Pediatric Robotic Urology

About this book

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery has been instrumental in the advancement of laparoscopy in adult urologic surgery. Radical prostatectomy is a perfect example. On the other hand, although laparoscopy has been utilized for several decades for the diagnosis and treatment of undescended testicles and ambiguous genitalia in the care of the pediatric patient, robotic technology has been slower to advance into the pediatric urology arena. However, the urologist is now commonly performing procedures such as robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty due to the ease of the procedure compared to laparoscopy with standard equipment.

Pediatric Robotic Urology, a concise and comprehensive reference on robotic-assisted laparoscopy, is written specifically for urologists, general surgeons, residents, medical students, and midlevel providers caring for the pediatric urologic patient. Well-respected pediatric urologists will author these chapters containing bolded text to allow for identification of key words to assist the health care provider to rapidly review the essential aspects of a given topic. The chapters are also arranged into two sections to allow for easier access to the information: Introductory topics and surgical techniques. The basics of laparoscopy and robotic-assisted laparoscopy will be discussed along with specific surgical techniques which will be accompanied with illustrations and intraoperative photographs.

Keywords:

Laparoscopic Urology
Minimally Invasive Urology
Pediatric Urology
Robotic Assisted Laparascopy
Robotic Assisted Pyeloplasty
Robotic Urology

Table of contents

Introductory Topics

• Urologic laparoscopic anatomy
  Lane S. Palmer, MD
• Physiology of laparoscopic genitourinary surgery
  Troels M. Jørgensen MD
• Robotic equipment and instrumentation
  Jeffrey S. Palmer, MD
• Advantages of robotic-assisted laparoscopy
  Walid Farhat, MD
  Pasquale Casale, MD
• Robotic surgery: considerations for the future
  Inderbir Gill, MD

Surgical Techniques

• Transperitoneal vs. retroperitoneal laparoscopic approaches
  John Thomas, MD
• Techniques and "tricks of the trade" of robotic-assisted laparoscopy
  Richard Schlussel, MD
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty
  Craig Peters, MD
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy and adrenalectomy
  Lane Palmer, MD
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic heminephrectomy
  Hiep Nguyen, MD
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation
  Pasquale Casale, MD
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic bladder augmentation
  Jihad Kaouk, MD
• Other robotic-assisted laparoscopic urinary tract operations
  Jeffrey Stock, MD
• Complications and management of robotic-assisted laparoscopy: prevention and managment
  Jeffrey Stock, MD