Open AccessThe learning curve for robotic-assisted pyeloplasty in children: Our initial experience from a single center
Author(s) -
Noor Nabi Junejo,
Anwar Alotaibi,
Saeed Malwi Alshahrani,
Ahmad Alshammari,
Craig A. Peters,
Hamdan Alhazmi,
Santiago Vallasciani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_113_19
Subject(s) - pyeloplasty , medicine , surgery , anastomosis , tertiary care , dissection (medical) , retrospective cohort study , robotic surgery , general surgery , urinary system , hydronephrosis , endocrinology
Robotic-assisted pyeloplasty surgery has become the preferred approach of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in pediatrics. However, to our knowledge, there is limited data on the learning curve for robotic-assisted pyeloplasty in children and no similar study from Saudi Arabia.