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SUBMITTER: Dangle PP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382828 | biostudies-other | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dangle Pankaj P PP Shah Anup B AB Gundeti Mohan S MS
Journal of endourology 20140324 10
<h4>Background and purpose</h4>In select centers, laparoscopic (robot)-assisted pyeloplasty has emerged as a viable approach for the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Stent placement for urinary diversion is a common postoperative practice with several potential techniques and respective challenges. Robot-assisted diversion techniques such as indwelling Double-J or nephroureteral stents require either additional anesthesia or costs or they carry bleeding risks. Herein we de ...[more]