Complications of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery
There has been a huge rise in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in urology. This has led to an urgent need for a textbook specifically dedicated to the issues and complications arising from laparoscopic and robotic procedures. With contributions from recog
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Complications of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery
Reza Ghavamian
Complications of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery
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Editor Reza Ghavamian Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Department of Urology Bainbridge Avenue 3400 10461 Bronx, New York USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-60761-675-7 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-676-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-676-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010927497 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is dedicated to All my mentors who taught me medicine and surgery To my patients from whom I have learned abundantly To my loving wife Ann and my dearest daughter Roya who give me ever-present support, joy, and raison d’etre
Preface
There has been an explosion in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in urology. As surgical subspecialists, urologists were slow to embrace minimally invasive surgery at its inception. However, in the last decade, the interest in MIS has grown exponentially in urology. Laparoscopic renal procedures are commonplace, and more and more complex oncologic and reconstructive procedures are performed laparoscopically. Much of this exponential growth has been due to the rapid dissemination of robotic technology, specifically for prostatectomy. Soon afterward, robotic technology was applied to other complex lower tract oncologic and reconstructive procedures. Robotic assistance has also been applied to upper tract urologic procedures such as pyeloplasty but its application for partial nephrectomy is more recent. It has become apparent that robotic technology can serve as an interface between open and laparoscopic surgery for the laparoscopically naïve surgeon. It has certainly been shown to be so for prostatectomy, and whether the same pans out for partial nephrectomy is yet to be seen. As more e
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