65 publications
Robotic and open approaches to ureteral strictures, buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty, ileal ureter replacement, ureteral reimplantation, pyeloplasty failure, and complex upper urinary tract reconstruction.
World journal of urology · 2026
To report perioperative and short-term outcomes of single-port (SP) robotic vascular-preserving (non-transecting) Y-V flap pyeloplasty with stricturoplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). The most commonly performed pyeloplasty technique is...
World journal of urology · 2026
Ileal ureter interposition is a well-established option for complex ureteral strictures. While minimally invasive approaches have evolved, the application of the single-port (SP) robotic platform for ileal ureter reconstruction has not been previously...
World journal of urology · 2026
European Urology · 2026
World journal of urology · 2026
PURPOSE: Robot-assisted surgical management of ureteral stricture is a relatively uncommon procedure with numerous techniques described. This literature review combined with expert opinion outlines the key surgical principles of ureteral reconstruction and...
Journal of Urology · 2026
Journal of Urology · 2026
European urology open science · 2025
Robot-assisted buccal mucosa graft (BMG) ureteroplasty was introduced a decade ago and has since gained wide adoption within the urology community. However, available data on the outcomes of robot-assisted BMG ureteroplasty remain limited, and no large...
BJUI compass · 2025
To compare the outcomes of open versus robotic ureteral reimplantation procedures at a single centre. The charts of all patients with ureteral strictures who underwent open ureteral reimplantation between 2005 and 2024, and those who underwent robotic...
Journal of robotic surgery · 2025
Little is known regarding the incidence of symptomatic, de novo vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) after ureteral reimplantation in adults. We sought to characterize this phenomenon in a contemporary cohort. We conducted a retrospective review of a...
Nature reviews. Urology · 2025
The advent of the purpose-built da Vinci single-port robotic platform marks a pivotal advancement in minimally invasive urological surgery. Designed to overcome the ergonomic and technical limitations of prior single-site approaches, the single-port system...
Journal of robotic surgery · 2025
The surgical approach of ureteral stricture has changed dramatically over the past 15 years with the rise of robotic upper urinary tract reconstruction. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of all robotic ureteral reconstructions performed at a single...
World Journal of Urology · 2025
Asian Journal of Urology · 2024
Urology · 2024
To characterize a large cohort of patients undergoing robotic buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty (RU-BMG), determine the technique's durability, and assess the impact of patient- and disease-specific factors on outcomes. We conducted a retrospective review...
The Canadian journal of urology · 2024
We describe a method of robotic ureterocalicostomy (RALUC) with the Da Vinci Single Port (SP) platform and present clinical outcomes in our cohort of patients. We retrospectively reviewed all patients undergoing RALUC with the SP platform in a...
Journal of endourology · 2024
Introduction: To investigate preoperative predictors of surgical success for patients undergoing robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) for management of distal ureteral strictures. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our multi-institutional Collaborative...
Urology · 2024
Urology · 2024
BJUI compass · 2023
To describe our multi-institutional experience with robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) in patients who failed prior endoscopic and/or surgical management. We retrospectively reviewed our Collaborative of Reconstructive Robotic Ureteral Surgery (CORRUS)...
Journal of endourology · 2023
Objectives: There is presently scarce literature describing the outcomes of patients undergoing robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) using the Boari flap (BF) technique. Herein, we report our prospective, multi-institutional experience using BF in...
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2023
Ureteral strictures are a common and often challenging complication of renal transplantation. The use of single-port (SP) robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery is a novel approach in the management of these patients. Here we describe 3 patients with...
Urology · 2023
To investigate predictors of surgical success for patients undergoing robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO), proximal, and middle ureteral stricture disease. We retrospectively reviewed our multi-institutional...
World journal of urology · 2023
We sought to determine whether preoperative stricture length measurement affected the choice of procedure performed, its correlation to intraoperative stricture length, and postoperative outcomes. The Collaborative of Reconstructive Robotic Ureteral...
Urology · 2022
To examine the safety, feasibility and durability of robotic reimplantation of ureteroenteric stricture after radical cystectomy. A retrospective multi-institutional review was performed for all patients undergoing robotic repair of ureteroenteric...
Research and reports in urology · 2022
The landscape for upper genitourinary tract reconstruction continues to evolve with innovations in technology and surgical techniques. While the use of flaps and grafts in reconstructive surgery is not a novel concept, the application of buccal mucosal...
Urology · 2021
To describe the technique, feasibility and short-term outcomes of buccal mucosa grafts in robotic lower urinary tract reconstruction. We reviewed 9 patients who underwent single-port robotic posterior urethroplasty with buccal mucosa graft from...
Journal of Endourology · 2021
Urology · 2021
To evaluate the effect of ureteral rest on outcomes of robotic ureteral reconstruction. We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent robotic ureteral reconstruction of proximal and/or middle ureteral strictures in our multi-institutional database...
Urology · 2021
To describe the outcomes of single-stage and staged repairs in properly selected patients with phalloplasty anastomotic strictures. A bi-institutional retrospective review was performed of all patients who underwent anastomotic stricture repairs between...
Urology · 2021
To describe a novel method of robotic assisted laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair (RAL-PHR), including the evolving use of the Da Vinci Single Port (SP) robotic system. Demographic, intraoperative, and postoperative variables were collected for patients...
