Pediatric Robotic Urology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Palmer, Jeffrey S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Edition: 1st.
• Series: Current Clinical Urology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Pediatric surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Pediatric Surgery.

Robotic technology has paved the way for new opportunities in pediatric urologic surgery. Where once laparoscopy was restricted to urological conditions in children such as undescended testicles and ambiguous genitalia, robotic techniques are now enabling the completion of greatly needed, more invol...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Topics
• Urologic Laparoscopic Anatomy
• Physiology of Paediatric Genitourinary Laparoscopy
• Robotic Equipment and Instrumentation
• Advantages of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy
• Robotic Surgery: Considerations for the Future
• Surgical Techniques
• Transperitoneal vs. Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Approaches
• Techniques and “Tricks of the Trade” of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy
• Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty
• Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Nephrectomy and Adrenalectomy
• Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Heminephrectomy
• Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation
• Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Bladder Augmentation
• Other Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Genitourinary Operations
• Complications and Management of Pediatric Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery: Prevention and Management.