Assistant port is unnecessary for robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children: a comparative cohort study.

Yavuz Onur Danacıoğlu Ferhat Keser Salih Polat Bilal Gunaydin Yusuf Ilker Comez Mesrur Selçuk Silay

Published in: Pediatric surgery international (2022)

Using an assistant port does not improve the success or complications of RALP, while the cosmetic outcomes are inferior to three-port RALP in children. We suggest avoiding the use of assistant port during RALP in children.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
young adults
laparoscopic surgery
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
glycemic control