treats complex, full range oncology and reconstructive urological cases; and remains to be the only referral center for such conditions.

Significant Achievements in 2022

refer to measurable changes in capacity outcomes and efficiencies, of new treatment modalities introduced. Please include outcome/benchmark data, if available.

  • Efficiency improvement – cystoscopy done daily in the Urology IPU
  • Increased the number of OR cases
  • Increased utilization of the Urology IPU

Innovation / New Services / State-of-the-art and New Advancement Technology in 2022

None

Completed Performance Improvement (PI) in 2022:

Within this period

None

Academic & Training Activities:

Presentations at internationally recognized events, publications, symposiums and clinical trials

Publications for Q2 2022:

  1. RAC# 2091085: Mehmood, Shahbaz; Alothman, Khalid Ibraheem; Al Rumayyan, Majed; Altaweel, Waleed Mohammed; Alhussain, Turki Omar Clinical behavior and survival outcome of urothelial bladder cancer in young adults, Urology Annals: Apr–Jun 2022 - Volume 14 - Issue 2 - p 162-166, doi: 10.4103/ua.ua_15_21
  2. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28-39. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34428858; PMCID: PMC8652887.

Accepted Publications for Q2 2022:

  1. RAC# 2131102: Waleed Altaweel, Shahbaz Mehmood, and Raouf Seyam. Intraoperative cell salvage transfusion in patients undergoing posterior urethroplasty: its efficacy of reducing allogeneic blood transfusion, safety, and cost. In press.  Submitted July-2021. Urology Annals.
  2. Book Chapter: Waleed Altaweel, and Raouf Seyam Sexual. Dysfunction and Fertility in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Book chapter. In press. Submitted August-2021
  3. Book Chapter: Waleed Altaweel. Pharmacology in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract. Book Chapter. In press. Submitted August-2021
  4. Consensus and Diversity in the Management of Varicocele for Male Infertility: Results of a Global Practice Survey and Comparision with Guidelines and Recommendations. The World Journal of Men’s Health

Presentations and CME Activities for Q2 2022:

  1. Workshop: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Hands-On Workshop, Saturday, 04 Jun 2022, Comparative Medicine Building at KFSH&RC Riyadh
  2. Workshop: Bladder Cancer Translational Research Workshop – Virtual Meeting, Monday, 20 Jun 2022
  3. Sole Saudi Abstract Reviewer: Prof. Naif Alhathal, 42nd Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie, Abstracts Review, 30 May 2022

Research Activities in 2022:

Published articles, ongoing research projects

Total Number of Approved Ongoing Research Projects for Q2 2022: 12

Below are the details of these projects:

  1. RAC# 2191223: Follow Up Cases After Radical Orchiectomy for Testicular Cancer in KFSH&RC
  2. RAC# 2191054: KFSH&RC Urological Tumours Registry
  3. RAC# 2191222: Trimodal Therapy Versus Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer; Which is A Better Choice? KFSH&RC Experience
  4. RAC# 2191146: Complications of Proximal Hypospadias Repair in One Stage Versus Two Stage Technique
  5. RAC# 2191238: Early Effect of Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Semen Parameters in Morbid Obese Patients
  6. RAC# 2161132: Presentation Outcome of Patients with Renal Masses Treated in King Faisal Specialist Hospital
  7. RAC# 2201021: The Impact of Donor Robotic Partial Hepatectomy on Sexual Function in Sexually Active Men: A Prospective Study
  8. RAC# 2181200: The Management of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma in King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
  9. RAC# 2201020: Novel Epidemiological and Computational Genomic Approaches to Explore the Missing Heritability of Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  10. RAC# 2191314: Clinical Safety and Diagnostic Efficacy of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound (MPMRI-US) Fusion Targeted and Systematic Transperineal Prostate Biopsy: The Preliminary Experience of First 100 Cases
  11. RAC# 2211185: Outcomes of Open and Minmaly Invasive Pyeloplasty in KFSH&RC: A Retrospective Study
  12. RAC# 2210008: Histological Changes in Corpus Cavernosa After Patching of Tunica Albuginea Defect with Tachosil, Polypropylene Mesh, or Vicryl Mesh: A Pilot Study in the Rat and Baboon Penis

Collaboration with External Professional organization

With Significant National and International centers
  • Ongoing collaboration with the University of Southern California and the Department of Urology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh in the field of robotic urologic oncology surgery.

  • Ongoing collaboration with European Association of Urology through World Elite/ Distinguished Visiting Professor, Prof. Christopher R. Chapple - Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom – stepping the department’s training and research up a notch.

Accreditation and Award

During this period

None

Others in 2022

None

                                                                                                                                                                 

Prepared by:

Approved by: Memo Ref: URO/444/43

Barbara Jolene S. Neri

Prof. Waleed Altaweel, MD, FRCSC, MMM

Ext./MCD: 24307/45850

Chairman, Department of Urology