Robotic Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma with Vena Caval Tumor Thrombus.

Context: Robotic surgery has significantly advanced the minimally-invasive management of kidney tumors with extension into the inferior vena cava requiring caval cross-clamping and tumor thrombectomy. Additional techniques have recently been developed to continue the evolution of this complex procedure and extend its indications.

Objective: To review the current state of the art as regards robotic nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy (RNIT).

Radical prostatectomy: a single surgeon comparison of retropubic, perineal, and robotic approaches.

Objective: To compare perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes of a single surgeon's experience with retropubic (RRP), perineal (RPP), and robotic assisted (RARP) radical prostatectomy.

Methods: Results from 150 radical prostatectomies performed by a single surgeon were compared. The groups consisted of the last 50 consecutive RRP (group 1) and RPP patients (group 2) and his first 50 RARP patients (group 3).

An unusual case of ureteral tumor in a duplex system.

We report an interesting case of ureteral tumor involving both limbs of an incompletely duplicated ureter. Such a case has not been reported in the literature. A 51-year-old female presented with refractory hematuria.