Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture

Objective: The single port robotic transvesical approach has been used for simple and radical prostatectomy. This video shows a single port, transvesical approach to a bladder neck contracture repair. Patients and surgical procedure: The patient is a 66-year-old male with a history of BPH and two pr...

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Main Authors: Courtney Yong, Ethan Ferguson
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Urology Video Journal
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description Objective: The single port robotic transvesical approach has been used for simple and radical prostatectomy. This video shows a single port, transvesical approach to a bladder neck contracture repair. Patients and surgical procedure: The patient is a 66-year-old male with a history of BPH and two prior TURPs. He developed a bladder neck contracture and underwent an incision of the bladder neck. However, his symptoms returned, and he went into retention requiring indwelling catheterization. Cystoscopy showed a short, 16Fr bladder neck contracture. He elected for a robotic bladder neck contracture repair. The repair was performed with the single port robot using the transvesical approach. We made a 3 cm suprapubic incision, accessed the space of Retzius through the midline, filled the bladder, and made a small cystotomy. The access port was placed directly into the bladder. We dissected around the contracture and carried the dissection distally toward the urethra. We excised the contracture at the verumontanum. The urothelium was advanced to the urethra using two running 3–0 stratafix sutures. A catheter was place prior to closure of the bladder and fascia. Results: The procedure time was 106 min with 55 min of console time and little blood loss. Pathology showed urothelium with inflammation and fibrosis. The patient was discharged with an indwelling catheter, which was removed on postoperative day 6. The patient was able to void to completion. At one month follow up, he was continent. Cystoscopy showed a patent, healing bladder neck and healing cystotomy closure. At around 9 months follow up, the patient was voiding well with Qmax 17.3 ml/s and PVR 3 ml. He has urinary frequency and urgency managed with oral medications. Conclusions: The transvesical single port robotic approach is a minimally invasive option for repair of bladder neck contracture. While this patient had a short stricture, longer or denser strictures may require more complex reconstruction such as Y-V-plasty or even prostatectomy. However, the single port robot would also facilitate these intraoperative adjustments.
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spelling doaj-art-5f8c4ffa236d45459baf141b0b47f6fa2024-12-28T05:22:37ZengElsevierUrology Video Journal2590-08972025-03-0125100324Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contractureCourtney Yong0Ethan Ferguson1Corresponding author.; Indiana University School of Medicine, United StatesIndiana University School of Medicine, United StatesObjective: The single port robotic transvesical approach has been used for simple and radical prostatectomy. This video shows a single port, transvesical approach to a bladder neck contracture repair. Patients and surgical procedure: The patient is a 66-year-old male with a history of BPH and two prior TURPs. He developed a bladder neck contracture and underwent an incision of the bladder neck. However, his symptoms returned, and he went into retention requiring indwelling catheterization. Cystoscopy showed a short, 16Fr bladder neck contracture. He elected for a robotic bladder neck contracture repair. The repair was performed with the single port robot using the transvesical approach. We made a 3 cm suprapubic incision, accessed the space of Retzius through the midline, filled the bladder, and made a small cystotomy. The access port was placed directly into the bladder. We dissected around the contracture and carried the dissection distally toward the urethra. We excised the contracture at the verumontanum. The urothelium was advanced to the urethra using two running 3–0 stratafix sutures. A catheter was place prior to closure of the bladder and fascia. Results: The procedure time was 106 min with 55 min of console time and little blood loss. Pathology showed urothelium with inflammation and fibrosis. The patient was discharged with an indwelling catheter, which was removed on postoperative day 6. The patient was able to void to completion. At one month follow up, he was continent. Cystoscopy showed a patent, healing bladder neck and healing cystotomy closure. At around 9 months follow up, the patient was voiding well with Qmax 17.3 ml/s and PVR 3 ml. He has urinary frequency and urgency managed with oral medications. Conclusions: The transvesical single port robotic approach is a minimally invasive option for repair of bladder neck contracture. While this patient had a short stricture, longer or denser strictures may require more complex reconstruction such as Y-V-plasty or even prostatectomy. However, the single port robot would also facilitate these intraoperative adjustments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259008972400063XRobotic surgical proceduresUrinary bladderContracture
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Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture
Urology Video Journal
Robotic surgical procedures
Urinary bladder
Contracture
title Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture
title_full Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture
title_fullStr Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture
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title_short Single port robotic transvesical repair of bladder neck contracture
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topic Robotic surgical procedures
Urinary bladder
Contracture
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