prof. dr. Karel Decaestecker
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- Prof. dr. Dr. Karel Decaestecker is a staff member at the Urology Department AZ Maria Middelares Ghent and consultant urologist at the Urology Department of Ghent University Hospital. He is a Fellow of the European Board of Urology. He successfully defended his PhD on “metastasis-targeted therapy of oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence” at Ghent University and has been appointed associate professor of Uro-Oncology at Ghent University since October 1, 2018. His main interests are uro-oncology and minimally invasive surgery, in particular the robotic-assisted treatment of bladder and kidney tumors and full intracorporeal urologic reconstructions. He performed the first robot-assisted kidney transplant in Belgium in April 2016 and the first robot-assisted kidney autotransplantation in Europe in June 2017. Karel Decaestecker is an active member of several scientific organizations, including the EAU Robotics Urology Section (ERUS) Working Group on Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation (RAKT) and the ERUS Working Group Bladder Cancer. He is a board member of the EAU Section of Transplantation Urology (ESTU), Scientific Summits and the Belgian Laparoscopic Urology Group (BLUG). He is an expert (proctor) at ORSI Academy for the robot-assited kidney surgery course. Since January 2021 he is chairman of the BVU (Belgian Association for Urology). Prof. dr. Dr Karel Decaestecker is (co-)author of various scientific articles (h-index 26), mainly in the field of uro- oncology, kidney transplantation and minimally invasive urological surgery. He is highly involved in teaching and training medical students, residents and fellow urologists/surgeons both nationally and internationally.
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Retrospective analysis of multiparametric MRI in predicting complete pathologic response of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in bladder cancer
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Radical cystectomy or trimodality therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer : a qualitative study exploring patient priorities and counselling needs when making a treatment choice
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First‐in‐human real‐time AI‐assisted instrument deocclusion during augmented reality robotic surgery
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Pre-operative partial nephrectomy planning : from four-phase CT-scan to 3D renal perfusion model
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Surgical phase duration in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy : a surgical data science exploration for clinical relevance
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Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy using intra-arterial renal hypothermia for highly complex endophytic or hilar tumors : case series and description of surgical technique
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Extensive profiling of histidine‐containing dipeptides reveals species‐ and tissue‐specific distribution and metabolism in mice, rats, and humans
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Peritoneal tuberculosis caused by intravesical instillation with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) following nephroureterectomy in a patient with bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer : a case report
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Robot-assisted radical nephrectomy for Wilms tumor in children
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Experiences of men with prostate cancer participating in a clinical pathway with a supervised group-based exercise program to combat androgen deprivation-induced side effects : a qualitative focus group study