OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of retroperitoneal laparoscopic and open surgery for the correction of retrocaval ureter. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical data of 14 patients with retrocaval ureter were analyzed retrospectively. Among them, nine were treated by open surgical therapy and five by retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery. The ureter was t...

To report our experience of pure laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic reconstructive surgery in congenital megaureter, seven patients (one bilateral) with symptomatic congenital megaureter underwent pure laparoscopic or robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. The megaureter was exposed at the level of the blood vessel and was isolated to the bladder narrow area. Extreme ureter trim and sub...

UNLABELLED Since the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), laparoscopic approach has been the focus of surgical authorities and continued its technical revolution. With increasing surgical experience, a trend toward even more minimally invasive approaches has led to laparoscopic surgery to new inovations. Current surgical procedures are: four ports (4PLC), still the gold standart technique, ...

Laparoscopic surgery has well-defined benefits for patients and has become accepted over time as a standard access strategy for the management of benign and malignant urologic diseases. Unlike in open surgery, the surgeon is often faced with the additional challenges of specimen retrieval and extraction at the end of laparoscopic extirpative procedures. This final step often requires significan...

PURPOSE Survival data of patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery compared with those who underwent open surgery for rectal cancer are limited. We compared long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery with those of open surgery in patients with rectal cancer. METHODS Between April 2007 and December 2013, a series of 879 patients with rectal cancer underwent surgery with curative intent (287 ...

PURPOSE With the increase in life expectancy, the use of laparoscopic surgery in elderly patients with colon cancer is gaining interest. The aim of this study was to identify the impact of laparoscopic surgery on elderly patients with colon cancer in comparison with open surgery. In addition, we evaluated the role of surgery in elderly patients with colon cancer by assessing long-term outcomes....

The abdominoperineal resection (APR) has been regarded as the gold standard for the surgical treatment of lower-lying rectal cancer (also for cases of sphincter or puborectal muscle invasion) [1]. APRs require the total mesorectal excision of the rectum and anal sphincters, resulting in the formation of a permanent colostomy. Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer is being performed increas...

OBJECTIVES To describe the complications of laparoscopic surgery in general but also specifically in the field of Urology and then analyze the preventive measures that must be taken in order to minimize these complications. METHODS At first we outline the absolute and the relative contraindications of laparoscopic surgery in general. Then we describe the various intra and postoperative compli...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Intestinal ischemia is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Its prognosis depends on a high index of suspicion and effective early treatment. CASE PRESENTATION In the present report, we describe three cases where intestinal ischemia developed following laparoscopic surgery. Case 1 concerns a 52-year-old Caucasian man who developed large bowel ischemia follow...