Flexible Ureterorenoscopy and Robotic Surgery
Erdal Alkan, MD, Oguz Ozkanli, MD, Mevlana Derya Balbay, MD
Department of Urology, Memorial S ¸is ¸li Hospital, Okmeydanı, S ¸is ¸li-, ˙ Istanbul, Turkey (Drs. Alkan, Balbay).
Department of Anesthesiology, Memorial S ¸is ¸li Hospital, Okmeydanı, S ¸is ¸li-, ˙ Istanbul, Turkey (Dr. Ozkanli).
ABSTRACT
Introduction: We present the feasibility of flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy concomitant with robot-assisted radical
prostatectomy and bilaterally extended pelvic lymphadenectomy.
Methods: Two patients underwent flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, and pelvic
lymphadenectomy at one anesthesia session. Flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy was performed first. Later, robotic
prostatectomy and lymphadenectomy were performed with the patient in the exaggerated 30° Trendelenburg position. All
relevant preoperative clinical details, intraoperative details, problems encountered, complications, hospital stay, postop-
erative recovery, pathologic findings, and clinical follow-up were assessed.
Results: Both patients were discharged uneventfully from the hospital on the third postoperative day. In the postoperative
first month, the double-J stents were removed. Both patients were prescribed hormonal treatment and were also referred
for radiotherapy due to final pathology and postoperative prostate-specific antigen levels.
Conclusion: Combining robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and flexible ureteroscopy is feasible in patients with urinary
stone disease and prostate cancer concomitantly.
Key Words: Flexible ureterorenoscopy, Urolithiasis, Robotic surgery, Prostate cancer, One anesthesia session.
INTRODUCTION
Urinary stones are one of the most common conditions
that affect the kidneys,
1
and the lifetime risk of urolithiasis
in the general population is 13% in men and 7% in
women.
2
Although there are various treatment modalities
such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy, shock wave lith-
otripsy, open surgery, and ureteroscopic lithotripsy for
kidney stone disease, retrograde intrarenal surgery with
flexible ureteroscope has been found recently to have a
good success rate for the management of renal stones.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common male cancer in
developed countries
3
and can be completely treatable
when it is organ confined. In this stage, the most preferred
treatment is radical prostatectomy (RP). Open RP, laparo-
scopic RP, and robot-assisted RP are surgical options for
the management of localized PCa. Herein, we report 2
patients with left kidney stones and localized PCa who
underwent left flexible ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy
(FURS-L), robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP),
and robot-assisted bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy
(RABPL) at one anesthesia session.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Between February 2012 and September 2012, 2 patients
with PCa and left kidney stones were admitted to our
clinic. Biochemical tests including kidney function tests,
hemogram, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate amino-
transferase, and alkaline phosphatase all demonstrated
normal limits in both patients. Because of their elevated
prostate-specific antigen (PSA), levels both patients were
investigated with bone scintigraphy and abdominopelvic
computed tomography (CT) scans for staging purposes
(Table 1). The CT scans showed concomitant left kidney
stones in addition to localized PCa. Patients were in-
formed of their stone disease and its complications, as
well as treatment options, including FURS-L, and both
Citation Alkan E, Ozkanli O, Balbay MD. Flexible ureterorenoscopy and robotic surgery. CRSLS e2014.00107. DOI: 10.4293/CRSLS.2014.00107.
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