Michael McCabe, Thomas Osinski, Randeep Kashyap, Jeremy Taylor, Nathan Schuler, Lauren Shepard, Ahmed Ghazi, Katie Helbig, M Katherine Dokus, Amit Nair, Karen Pineda-Solis, Mark Orloff, Guan Wu
INTRODUCTION: Open transplant nephrectomy for failed renal allograft is an invasive procedure associated with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. Minimally invasive surgical approaches have improved a variety of patient outcomes for many surgeries. Thus, robotic assisted transplant nephrectomy (RATN) potentially offers significant patient benefit. Although previously reported, there remains a paucity of data on RATN outcomes and techniques. METHODS: Four perfused, high-fidelity hydrogel models were created using previously described techniques and used for simulated RATN...
2023: JSLS: Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons