2025 Publications | Lee C. Zhao, MD

Development and Validation of the Length, Segment, and Etiology Anterior Urethral Stricture Disease Staging System Using Longitudinal Urethroplasty Outcomes Data From the Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons

Erickson BA, Tuong MN, Zorn AN, Schlaepfer CH, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Buckley JC, Elliott SP, Myers JB, Peterson AC, Rourke KF, Smith TG 3rd, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC

Journal of Urology · 2025

PubMed · PMID 39652884 doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004369

Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty Using Robotic Peritoneal Flap Method: Long Term Outcomes of 500 Cases

Blasdel G, Hemal K, Dubach-Reinhold C, Parker A, Amro C, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R

Annals of Surgery · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery Robotic & Single-Port Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 39781707 doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006621

Impact of Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty on Lower Urinary Tract Function: A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study

Lee J, Oh C, Brucker B, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC

Neurourology and Urodynamics · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery

PubMed · PMID 39718157 doi:10.1002/nau.25649

Patient-centered outcomes on preparing for and undergoing gender-affirming phalloplasty: a qualitative, descriptive study

Mmonu N, Radix A, Castle E, Zhao L, Bluebond-Langner R, Ospina-Norvell C, Harel D, Fendrick M, Zhang TR, Berry CA

BMJ Open · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 40122562 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090614

Quantifying the Learning Curve in Robotic Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty

Hemal K, Blasdel G, Parker A, Amro C, Dubach-Reinhold C, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R

Annals of Plastic Surgery · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery Robotic & Single-Port Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 40167061 doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000004265

Patient-reported symptoms suggestive of vesicoureteral reflux after robotic ureteral reimplantation in adults

Chao BW, Zhao K, Lee M, Lin JS, Raver M, Stifelman MD, Zhao LC, Eun DD

Journal of Robotic Surgery · 2025

Ureteral Reconstruction Robotic & Single-Port Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 40232636 doi:10.1007/s11701-025-02310-8

Development and Assessment of a Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument for Gender-Affirming Care

Kaur MN, Rae C, Morrison SD, Laungani A, Brassard P, Mullender MG, van de Grift TC, Young-Afat DA, Sørensen JA, Poulsen L, Cornacchi SD, Graesser JG, Igbokwe MM, Satterwhite T, Pang JH, Akhavan AA, Hu A, Johnson N, Cano SJ, Savard K, Mundinger GS, Capitán-Cañadas F, Simon D, Capitán L, Coon D, Brydges HT, Bluebond-Langner R, Rodriguez ED, Zhao LC, Armstrong KA, Dean NR, Crittenden TA, Cannell ZA, Lane M, Haley CA, Hsu J, Dy GW, Peters BR, Berli JU, Milano CE, Lava CX, Fan KL, Del Corral GA, Kaoutzanis C, Kalia N, Higuchi T, Ganor O, Subedi S, Douglass LM, Hamidian Jahromi A, Hosseini HC, Ihnat J, Parikh N, Hu K, Alperovich M, Ray EC, Aref Y, Hassan BA, Liang F, Mundy L, Chen ML, Pusic AL, Klassen AF

JAMA Network Open · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 40249619 doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4708

Robotic Reconstruction of a Surgically Absent Rectum Using AlloDerm

Otto-Moudry R, Castle E, Blasdel G, Mishra K, Lin J, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao L

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open · 2025

Robotic & Single-Port

PubMed · PMID 40557302 doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000006919

The current landscape of single-port robotic surgery in urology

Biasatti A, Soputro NA, Porpiglia F, Perdonà S, Abdollah F, Nelson R, Rogers C, Zhao LC, Ghazi A, Challacombe B, Eden C, Mattei A, Fankhauser CD, Breda A, Rocco B, Montorsi F, Briganti A, Pellegrino AA, Mottrie A, De Groote R, Haese A, Graefen M, Moschovas MC, Patel V, Simone G, Galfano A, Secco S, Bertolo R, Pandolfo SD, Pansadoro V, Carvalho FLF, Joseph JV, Ramadan M, Shakuri-Rad J, Yuh B, Nix J, Lee DI, Rais-Bahrami S, Hemal S, Eltemamy M, Beksac AT, Schwen Z, Su LM, Buscarini M, Palese M, Tewari A, Wiklund P, Cherullo EE, Vourganti S, Linehan JA, Wu Z, Stifelman M, Ahmed M, Mehrazin R, Badani K, Link RE, Crivellaro S, Kaouk J, Autorino R

Nature Reviews Urology · 2025

Robotic & Single-Port Prosthetics (AUS/IPP)

PubMed · PMID 40897917 doi:10.1038/s41585-025-01081-z

Robotic upper urinary tract reconstruction for ureteral stricture: a single-center series

Bourillon A, Freton L, Hascoet J, Richard C, Haudebert C, Verhoest G, Mathieu R, Zhao LC, Bensalah K, Peyronnet B

Journal of Robotic Surgery · 2025

Ureteral Reconstruction Urethral Stricture & Urethroplasty Robotic & Single-Port

PubMed · PMID 40914922 doi:10.1007/s11701-025-02754-y

Posterior Urethral Reconstruction with Ileal Chimeric Free Flap: A Novel Approach for Management of Radiation-Induced Devastated Bladder Outlet

Sorensen TJ, Elbakry AA, Ratanapornsompong W, Sarawong S, Tran D, Volk A, Levine J, Zhao LC

Urology · 2025

Urethral Stricture & Urethroplasty

PubMed · PMID 41106522 doi:10.1016/j.urology.2025.10.014

Robotic ureteral reconstruction for endometriosis-induced strictures: insights from a multi-institutional experience

Lee M, Saxena S, Zhao K, Dodd C, Lee R, Stifelman M, Zhao L, Eun DD

World Journal of Urology · 2025

Ureteral Reconstruction Urethral Stricture & Urethroplasty Robotic & Single-Port

PubMed · PMID 41045299 doi:10.1007/s00345-025-05982-x

Early real-world experience with Optilume® drug-coated balloon for anterior urethral strictures and posterior urethral stenoses

Patel HV, Ericksonb BA, Abbasi B, Alsikafi NF, Broghammer JA, Pandit K, Buckley JC, Elliott SP, Daryabari SS, Myers JB, Smith TG 3rd, Lindekugel G, Voelzke BB, Vanni AJ, Zhao LC, Breyer BN

Urology · 2025

Urethral Stricture & Urethroplasty

PubMed · PMID 41109561 doi:10.1016/j.urology.2025.10.025

Bridging the evidence gap in gender-affirming care: urgent research needs

Dolendo I, Zhao L, Bluebond-Langner R, Anger JT

BJU International · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery

PubMed · PMID 40457589 doi:10.1111/bju.16783

Vaginoplasty Complications and Revisions

Parker A, Blasdel G, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao L

Clinics in Plastic Surgery · 2025

Gender-Affirming Surgery

PubMed · PMID 41093465 doi:10.1016/j.cps.2025.06.005

Reply by Authors

Erickson BA, Tuong MN, Zorn AN, Schlaepfer CH, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Buckley JC, Elliott SP, Myers JB, Peterson AC, Rourke KF, Smith TG 3rd, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC

Journal of Urology · 2025

Urethral Stricture & Urethroplasty Trauma & Fistula Outcomes, Methods & Education

PubMed · PMID 40052606 doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004410