title: The robotic-assisted ureteral reimplantation: the evolution to a new standard.
abstract: The development of the robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation has tracked a path searching for the optimal method of providing outcomes on par with the gold standard of open intravesical ureteral reimplantation combined with fewer complications and decreased discomfort for the patient. With this in mind, pioneers in pediatric urology minimally invasive surgery have put limits to the test with laparoscopic transvesicoscopic Cohen reimplants and laparoscopic extravesical Lich-Gregoir reimplants and then used the da Vinci platform to fine-tune and bring these skills into the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wood Building, 3rd Floor, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: weissd1@email.chop.edu.
authors.forename: Dana A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wood Building, 3rd Floor, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Aseem R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shukla
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Extravesical; Intravesical; Robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation