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Robotic-assisted surgery of the kidney in children is a safe minimally invasive in most children with congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract. Robotic nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, heminephrectomy, pyeloplasty, ureterocalicostomy, and pyelolithotomy have been demonstrated to have equal or favorable outcomes compared with open surgical approaches in children over 6 months of age. Expert surgeon experience and anesthesia and intra-operative bedside assistant support are important for procedural success. Large multi-institutional series have demonstrated safety and surgical success with pyeloplasty and other common robotic renal procedures.
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Elder, J.S. (2018). Robotic Surgery of the Kidney in Children. In: Hemal, A., Menon, M. (eds) Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20645-5_61
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