Supine mini PCNL in infants using conventional cystoscope.

Background: This report presents a simplified technique for supine mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in infants using a conventional compact cystoscope. This approach utilizes instruments commonly available in pediatric urology, enhancing accessibility in resource-limited settings.

Technique: After informed consent and under general anaesthesia (GA), the patient was placed supine with flank elevation.

Peritoneal Window With Omental Interposition as a Prophylactic Measure to Prevent Post-Renal Transplant Lymphocele: A Pilot Study.

Introduction:  Renal transplant is considered to be the most optimum treatment option for chronic kidney disease. One common post-operative complication that can compromise the graft function is lymphocele. Despite the technical advances, the incidence of lymphocele is not negligible.

Laparoscopic Retrograde Nephrectomy as a Troubleshooting Technique to Prevent Open Conversion: The Technique Description With a Review of 40 Cases.

Introduction Laparoscopic nephrectomies are safe, with low complication rates in skilled hands. However, traditional approaches may be unsuitable for conditions such as post-renal abscesses, long-standing urinomas, non-functioning kidneys post-pyeloplasty, pyelolithotomies, post-partial nephrectomy recurrences, tuberculous kidneys, pyelonephritis, and redo-renal surgeries. This study describes a modified retrograde nephrectomy technique and its outcomes in 40 cases.

A Novel Technique of Renorrhaphy in Difficult Partial Nephrectomies by Single-Layered Parenchymal Imbrication.

Background In partial nephrectomies, achieving the trifecta outcome of negative tumor margins, no surgical complications, and minimal decline in renal function depends on various factors, with the complexity of the tumor described by the nephrometry score being chief among them. These factors often motivate surgeons toward a minimally invasive route even if the preferred route is an open approach. We describe an innovative renorrhaphy technique that overcomes the commonly encountered difficulty in reconstructing the renal parenchyma after resecting a complex tumor with a single-layered parenchymal imbrication (SLPI) technique.

The Impact of En-bloc Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour on Clinical, Pathological and Oncological Outcomes: A Cohort Study.

Background En-bloc transurethral resection of bladder tissue (ETURBT) has recently been proposed as a good alternative technique to trans-urethral resection of bladder tissue (TURBT) in terms of outcomes for bladder carcinoma. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the technique in terms of clinical, pathological and oncological outcomes. Methodology In this prospective study, data was collected from patients who underwent ETURBT for bladder space-occupying lesions between June 2021 and June 2022.

Influence of tumor size in the progression of venous tumor thrombus in renal cell carcinoma: A 7-year single-center experience.

Objective: The objective of the study is to describe the perioperative outcomes, disease-specific, and overall survival status in patients diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombus.

Patients And Methods: We did a retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent radical nephrectomy along with IVC thrombectomy from the year 2013 to 2020. Mayo's classification was used to stratify the level of IVC thrombus.

Extragonadal mixed germ cell tumor of the seminal vesicle.

Primary malignancies of the seminal vesicles are rare. Presentation of extragonadal germ cell tumor in the seminal vesicle is even rarer. We report a case of a 26-year-old male who presented with hematuria and lower urinary tract symptoms, which on imaging turned out to be a right seminal vesicle mass.

Non-urological cause of bilateral hydroureteronephrosis.

Bilateral hydroureteronephrosis in a patient with central diabetes insipidus is a rare condition. This rare presentation poses unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Herein, we report a case of diabetes insipidus associated with bilateral hydroureteronephrosis and discuss its clinical and radiographic findings with a special focus on the urological aspects.

Robotic Management of Pelvic Lipomatosis-Experience with Difficulties Encountered and the Techniques to Successful Outcomes.

Background: Pelvic lipomatosis (PL) is a rare condition characterized by diffuse pelvic overgrowth of nonmalignant but infiltrative adipose tissue in perivesical and perirectal space.

Objective: To share our robotic experience and difficulties encountered and suggested techniques to overcome them successfully. It is the first series from India.

A Hemostatic Technique in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy and Its Impact on Renal Function.

Purpose Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) has become popular in recent years for small renal masses. We describe a technique of suturing renal defects during RAPN that is reliable and quick, does not necessitate the need for hemostatic agents, and reduces perioperative complications. Materials and methods A total of 24 patients who underwent RAPN were included in the study period between 2013 and 2018 and data were analyzed.

A Prospective Study on the Efficacy of Cognitive Targeted Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Biopsy in Diagnosing Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer.

Purpose: We present our study, done to identify the diagnostic yield of cognitive targeted biopsy using mpMRI data, to diagnose clinically significant prostate cancers, in a cohort of biopsy and treatment naive men.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective, single institutional study, done from September 2018 to March 2020 in 75 biopsy naive men. The patients with 3, 4 and 5 PIRADS scores underwent mpMRI cognitive target biopsy (mpMRI CTB) followed by standard biopsy (SB) in the same setting by two different urologists.

In situ Management of Large Upper Ureteric Calculus by Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Era of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery.

Purpose: The aim of the study is to demonstrate the ease and success of in situ management of large upper ureteric stones with mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

Methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted in the Department of Urology between January 2018 and June 2019. All patients underwent standard prone mini PCNL with 15Fr amplatz with 80 cases of fluoroscopic and 12 cases of ultrasound guided access.

Day-case robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery: Feasibility and safety.

Objective: The delivery of surgical services has undergone a shift in the past decade with increasing numbers of surgeries being performed in the daycare setting. Implementing a minimally invasive surgical approach with a robot with an enhanced recovery protocol permits robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries (RALS) to be performed as a day-case (DC) procedure. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and safety of DC surgery according to our experience.

Acquired post cesarean uretero-uterine fistula - a rare entity.

In this contemporary era,ureteric injuries are not uncommon. They are inadvertent and overwhelming complication following pelvic surgeries.We describe a case of Uretero-uterine fistula (UUF) in a 36 year old woman, who underwent repeat lower cesarean section two months earlier, admitted with complaints of paradoxical incontinence of urine and copious watery vaginal discharge.

Bladder Neck Resection Combined with Ten Point Intralesional Mitomycin C Injection in Management of Refractory Bladder Neck Contracture in Post TURP Status: A Single-Center, 2-Year Experience.

Purpose: Bladder neck contracture is an annoying problem for patients as well as urologists. Recurrence still remains a common problem associated with significant morbidity. This study evaluated the efficacy and side effects of mitomycin C (MMC) which has anti-fibroblast as well as anti-collagen properties in the deterrence of bladder neck contracture (BNC) recurrence after transurethral bladder neck resection (TUBNR).