05 Apr 2009 07:00 AM
Editorial - Robotic Pediatric Urology
UroToday.com - I wrote this manuscript on pediatric robotic urology to delineate the procedures done today in pediatric urology with robotic assistance.
The take home message from this manuscript is to choose your patients carefully as the robotic platform needs room to operate effectively. Robotic pediatric urologic procedures such as pyeloplasty, ureteral reimplantation, abdominal testis surgery, and partial or total nephrectomy - with or without ureteral stump removal - are routinely performed at select centers offering robotic expertise…
The take home message from this manuscript is to choose your patients carefully as the robotic platform needs room to operate effectively. Robotic pediatric urologic procedures such as pyeloplasty, ureteral reimplantation, abdominal testis surgery, and partial or total nephrectomy - with or without ureteral stump removal - are routinely performed at select centers offering robotic expertise…
