Half-Men, Tricksters and Dismembered Maidens

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty

OBJECTIVE Advanced laparoscopic skills limit the implementation of laparoscopic pyeloplasty to centers with extensive experience. The introduction of robotic technology into the field of minimally invasive surgery has facilitated complex surgical dissection and genitourinary reconstruction. We report our experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty using the da Vinci Robotic Surgical...

Covering by Dismembered Convex Discs

Let us consider a great number of convex discs not "too different" from one another about which, apart from their total area, no further data are known. What can be said about the area of the largest square (or any other domain of given shape) which can be covered with the aid of these discs if we are allowed to cut each of them into a given number of suitable pieces? Analogously, we can raise ...

Postoperative evaluation of hydronephrosis due to the way of pyeloplasy (dismembered / non-dismembered)

In recent years, we have seen rapid development of minimally invasive procedures in urologic oncology, but also in corrective surgery of congenital defects, including ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). After a period of testing the endoscopic treatment of UPJO, currently the majority of patients undergo laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Recently, single port laparoscopy (LESS) has become...

Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty in 47 Cases

PURPOSE To evaluate the results of a sequence of 47 laparoscopic Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasties for the treatment of patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, independently of the etiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty male and 27 female patients diagnosed with ureteropelvic junction obstruction were treated by Anderson-Hynes transperitoneal laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty from Apr...

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