Open AccessRobot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: A retrospective case series review
Author(s) -
Sunil Kumar,
Deepak Prakash Bhirud,
Ankur Mittal,
Shiv Charan Navriya,
Satish Ranjan,
Kim J Mammen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_10_20
Subject(s) - medicine , pyeloplasty , surgery , laparoscopy , open surgery , hydronephrosis , pyelogram , urinary system , endocrinology
Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty has been gold standard in the management of pelviureteric junction obstruction (PUJO). It has evolved from open to laparoscopic and now robotic surgery. Open surgery has its drawback of long incision and scar mark, significant post-operative pain and long hospital stay. The main limitation of laparoscopic surgery had been the difficulty in endosuturing. Robotic surgery has incorporated the minimal access method of laparoscopy and endowrist movement of open surgery to overcome the challenge of intracorporeal suturing. Here, we present our initial experience of robotic pyeloplasty.