Transabdominal and transvesical laparoscopic correction of vesico-vaginal fistula: 42 cases experience.

Introduction And Objective: Several methods and techniques have been described for the treatment of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) including abdominal, vaginal and endoscopic approaches. The development of laparoscopic surgery minimizes the morbidity associated with laparotomy, reducing the period of convalescence, being increasingly used in the management of VVF. This aim of this study is to present 42 cases of laparoscopic vesicovaginal fistula repair and to evaluate their results.

Perioperative Outcomes of Robotic and Laparoscopic Simple Prostatectomy: A European-American Multi-institutional Analysis.

Background: Laparoscopic and robotic simple prostatectomy (SP) have been introduced with the aim of reducing the morbidity of the standard open technique.

Objective: To report a large multi-institutional series of minimally invasive SP (MISP).

Design, Setting, And Participants: Consecutive cases of MISP done for the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) due to benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) between 2000 and 2014 at 23 participating institutions in the Americas and Europe were included in this retrospective analysis.

Ovariohysterectomy in a dog by a hybrid NOTES technique.

This report demonstrates the feasibility of an elective ovariosalpingohysterectomy by natural transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) hybrid technique in a dog. A 5-mm abdominal cannula was used in combination with a 10-mm cannula (vaginal access). The patient's quick recovery and the absence of complications are indicative of the effectiveness of this surgery.

Laparoscopic treatment of Poland's syndrome using the omentum flap technique.

Objective: For patients with Poland's syndrome, a transverse skin fold in the anterior axillary pillar, infra-clavicular depression and an anomalous breast contour are the most uncomfortable disfigurements. This study aims to demonstrate that superior aesthetic results can be achieved by using a laparoscopically harvested omentum flap to treat this condition.

Methods: From a prospectively maintained clinical database of patients undergoing a laparoscopic omentum flap procedure for breast reconstruction, all of the patients with Poland's syndrome were identified and their outcomes were studied.

Aesthetic improvements in Poland's syndrome treatment with omentum flap.

Background: There are many techniques that can be used to reconstruct anomalous breast volume in Poland's syndrome, but repair of the stigmatizing deformities such as the transverse skin fold in the anterior axillary pillar, infraclavicular depression, and anomalous breast contours continues to be a challenge. This study aimed to demonstrate the superior results of laparoscopically harvested omentum flap to achieve these aesthetic improvements.

Methods: Patients with Poland's syndrome from a clinical database were identified and their outcomes were studied.

Training for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS).

Background: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) is a laparoscopic surgery in which a single small incision is made, associated with the use of a special device (single-port), or several small incisions grouped in one location (single-incision) are made, through which the laparoscopic trocars are inserted. The incision is made in the abdomen, preferably in the umbilicus. Certain peculiarities are noted in this approach, such as the difficulty, and sometimes the impossibility, of centering the image, the need to move both the camera and instruments together, requiring even more delicate and precise movements than in laparoscopy.

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: 10 years experience.

Purpose: The authors assess the morbidity, functional results and oncologic follow-up of a series of laparoscopic radical prostatectomies performed in over a 10-year period.

Materials And Methods: The data on 780 laparoscopic radical prostatectomies performed between September 1997 and December 2007 were stored in a personal database. The following parameters are described and critically analyzed: operative time, blood transfusions, conversions, length of hospital stay, complications, functional results of sexual potency and urinary continence, surgical margins and oncologic follow-up.

Surgical margins in radical prostatectomy: a comparison between retropubic and laparoscopic surgery.

Objectives: To compare positive surgical margins in both radical retropubic prostatectomies and laparoscopic surgery in two reference centres in Brazil.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and seventy nine pathological studies from patients, who underwent radical prostatectomy due to prostate adenocarcinoma, 89 submitted to retropubic surgery and 90 to laparoscopic surgery, were analyzed. Inclusion criteria Patients with PSA View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Complications in laparoscopic radical cystectomy. The South American experience with 59 cases.

Objective: In this study, we have gathered the second largest series yet published on laparoscopic radical cystectomy in order to evaluate the incidence and cause of intra and postoperative complication, conversion to open surgery, and patient mortality.

Materials And Methods: From 1997 to 2005, 59 laparoscopic radical cystectomies were performed for the management of bladder cancer at 3 institutions in South America. Twenty nine patients received continent urinary diversion, including 25 orthotopic ileal neobladders and 4 Indiana pouches.

Laparoscopic prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia--a six-year experience.

Purpose: The Authors present their results using laparoscopic prostatectomy in the treatment of large benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Materials And Methods: Between March 1999 and March 2005, 60 patients were submitted to laparoscopic prostatectomy with vascular control for large BPH. The demographic, operative period and outcome data were recorded.

Laparoscopic repair of vesicovaginal fistula.

Purpose: Vesicovaginal fistula may be a complication of urogynecologic surgery. We describe the technique of laparoscopic repair of vesicovaginal fistula as performed at our 2 institutions.

Materials And Methods: Since August 1998 laparoscopic repair of vesicovaginal fistula was performed in 15 select patients who had clear indications to undergo surgical treatment through an abdominal approach.

Urethral metastasis of lung carcinoma with germinative cell features.

Introduction: We present the case of a patient with urethral metastasis of a lung carcinoma with germinative cell features.

Case Report: A White, 57-year old man underwent urologic assessment due to gross hematuria. Patient was being treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy during the past 3 months due to primary carcinoma of the lung with brain metastasis.

Laparoscopic partial cystectomy in bladder cancer -- initial experience.

Proposal: The authors present their initial experience with a selected group of patients who underwent laparoscopic partial cystectomy for treating bladder cancer.

Materials And Methods: In the period from June 1997 to April 2000, 6 patients, aged between 38 and 76 years, having transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, were identified as candidates to partial cystectomy. The procedure employed consisted in laparoscopic partial cystectomy and lymphadenectomy with exclusive intracorporeal suture technique.