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Totally intracorporeal robot-assisted laparoscopic reverse seven ileal ureteric reconstruction

Nikita Abhyankar¹, Christopher Vendryes¹, Leslie A. Deane²

1 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Nikita Abhyankar, University of Illinois at Chicago, 20 S. Wood Street Clinical Sciences North Suite 515, Chicago, IL 60612 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2015, 22(2), 7748-7751.

Abstract

We describe the first reported case of completely intracorporeal robot-assisted laparoscopic reverse seven ileal ureteric reconstruction. The patient was a woman with bilateral, long segment ureteric strictures secondary to pelvic surgery and radiation. This report demonstrates that robotic reconstruction is a viable option even in a complex patient with a hostile abdomen.

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