title: Case report: robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloureterostomy in a transplanted kidney with ureteral stricture.
abstract: Ureteral obstruction secondary to ischemia is the most common urologic complication of kidney transplantation. Although endoscopic management has shown satisfactory short-term success rates, surgical repair is considered the definitive therapy. To our knowledge, this procedure has been performed only through open surgery. We present a minimally invasive approach for reconstruction of a ureteral stricture in a renal transplant patient using the Da Vinci robotic system.
authors.affiliation: Section of Urology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. marceloorvieto@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Marcelo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Orvieto
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Arieh L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Shalhav
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tolhurst
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: R Matthew
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Galocy
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Harland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000379:methods*; D014567:Urography