title: Intraoperative breakage of needle driver jaw during robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
abstract: Recently, increasing numbers of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) have been performed at many centers. During urethrovesical anastomosis in RALP, surgeons commonly use Large Needle Driver (Intuitive Surgical, Mountain View, Calif). In this study, we report a rare case with intraperitoneal breakage of the jaw of Large Needle Driver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Yul
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kang Su
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Seung Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung Hyun
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: Koon Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rha
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate