Interest areas for training in endourology, laparoscopy and robotics: results of a multicentric survey among Spanish residents.

Objectives: To determine the current status of the training of Urology Resident's in Laparoscopic surgery, robotics and endourology.

Methods: We performed a survey among Spanish Urology Residents between 2011 and may 2012. We designed a survey that was disseminated through the web page of the Spanish Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery (SECLA) (www.

Cost is not a drawback to perform laparoscopic appendectomy in an academic hospital.

Appendectomy is the most frequently performed emergent surgical procedure in western countries. There is still controversy about which alternative is clinically and economically superior: open or laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). Our aim was to determine clinical outcomes and cost of both procedures in our academic institution.

Robotic Anderson-Hynes dismembered pyeloplasty: initial experience.

Introduction: The introduction of the da Vinci(®) robotic system in 2000 has been a new step forward in the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). The aim of this study was to analyse our initial experience with robot-assisted dismembered Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty and to perform a bibliographic review on the topic.

Patients And Methods: We performed 11 robot-assisted pyeloplasties between March 2007 and April 2011.

Laparoscopic and robotic distal gastrectomy for gastrointestinal stromal tumour: case report.

Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumours of the digestive tract. The most frequent site of occurrence is the stomach. Due to the high potential for malignancy of GIST, resection should be the first-line treatment.

Robotic assistance may reduce conversion to open in rectal carcinoma laparoscopic surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: We hypothesized that robotic assistance (RARS) could provide better intraoperative and short-term outcomes than a traditional laparoscopic approach (LARS) to rectal cancer surgery.

Methods: Systematic review of the literature, including electronic searches and communications to international robotic meetings.

Inclusion Criteria: studies involving rectal cancer patients and comparing outcomes of robotic surgery vs laparoscopic surgery.