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. 2025 Mar;135(3):535-538.
doi: 10.1111/bju.16537. Epub 2024 Oct 3.

Single-port robot-assisted nephroureterectomy via a supine anterior approach: step-by-step technique

Alessandro Izzo  1 , Gianluca Spena  1 , Giovanni Grimaldi  1 , Giuseppe Quarto  1 , Luigi Castaldo  1 , Raffaele Muscariello  1 , Dario Franzese  1 , Francesco Passaro  1 , Riccardo Autorino  2 , Antonio Tufano  1 , Sisto Perdonà  1
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Single-port robot-assisted nephroureterectomy via a supine anterior approach: step-by-step technique

Alessandro Izzo et al. BJU Int. 2025 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Da Vinci single port; UTUC; lower anterior access; nephroureterectomy; retroperitoneal; robotic surgery; supine anterior retroperitoneal access.

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Patient position for a supine anterior retroperitoneal access approach.
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Skin incision at the McBurney point.
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The SP ‘Access‐Port’ and ‘Side‐car’ positioned AirSeal trocar.
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