The use of robotic surgery for the management of urethral strictures and bladder neck contractures: A systematic review.

Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed)

Grupo de Trabajo de Urología Reconstructiva y Trauma Urológico de la Sección de Jóvenes Urólogos Académicos - Asociación Europea de Urología, The netherlands; Servicio de Urología, Centro Médico Universitario Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburgo, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: November 2024

Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to offer a comprehensive view of the current use of robotic surgery for the treatment of urethral strictures and bladder neck contractures.

Methods: A systematic review of the current literature was conducted through the Medline and NCBI PubMed, Embase databases in December 2023. Keywords used were "robotic" and "robotic-assisted" combined with "urethroplasty", "urethral stricture", and "bladder neck contracture". All papers published after 2000, concerning studies conducted on humans for urethral strictures and bladder neck contractures managed with robotic surgery were considered for the review. Only procedures involving a direct approach to urethra/bladder neck and/or graft harvesting for urethroplasty have been included.

Results: A total of 275 articles were evaluated after the strategy search and only 11 articles were considered eligible for the final analysis. The studies included a series of between a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 104 patients, for a total of 203 patients. The robotic surgery was performed mainly for the treatment of bladder neck contracture and posterior urethra. In some reports, the robotic system was used for graft harvesting, subsequently used with an open perineal technique. The follow-up presented in the different studies is very heterogeneous. However, most studies have high success rates, with recurrence and redo surgery rates generally below 20%. Likewise, post-procedure incontinence rates are low.

Conclusions: The outcomes presented in the literature, combined with the minimally invasive nature, suggest a possible growing role for robotic surgery in the coming years in the treatment of these diseases.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acuroe.2024.11.006DOI Listing

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