A 5 day intensive RALP M-R course seems to encourage postgraduate urologists, already familiar with laparoscopy, to successfully incorporate robotic surgery into their practice. The take rate, or the percentage of participants performing robotic-assisted surgery within 14 months after M-R, was 95%. Continued follow-up will ultimately determine the long-term effectiveness of this 1 week intensive training programme for postgraduate urologists.
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystoprostatectomy with intracorporeal ileal neobladder construction is technically feasible. However, its role in the management of invasive bladder cancer remains to be defined.
We describe using hemostatic gelatin matrix (FloSeal; Baxter Inc., Irvine, CA) to provide hemostasis of the tract after percutaneous nephrolithotomy, thereby obviating a nephrostomy tube. For patients who are rendered stone free, a 7F, 11.5-mm occlusion balloon catheter, passed retrograde, is used to occlude the collecting system at the level of entry of the 30F Amplatz sheath. FloSeal is then injected through the partially retracted Amplatz sheath while withdrawing the applicator and the sheath in tandem. The guidewire is withdrawn per urethra until its tip resides in the renal pelvis. A 36-cm, 7F tail stent is passed retrograde, and the skin is closed with cyanoacrylate adhesive (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ). A Foley catheter is placed, to be removed the next morning; the patient can be discharged on postoperative day 1. The ureteral stent is removed in 5 to 7 days as an outpatient procedure.
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