View source for A16. Role of minimal invasive procedures in urology

A minimally invasive procedure usually refers to a [[laparoscopic surgery]], but one can also consider cystoscopic procedures like [[Ureteral stent|ureteral stenting]] or [[percutaneous nephrostomy]] as minimally invasive procedures as well. Laparoscopy and robot-assisted techniques are widely used in urology. 

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) may be associated with less bleeding and shorter hospital stay than open surgery. 

Kidney surgery, especially partial [[nephrectomy]] benefits from robot assistance. 

* Advantages of minimally invasive procedures
** Lower infection
** Faster recovery
** Less time spent in hospital
** Smaller scar
** Less postoperative pain
* Disadvantages of minimally invasive procedures
** Difficult to learn
** Longer operation time
** Limited view
* Laparoscopic nephrectomy
** Radical nephrectomy – Small RCC
** Simple nephrectomy – benign kidney tumour
* Laparoscopic nephropexy
** For nephroptosis
* Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy
** For urothelial cancer
* Laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy
[[Category:Urology (POTE course)]]