Patient Selection, Risks, and Alternative Surgical Strategies
Aa Ba C GH PB TVL Ap Bp D Stage 0: no prolapse is demonstrated. Aa, Ba, Ap, Bp = −3 and C or D ≤ −(TVL-2) cm Stage 1: The most distal portion…
Additional Gynecologic Indications for Robotic-Assisted Surgery
RAS vs. laparotomy RAS vs. laparoscopy Myomectomy OR time Longer Same (slightly longer) EBL Less Less LOS Shorter Same Recovery Faster Same Complications Fewer Same Clinical outcome Same RAS:…
Complications of Robotic Urologic Surgery
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jennifer T. Anger and Karyn S. Eilber (eds.)The Use of Robotic Technology in Female Pelvic Floor Reconstruction https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59611-2_15 15. Complications of Robotic Urologic Surgery Kathleen C. Kobashi1 (1) Virginia Mason Medical Center,…
Selection of Concomitant Vaginal Procedures
Fig. 3.1 DeLancey’s levels of vaginal support . Reprinted from American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 166 No. 6 (1), John O.L. DeLancey, Anatomic aspect of vaginal eversion, page…
The Role of Power Morcellation and Controversies
Fig. 8.1 Power morcellation device . The toothed grasper is used to deliver the tissue to be morcellated to the rotating cylindrical blade housed by the external beveled sheath Prior…
Introduction
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jennifer T. Anger and Karyn S. Eilber (eds.)The Use of Robotic Technology in Female Pelvic Floor Reconstruction https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59611-2_1 1. Introduction Jennifer T. Anger1 and Karyn S. Eilber1 (1) Department of Surgery, Division of Urology,…
Sacrohysteropexy
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jennifer T. Anger and Karyn S. Eilber (eds.)The Use of Robotic Technology in Female Pelvic Floor Reconstruction https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59611-2_9 9. Sacrohysteropexy Bilal Chughtai1 and Dominique Thomas1 (1) Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine/New-York…
A Brief History of Radiological Imaging and Its Application in Urology
Fig. 13.1 Left humerus radiograph demonstrates a lytic osseous lesion with expansion consistent with a metastatic renal cell carcinoma lesion Retrograde pyelography was first described by Friedrich Voelcker and Alexander…
The History of Shockwave Lithotripsy
Fig. 11.1 (a) Light gas gun. (b) Scheme of lithotripsy. (c) Target and destructed kidney stone In 1971 at the symposium of the German Physical Society, the first results were…
Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Renal Tumors
Fig. 16.1 Placement of three to four fiber-optic temperature probes (Lumasense, Santa Clara, CA) are placed at the peripheral and deep margins 5 mm from the tumor-parenchymal interface. This allows…
