Editor Eddie Shu-yin CHAN is a Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) at the Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He is also the president of Hong Kong Urological Association. Editor Tadashi Matsuda is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology and Andrology, Kansai Medical University, Japan. He was the President of the Endourological Society in 2016.

• Development of Endourology in Asia.- Training of Endourology in Asian countries.- Training of Endourology – laparoscopic training using cadaver .- PCNL – Prone, supine and other modified technique.- PCNL under local anaesthesia.- Retrograde intra-renal surgery (RIRS).- Laparoscopic radical cystectomy .- Techniques in MIS partial nephrectomy .- Bipolar enucleation of prostate.- TURBT – an old operation with new insight.- Development of robotic urologic surgery in Asia.- Side-docking for robot-assisted pelvic reconstructive surgery.- Robot-assisted radical cystectomy: techniques and perspectives.- Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: how it affects the prostate cancer management in Asia.- Robot-assisted prostatectomy – the evolution of technique.- Retzius-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.- Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in minimal invasive urologic surgery.- Minimal invasive surgery – an anaesthetist’s perspective.- Designs of ureteric stent.- Treatment of BPH – what is the gold standard?.- Advance in BPH surgery.- New laser technology in urology.- Advance endoscopic imaging technology.- New technology in hemostasis .- Renal access for PCNL – smaller the better?.- ESWL.