The Urological Laparoscopic Workshop 2005 began at 9 am when more than 200 delegates from all over Indiaand abroad registered for the workshop. The first day of the workshop was full of interaction amongst the delegates present in the Princeton Club at South Kolkata and the surgeons carrying out Laparoscopic surgery at Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute. The following laparoscopic surgeries were successfully carried out by panel of urologists during the first session.

• Uretorely lithotomy
• Pyeloplasty
• 2 cases of Renal Cyst (Marsupialisation)

The second half was in the evening when the formal inaugural session was held immediately after the surgeries were complete for the day. Dr. Kalyan K Sarkar, the Organizing Secretary welcomed the guests of honor on the dais. They all were felicitated with flower bouquet. Dr. Bimalendu Mukherjee, Dr. Salil Ghoshal, Dr. Sivaji Basu, Dr. Anant Kumar, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Dr. NP Gupta, Dr. K Pradhan, Dr. Dilip Karmakar took their seat on the dais. Each of them delivered their valued lectures and stressed on the advantage of application of laparoscopy in the surgery especially in urology. The entire inaugural session was professionally conducted by the organizing secretary Dr. Kalayan K Sarkar. Later, Dr. Sarkar gave the Vote of Thanks. In his speech, he mentioned about the scenario of laparoscopy in the field of urology and mentioned the need of training to the post graduates in urological field. It was also noted with appreciation for the surgeon professors who flew down to the city early morning from all over India and from London, started the surgeries from 8 in the morning.

The inaugural session ended with Press Meet when the veteran specialists presented their speech to the press and answered their questions. It was mentioned with special note that the press should convey the advantage of the workshop in particular and role of laparoscopic urology in general, to the mass which becomes their prime duty.

The 1st day session ended with dinner where the delegates made good interaction among themselves, of course towards the prospect of laparoscopy in the field of urology.

The second day of the workshop started with the following surgeries at Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute and the delegates saw these on screen at Princeton Club and interacted on the matter.

• Ureteric Reimplantation
• Pyelo Lithotomy
• Nephrectomy
• Pyeloplast

The evening session was conducted at Tollygunge Club, Kolkata where the delegates and distinguished guests attended the valedictory session. Dr. Kalayan K Sarkar, the organizing secretary made a magnificent presentation and on behalf of the organizing committee appreciated the contribution of various individuals, organizations, delegates and guests of honour. Dr. Sivaji Basu, Chairman Organizing Committee, thanked delegates and guests for participating in the workshop. Dr. Ajay Kumar addressed the august gathering. Later, mementos were given to the guests who came from other states of India and from abroad. Dr. Prokar Dasgupta of Guy's Hospital, London who flew from there to participate in the workshop and carried the surgeries, addressed the audience. The session ended with dinner.

This was the third and last day of the workshop when the following surgery was carried out at Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute and the delegates sitting at Princeton Club saw these online on the screen and interacted among themselves and also with the surgeons carrying out the surgeries. This was a new horizon in the field of laparscopic urological surgery.

• Donour nephrectry

The workshop ended during afternoon with the valued memory of last three days and with the assurance of conducting more such workshop in eastern India to popularize the same to the practitioners and to mass.