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- Title
Double-Pigtail Stenting of the Ureters: Technique for Securing the Ureteral Orifices During Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Large Median Lobes.
- Authors
Youssef El Douaihy; Gerald Y. Tan; Philip J. Dorsey; Jay K. Jhaveri; Ashutosh K. Tewari
- Abstract
AbstractPatients with large median prostate lobes undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy are at potential risk of ureteric orifice injury, during posterior bladder neck transection and vesicourethral anastomosis reconstruction. We describe our technique of in siturobot-assisted ureteral stenting with double-pigtail stents for accurate observation and preservation of the ureteral orifices. We have performed this maneuver in over 30 patients in our cohort of over 1500 patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy to date—none of these patients developed urinary leak or bladder neck contracture, and had uneventful cystoscopic removal of stents at 6 weeks after surgery.
- Subjects
SURGICAL stents; URETER diseases; OPERATIVE surgery; MEDICAL robotics; PROSTATECTOMY; MEDICAL care; RADICALS (Chemistry); PROSTATE surgery; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Endourology, 2009, Vol 23, Issue 12, p1975
- ISSN
0892-7790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/end.2009.0133