ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2019
The Robot-Assisted Extravesical Anti-reflux Surgery: How We Overcame the Learning Curve.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical versus conventional laparoscopic extravesical ureteric reimplantation for pediatric primary vesicoureteric reflux: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2020Pooled it
- Open vs. robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation in a contemporary pediatric cohort: a retrospective single-institution analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Current practices in robotic surgery for distal ureter in children: results from an EAU robotic urology section (ERUS) survey.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Facing the toughest cases: the role of robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation (RALUR) in pediatric urology - a multicenter analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Seven years of pediatric robotic-assisted surgery: insights from 105 procedures.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of the Evolving Role of Robotic Surgery in Pediatrics: Innovations and Future Prospects.Cureus · 2025Review
- Single-center results from the first 100 robotic ureteral reimplantation in children: analysis of learning curve effects.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- From open to robotic surgery in pediatric ureteral reimplantation: overcoming the learning curve for improved outcomes.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Robot-Assisted Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation (REVUR) in Pediatric Patients: A New Standard of Treatment for Patients with VUR-A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Narrative review: robotic pediatric surgery-current status and future perspectives.Translational pediatrics · 2023Review
- Open versus minimally invasive ureteroneocystostomy: trends and outcomes in a NSQIP-P cohort.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Robot-Assisted versus Trans-Umbilical Multiport Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation for Pediatric Benign Distal Ureteral Stricture: Mid-Term Results at a Single Center.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Pediatric robotic urologic procedures: Indications and outcomes.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of IndiaReview
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Abstract
Management of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has evolved over the past several decades, with a trend toward a decrease in surgical management. In spite of this, ureteral reimplantation remains a commonly performed procedure by pediatric urologists in selected cases. Although the basic tenets of the ureteral reimplant procedure remain the same, the extra- vs. intravesical approach, and the traditional open vs. minimally invasive approach remain the primary options to correct reflux. Considering the advantages conferred by the robotic surgery platform, many leading centers have preferentially adopted robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical anti-reflux surgery, or in common surgical parlance, the robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation (RALUR), over pure laparoscopic or open approaches. Predicated on our experience of performing over 170 cases of RALUR, we have made technical modifications which we posit reduce the morbidity of the procedure while offering acceptable outcomes. This review highlights the evolution and establishment of RALUR as a standardization of care in the surgical management of VUR at our institution. In particular, we emphasize the technical nuances and specific challenges encountered through the learning curve in hopes of facilitating this process for others.
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