How to manage a partial detachment of the ureter - too close to the anastomosis line- during robotic radical prostatectomy?

We present a technique to ensure the successful outcome in cases of a partial detachment of the ureter during RARP. When the orifice is identified after the incision of the bladder neck and it appears very close to the anastomosis line setting up a partial detachment of the ureter, before implanting a DJ stent, one tip could be to perform a small incision of the anterior wall of the orifice to spatulate it and then proceeding to a short slip of the ureter: the eversion of the mucosa - creating a sort of "folded shirt cuff"- allows the fixation of the ureter to the bladder wall. We successfully performed this technique in two cases of RARP. PMID: 32003206 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research