The learning curve for robotic-assisted pyeloplasty in children: Our initial experience from a single center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robotic-assisted pyeloplasty surgery has become the preferred approach of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in pediatrics. However, to our knowledge, there is limited data on the learning curve for robotic-assisted pyeloplasty in children and no similar study from Saudi Arabia.

Aims

The objective of the study was to evaluate the progression of the surgical team performing robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP) and to assess the feasibility of the RALP in children, since it is having been recently started in the Kingdom.

Settings and design

Retrospective charts and surgical videos review at the tertiary care centre.

Subjects and methods

After approval from the internal review board (IRB), we reviewed the surgical video recording of t

SUBMITTER: Junejo NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978967 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature