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MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND ROBOTIC SURGERY

Novel application of da Vinci robotic system in patients of Zinners syndrome – case report and review of literature

Satya Allaparthi, Robert D. Blute, Jr.

Division of Urology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Satya Allaparthi, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, S4868, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester 01655, MAUSA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2010, 17(2), 5109-5113.

Abstract

Seminal vesicle cysts combined with ipsilateral renal agenesis, ectopic ureter and giant right ampullary cyst of vas deferens represent a rare urological anomaly, Zinner's syndrome. In symptomatic patients, seminal vesiculectomy along with en bloc excision of the ipsilateral ampullary cyst, ectopic ureter and dysplastic renal tissue is the preferred treatment option. We report robotic assisted removal of a large seminal vesicle cyst with ipsilateral renal agenesis, ectopic ureter and a giant right ampullary cyst of vas deferens in a 34-year-old male. We reviewed the literature about this rare urological anomaly and novel usage of da Vinci surgical robotic surgical system (DSRS) (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, California) in performing this procedure.

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