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UroToday's Laparoscopic & Robotic section is a repository of the clinical publications, clinical trials and investigative science pertaining to the use of laparoscopic and robotic technologies. Also available are conference coverage for all timely laparoscopic and robotic science, audio podcasts and downloadable slides from UroToday's slide library.

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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Comparison of the Learning Curves for Open and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: An International Multicenter Study - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - There has been considerable debate as to the number of cases necessary to complete the learning curve for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Long-Distance Tele-Mentoring: Prospective Trial in Training Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The researchers in Canada report this first ever telementoring program for learning LRP between Hamilton and London, Ontario.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - The Development of a “Mission Rehearsal (Patient Specific)” – Type Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery on Renal Cancer - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Researchers from Japan have truly taken surgical simulation to the next level.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Use of High Fidelity Operating Room Simulation to Assess and Teach Communication, Teamwork and Laparoscopic Skills: Initial Experience - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The Technology & Instrumentation: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment (I) session saw the introduction of several new simulators related to minimally invasive urologic surgery diagnosis and treatment including ureterorenoscopy, laparoscopic renal surgery, robotic surgery and TRUS.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Effects of Ischemia on Human Renal Interstitial Fluid Metabolites - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this elegant study, the authors used a needle implanted microdialysis catheter to monitor levels of glucose, pyruvate, lactate, and glycerol in the renal parenchyma of 10 patients undergoing a laparoscopic nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy;
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Tumor Size and Depth Are Associated with Complications of Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this very important and sobering prospectively collected series of 336 consecutive laparoscopic partial nephrectomies, the authors report a complication rate of 36% of which 6.6% were major in nature;
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Localized T1a Renal Lesions in the Elderly: Outcomes of Laparoscopic Partial and Radical Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The co-morbidities of a patient often dictate the management strategy of their small renal mass. Unknown is whether increasing age should be considered a prognostic co-morbid factor.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - 1000 Patients - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Nephron-sparing surgery is now considered standard of care for small renal masses (less than 4cm).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Future Prospects in Percutaneous Ablative Targeting: Comparison of a Computer-Assisted Navigation System ad the "AcuBot" Robot - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Image-guided ablative therapies are becoming an increasingly utilized approach in treatment of the urologic patient.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Temporary Segmental Renal Artery Occlusion Using a Novel Reverse Phase Polymer for Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in a Swine Model - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Renal vascular clamping with ensuing global warm ischemia is typically necessary during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - An Analysis Of The Causes Of Bladder Neck Contracture After Open And Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Positive Surgical Margins and Their Locations Following Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Ureteroscopy - Flexible Ureteroscopy For Proximal Ureteral Stones In Obese And Non-Obese Patients: Single Surgeon Outcomes - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The recent 2007 AUA guidelines regarding ureteral stones report that ureteroscopy has superior stone free rates over ESWL for distal ureteral stones, but for proximal stones there were too few randomized clinical trials with standardized nomenclature to fully develop an evidence-based guideline.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Ureteroscopy - Bilateral Same-Session Ureteroscopy: Safety and Efficacy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - While same session bilateral ureteroscopy was initially avoided due to fear of increased complications and patient morbidity, there have been several papers in the last 10 years showing that it can be safe in selected patients.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Analgesic Use in Open Versus Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is currently the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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Focus on Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery

Focus on Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery condenses a selection of compelling and relevant science - on topic and chosen by the UroToday.com editorial staff.

View a surgical video of a right laparoscopic radical nephrectomy, presented in four parts, by Ralph V. Clayman, MD, Professor of Urology, University of California at Irvine.

View a surgical video of a left partial laparoscopic nephrectomy, presented in three parts, by Louis R. Kavoussi, MD, Professor of Urology and Ardeshir R. Rastinehad, DO, Resident in Urology, The Institute of Urology at the North Shore LIJ Health System.

View a surgical video of a laparoscopic pyeloplasty performed by Jaime Landman, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Columbia University Dept. of Urology