Cent Eur J Urol 2013; 66: 445 10.5173/ceju.2013.04.art14 The authors of the paper “Approach to kidney stones associated with ureteropelvic junction obstruction during laparoscopic pyeloplasty” should be congratulated on presenting their experience with this topic. Although ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction itself leads to an increased risk of stone formation due to obstruction and chroni...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pyeloplasty, whether open or laparoscopic, has been the mainstay of treatment for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). A nonstented pyeloplasty has only been reported in the pediatric literature. Herein, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first published experience with laparoscopic stentless pyeloplasty (LSP) in the adult population. METHODS Patients ...

OBJECTIVES To review the use of robotic surgery in pediatric urology and provide a platform from which discussions regarding this technology can arise. METHODS The available literature and the experience at the author's institution were reviewed to examine the applications of robotic surgery in pediatric urology. MEDLINE was queried using the following key words: robot, robotic, laparoscopy, ...

INTRODUCTION Ureteropelvic junction obstruction and concomitant calculus disease may coexist. We demonstrate our use of flexible renoscopy during laparoscopic pyeloplasty for caliceal stone removal. PATIENT AND METHODS A 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent attacks of flank pain of two years duration. When noncontrast-CT and DTPA were performed, the patient was diagnosed with u...

PURPOSE To describe and analyze our experience with Anderson-Hynes transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) in the treatment of recurrent ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). MATERIALS AND METHODS 38 consecutive patients who underwent transperitoneal laparoscopic redo-pyeloplasty between January 2007 and January 2015 at our department were included in the analysis. 36 patients were...

PURPOSE To assess the subjective and objective outcomes of mini-incision dismembered Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty in the treatment of primary ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2008 to January 2013, Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty was performed in 71 patients diagnosed with primary UPJO. Small subcostal muscle splitting incision was used in all cases. Si...