title: The first case of robotic pudendal nerve decompression in pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the first case of robotic pudendal nerve (PN) decompression for bilateral PN entrapment (PNE). PN decompression is a safe and effective treatment for PNE and can be accomplished laparoscopically with a better exploration of the sacral roots and of the PN.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe in detail all the steps of our surgery, performed on a 38-year-old female patient suffering from PNE. All the anatomic landmarks are clearly shown.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our technique was successful, and the patient's postoperative course was uneventful. Six months after surgery, the pain had completely resolved, and the patient was drug-free.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We showed the feasibility and effectiveness of robotic PN decompression, with surgical advantages that could potentially extend the indications of robot-assisted surgery.
authors: 1 Department of Urology, Saint Augustin Clinic , Bordeaux, France .
authors: Denis
authors: D
authors: Rey
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Oderda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D060545:Pudendal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*