Challenges associated with the K-wire technique for external urinary drainage in pediatric laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: pnikolinakos@yahoo.gr.
• ² Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK.
• ³ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
• ⁵ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
• ⁷ UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
• ⁸ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.