04/09/2026
Overcoming the learning curve — one plane at a time.
Honored to have shared “Prostate Enucleation: How I Overcame the Learning Curve” at — a story that started in 2020 with a pandemic, an online training screen, and six bipolar cases (three converted to TURP).
What changed everything wasn’t a new device. It was going back to the drawing board and making the approach systematic:
📍 “The surgeon should mentally reproduce the three-dimensional configuration of the adenoma.”
📍 “Find the white, follow the fibers, trust the push.”
The curve is real, but it is climbable:
✅ 2021 — first TUERP case, 90 cc
✅ 2022 — 20 cases, zero conversions
✅ 2023 — first gland above 100 cc (196 cc)
✅ 2024 — SNUH fellowship, 60 cases, 10+ large glands
✅ 2025 — AEEP instructor at InaSER, URETER, BUS & JUMP
With structured proctorship, competency in EEP can come in as few as 5–7 procedures. Mentorship shortens the curve — no one should have to climb it alone.
To the Urological Association of Asia and our gracious hosts — thank you for the warm hospitality, a wonderfully run congress, and discussions that were as vibrant as they were generous. I leave with more questions than I arrived with, which is exactly the point.
Is AEEP the next gold standard? My answer: YES.
Mabuhay! Salamat po. 🇵🇭