Impact of prostate median lobe anatomy on robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Urology · 2009
Is the transition from open to robotic prostatectomy fair to your patients? A single-surgeon comparison with 2-year follow-up
Journal of robotic surgery · 2009
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a procedure thought to require experience with a significant number of cases before mastering. Most RARP series examine outcomes after the learning curve or by combining results from multiple surgeons. We...
Application of continuous tension to aid in performing the vesicourethral anastomosis for robot-assisted prostatectomy
Journal of endourology · 2009
Approximation of the bladder to urethra during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is a critical step toward achieving long-term continence. To determine the impact on surgical outcomes after RALP, we compare two techniques for constructing...
Robotics in urologic surgery
Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology · 2009
Robotic surgery is becoming rapidly integrated in urology. Nearly every open or laparoscopic procedure has been described with robotic assistance. While the da Vinci robot is recently applied to the upper urinary tract, it has become widely adopted for...
A multi-institutional study on the safety and efficacy of specimen morcellation after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for clinical stage T1 or T2 renal cell carcinoma
Journal of endourology · 2009
Specimen morcellation during laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is controversial. We seek to evaluate the safety and efficacy of specimen morcellation and LRN for treatment of presumed malignant renal lesions. We...
Computed tomography-determined stone-free rates for ureteroscopy of upper-tract stones
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...