Intracorporeal Versus Extracorporeal Robot-assisted Kidney Autotransplantation: Experience of the ERUS RAKT Working Group.

Journal: European urology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kidney autotransplantation is a useful technique to be reserved for cases in which kidney function is compromised by a complex anatomical configuration, such as long ureteral strictures and renal vascular anomalies not suitable for in situ reconstruction. Robot-assisted kidney autotransplantation (RAKAT) presents a novel, minimally invasive, and highly accurate approach.

Authors

  • Alberto Breda
    Department of Urology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Fundaciò Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: albbred@hotmail.com.
  • Pietro Diana
    Department of Urology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy. Electronic address: pietros.diana@gmail.com.
  • Angelo Territo
    Department of Urology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Fundaciò Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Andrea Gallioli
    Department of Urology, Fundaciò Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Urology, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.gallioli@gmail.com.
  • Alberto Piana
    Department of Urology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, Orbassano, Turin, Italy.
  • Josep Maria Gaya
    Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Pavel Gavrilov
    Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Liesbeth Desender
    Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Benjamin Van Parys
    Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Charles Van Praet
    Department of Urology Ghent University Hospital Ghent Belgium.
  • Edward Lambert
    Department of Urology, Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital, Aalst, Belgium. Electronic address: edward.lambert@ugent.be.
  • Zine-Eddine Khene
    Department of Urology, University of Rennes, Rennes, France. zineddine.khene@gmail.com.
  • Vanti Dang
    Urology and Renal Transplantation Department, University Hospital of Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
  • Nicolas Doumerc
    Department of Urology, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
  • Karel Decaestecker
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Human Structure and Repair Ghent University Ghent Belgium.