title: Robotic Buccal Ureteroplasty: a Review of the Current Literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to provide an overview of the literature on buccal mucosal ureteroplasty for ureteral stricture disease, with a specific focus on the application of the robotic platform to buccal ureteroplasty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our review, we highlight the results of Zhao et al. from the New York University School of Medicine Department of Urology, as well as our own results from Temple University Hospital. Zhao et al. published the first series of four patients who underwent robotic buccal ureteroplasty. Mean stricture length was 3.0 cm, and at a mean follow-up of 15 months, all repairs remained patent. We also describe our results in 10 patients who underwent robotic buccal ureteroplasty at Temple University Hospital. Median stricture length was 3.0 cm, and at a median follow-up of 5 months, all repairs remain patent. Robotic buccal ureteroplasty offers a promising option for repair of complex ureteral strictures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Benjamin.Waldorf@tuhs.temple.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waldorf
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Ziho
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Paintsville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metro
authors.affiliation: Temple Head and Neck Institute, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures
keywords: Buccal mucosal ureteroplasty; Endourology; Robotic buccal ureteroplasty; Ureteral stricture disease