Long-term oncological and functional results of extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: one surgical team's experience on 1,600 consecutive cases.

Purpose: To determine the oncologic and functional outcomes of ELRP on a single surgical team's series.

Methods: A total of 1,600 consecutive ELRP patients were recorded with a 2-year follow-up. In 778 patients, a 5-year follow-up was available.

A single institute's experience in retroperitoneal laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty: results with 86 consecutive patients.

Purpose: To report our institute's retroperitoneal technique of laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) and present results of 86 consecutive patients.

Patients And Methods: From January 2004 to January 2009, 86 patients who were affected with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) underwent retroperitoneal LP. In all operations, a four-port, balloon-dissecting, retroperitoneal approach was used and a simple "personalized" modification of the conventional Anderson-Hynes technique consisting of an approaching and stabilizing stitch made between the renal pelvis and proximal ureter.