Real-time navigation by three-dimensional virtual reconstruction models in robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction: our initial experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of real-time surgical navigation by three-dimensional (3D) virtual reconstruction models in robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP).

Methods

Between November 2018 and January 2020, 38 patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) who underwent RALP were retrospectively enrolled. The operations were assisted in real time by 3D models in 16 patients, while 22 patients underwent surgery without navigation. Based on whether patients had a prior intervention history, crossing vessels or congenital deformities, we further divided them into the "complicated UPJO" cohort and the "regular UPJO" cohort for subgroup analysis. The demographic characteristics, intraoperative parameters, periope

SUBMITTER: Cheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7844525 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature