Challenges associated with the K-wire technique for external urinary drainage in pediatric laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: pnikolinakos@yahoo.gr.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK.
³ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
⁶ Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
⁷ UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Comment

Panagiotis Nikolinakos et al. J Pediatr Urol. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;20(1):149-150.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.09.002. Epub 2023 Sep 9.

¹ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: pnikolinakos@yahoo.gr.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK.
³ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Penteli Children's Hospital, 8 Ippokratous STR, 15236 Athens, Greece.
⁶ Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
⁷ UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Urology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Kirschner wire; Laparoscopic surgery; Pediatric pyeloplasty; Urology.

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Conflict of interest None.

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Evaluation of the K-wire technique for external urinary drainage in pediatric laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
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