International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2023
PURPOSE: Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is the most common renal fusion anomaly, occurring in 0.25% of the population (1). It presents technical obstacles to pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) despite robotic assistance (2, 3). KangDuo...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2023
BACKGROUND: The results and benefits of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) are already established in the literature. However, new robotic platforms have been released recently in the market and their outcomes are still unknown. In this sc...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2023
INTRODUCTION: Even in the era of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), we sometimes encounter patients with severe urinary incontinence after surgery. The aim of the present study was t...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Robotic intracorporeal neobladder reconstruction is a complex procedure in which the approximation of the reservoir to the urethral stump can be a demanding step. The aim of the study is to evaluate the reproducibility of a modified poster...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
PURPOSE: Ovotesticular disorder of sexual development (DSD) is the rarest of DSDs with an incidence of 1:20000 (1). Management of vaginal pouches in such cases is warranted for symptomatic presentations and laparoscopy is considered the gold standard...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the success of a deep learning model in detecting kidney stones in different planes according to stone size on unenhanced computed tomography (CT) images.
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether criteria exist to guide election between the use the three- or four-arm technique in robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) instead of just the surgeon's preference.
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
BACKGROUND: Reports in the literature describe lymphocele formation in up to half of patients following pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) (1) in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), with 1-2% requiring intervention (2). The advantage of s...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2021
INTRODUCTION:: One of the most remarkable characteristics of urothelial carcinomas is multifocality. However, occurrence of synchronous bladder cancer and upper urinary tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) is exceptional. Minimally invasive approach for th...