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Category Archives: Reconstructive and Other Urologic Robotic Surgeries
UroToday – Laparoscopic mesh herniorrhaphy: Impact on outcomes associated with radical retropubic prostatectomy
Source: Urotoday Eighteen patients with a prior LMH underwent RRP. Five of the 18 had bilateral LMH, with unilateral LMH in the remainder. Outcomes in this group were compared with 38 patients without prior LMH. There was no difference between … Continue reading
Robotic Donor Nephrectomy for donating a kidney for transplant
UroToday – AUA 2007 – Experience with Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy This series demonstrates that robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy can be performed safely with low complication rates and outcomes similar to standard laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy.
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Surgery for Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis
UroToday – Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Nephrectomy for Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: Contemporary Outcomes Analysis BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – It was not until 9 years after the initial laparoscopic nephrectomy, that the first report on using this technique for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) … Continue reading
Are da Vinci Pyeloplasties "Experimental"
I recently had an encounter with United Healthcare that initially resulted in a denial of a request to treat one of their patients with UPJ stenosis (partial obstruction of the drainage leading from the kidney to the bladder) with a … Continue reading
Port placement in robotic renal surgery from Henry Ford and Kuala Lumpur
A structured process for achieving optimal port placement for robotic transperitoneal renal surgery From the World Congress of Endourology Source: UroToday M.J. Fumo1, K.K. Badani , S. Kaul , A. Shrivastava , S. Dusik-Fenton , F. Ogunfitidimi , S. Murali … Continue reading
Previous Laparoscopic Hernia Repair with mesh in prostate cancer patients
This past month 2 patients of mine with prior laparoscopic hernia repairs with mesh had successful dvPs. I have done several of these now and do not get overly concerned with this finding in a patient. One of the patient’s … Continue reading