Laparoscopic pyeloplasty is effective and safe in children with minimal morbidity and gives excellent long-term results. Keywords: Laparoscopic pyeloplasty, pelvi-ureteric junction …

Pyeloplasty is usually a minimally invasive procedure with just a week or two of recovery time. It can help your kidney function properly and relieve symptoms. As with any surgery, ask your …

The pyeloplasty operation removes a blockage that is keeping urine from reaching the bladder. In most cases, pyeloplasty physically cuts out a blocked part of the tube for urine.

What is pyeloplasty? Pyeloplasty is the surgical reconstruction of the renal pelvis (a part of the kidney) to drain and decompress the kidney. In nearly all cases, the goal of the surgery is to …

Robotic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical allows the pediatric robotic surgeons at Children’s Hospital to perform minimally invasive reconstructive …

In this study, we aim to evaluate whether open pyeloplasty is still a safe and reliable procedure with good cosmetic results especially in infants under 1 year of age. 2. Materials and Methods. …

Robotic pyeloplasty has become a natural progression from the development of open, then laparoscopic procedures to treat pediatric patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction …

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP) has been widely utilized within pediatric urology as RALP provides additional advantages to laparoscopic pyeloplasty including a more …

Kathy Huen, MD, MPH, is a fellowship-trained pediatric urologist at UCLA. Dr. Huen is passionate about caring for infants, children and adolescents with conditions involving the kidneys, …

Pyeloplasty is a surgical procedure used to treat ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children. Learn more about this procedure from the experts at Children's Health.