The robotic-assisted ureteral reimplantation: the evolution to a new standard

Urol Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;42(1):99-109. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2014.09.010. Epub 2014 Oct 11.

Abstract

The development of the robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation has tracked a path searching for the optimal method of providing outcomes on par with the gold standard of open intravesical ureteral reimplantation combined with fewer complications and decreased discomfort for the patient. With this in mind, pioneers in pediatric urology minimally invasive surgery have put limits to the test with laparoscopic transvesicoscopic Cohen reimplants and laparoscopic extravesical Lich-Gregoir reimplants and then used the da Vinci platform to fine-tune and bring these skills into the 21st century.

Keywords: Extravesical; Intravesical; Robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects
  • Laparoscopy / standards*
  • Male
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Patient Positioning
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Replantation / adverse effects
  • Replantation / methods
  • Replantation / standards*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / standards*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urography / methods
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / diagnostic imaging
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / surgery*