Urology · 2021
To describe and assess the outcomes of dorsal onlay oral mucosa graft urethroplasty for female urethral stricture. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all female patients who underwent dorsal onlay oral (buccal or lingual) mucosa urethroplasty for...
Current opinion in urology · 2021
Developments in robotic reconstructive urology have introduced novel treatments for complex upper and lower urinary tract disease. Short-term and mid-term data demonstrates excellent outcomes and minimal morbidity, suggesting the advanced instrumentation...
Therapeutic advances in urology · 2021
With the widespread dissemination of robotic surgical platforms, pathology previously deemed insurmountable or challenging has been treated with reliable and replicable outcomes. The advantages of precise articulation for dissection and suturing, tremor...
Techniques of Robotic Urinary Tract Reconstruction: A Complete Approach · 2021
Techniques of Robotic Urinary Tract Reconstruction: A Complete Approach · 2021
Urology · 2020
To update our prior multi-institutional experience with robotic ureteroplasty with buccal mucosa graft and analyze our intermediate-term outcomes. Although our previous multi-institutional report provided significant insight into the safety and efficacy...
Investigative and clinical urology · 2020
To report our intermediate-term, multi-institutional experience after robotic ureteral reconstruction for the management of long-segment proximal ureteral strictures. We retrospectively reviewed our Collaborative of Reconstructive Robotic Ureteral Surgery...
The Urologic clinics of North America · 2020
Robotically assisted laparoscopic techniques may be used for proximal and distal ureteral strictures. Distal strictures may be approached with ureteroneocystotomy, psoas hitch, and Boari flap. Ureteroureterostomy, buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty, and...
Journal of Endourology · 2020
Urology · 2020
To report a multi-institutional experience with robotic appendiceal ureteroplasty. This is a retrospective review of 13 patients undergoing right appendiceal flap ureteroplasty at 2 institutions between April 2016 and October 2019. The primary endpoint was...
Urology · 2020
To describe surgical techniques and peri-operative outcomes with secondary robotic pyeloplasty (RP), and compare them to those of primary RP. We retrospectively reviewed our multi-institutional, collaborative of reconstructive robotic ureteral surgery...
European Urology Open Science · 2020
Surgical endoscopy · 2019
Buccal mucosal grafts (BMG) are traditionally used in urethral reconstruction. There may be insufficient BMG for applications requiring large grafts, such as urethral stricture after gender-affirming phalloplasty. Rectal mucosa in lieu of BMG avoids oral...
The Journal of urology · 2019
We report multi-institutional outcomes in patients who underwent urethroplasty with a rectal mucosa graft. We used the TURNS (Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons) database to identify patients who underwent urethral reconstruction with...
European Urology · 2018
European urology · 2018
Reviews in urology · 2018
Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology · 2018
Iatrogenic ureteral injuries represent a common surgical problem encountered by practicing urologists. With the rapidly expanding applications of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, ureteral reconstruction has been an important field of recent...
Clinical genitourinary cancer · 2018
Nutritional status has been increasingly recognized as an important predictor of prognosis and surgical outcomes for cancer patients. We evaluated the effect of preoperative malnutrition on the development of surgical complications and mortality after...
Atlas of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery, 3rd Ed · 2017
Smith's Textbook of Endourology, 4th Ed · 2017
European Urology · 2017
European urology · 2017
Minimally invasive treatment of long, multifocal ureteral strictures or failed pyeloplasty is challenging. Robot-assisted buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty (RBU) is a technique for ureteral reconstruction that avoids the morbidity of bowel interposition or...
Surgical Atlas of Robotic Urologic Surgery, 2nd Ed · 2016
European urology · 2016
Therapeutic advances in urology · 2016
Urethral strictures or fistulas are common complications after phalloplasty. Neourethral defects pose a difficult reconstructive challenge using standard techniques as there is generally insufficient ventral tissue to support a graft urethroplasty. We...
BJU international · 2015
To review the guidelines released in the last decade by several organisations for the optimal evaluation and management of genitourinary injuries (renal, ureteric, bladder, urethral and genital). This is a review of the genitourinary trauma guidelines from...
Korean journal of urology · 2015
Tissue transfer techniques are an essential part of the reconstructive urologist's armamentarium. Flaps and graft techniques are widely used in genital and urethral reconstruction. A graft is tissue that is moved from a donor site to a recipient site...
Urology · 2015
To describe the technique of robotic buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty as a minimally invasive alternative method of ureteral reconstruction for proximal or multifocal ureteral strictures not amenable to primary anastomosis. Between October 2013 and May...
BJU international · 2015
To evaluate the long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic (RAL) upper urinary tract (UUT) reconstruction performed at a tertiary referral centre. Data from 250 consecutive patients undergoing RAL UUT reconstruction, including pyeloplasty with or...
Journal of Urology · 2014
Journal of endourology · 2009
Most series on ureteroscopy for urolithiasis use postoperative plain radiography of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder (KUB) or intravenous urography (IVU) to determine outcomes. These imaging modalities, however, are not very sensitive and may overestimate...
The Journal of urology · 2008
As nephron sparing surgery is used more frequently for select renal tumors, the incidence of urine leaks will likely increase. To our knowledge the risk factors of and management strategies for urine leaks have not been studied. We report our experience...
Journal of endourology · 2007
Although the use of stents after ureteroscopy has been studied extensively, relatively little has been published about stent placement before complicated ureteroscopic procedures. In this study, we examined our experience with stent placement before...