Category: Reconstructive and Other Urologic Robotic Surgeries

  • New Robotic Surgical Procedure: Robotic Bladder Diverticulectomy

    Today, Dr. Marc Greenstein and I performed the first robotic diverticulectomy at our hospital, and likely among one of the first on the country. This procedure was done for recurrent bladder infections, but can also be done for bladder cancer. The operation went extremely well and much better than the typical open version of the…

  • PACRIM Robotics – Pyeloplasty

    At the Pacific Rim Robotics Conference last month there was a session on robotic pyeloplasty. It was held on Saturday afternoon, the last day of the conference, and featured a lecture by Dr. Elspeth McDougall and a live broadcast of the operation from UC Irvine performed by Dr. Ralph Clayman. Dr. McDougall described the operation…

  • Robotic Pyeloplasty and Endoscopic Stone retrieval

    I was recently faced with a case of a right sided UPJ stenosis with good renal preservation and two 5 mm stones in the upper pole. Having done at least a half dozen robotic pyeloplasties I felt that that would be the appropriate treatment for the UPJ but was not sure how to address the…