What is new in surgical treatment of vesicoureteric reflux?

• Published in: European journal of pediatrics Vol. 166; no. 8; pp. 763 - 768
• Main Author: CALLEWAERT, Piet R. H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.08.2007; Berlin Springer Nature B.V; Springer-Verlag
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Bladder; Child; Child, Preschool; Cystoscopy - methods; Digestive system. Abdomen; Endoscopy; General aspects; Humans; Infections; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - methods; Laparoscopy - trends; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Review; Robotics - methods; Surgery; Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods; Surgical techniques; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Urology; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux - surgery; Pediatrics; Urinary system disease; Treatment; Vesicoureteral reflux; Vesicoureteric reflux Laparoscopy; Surgery; Bladder disease; Laparoscopy; Urinary tract disease; Endoscopy
• ISSN: 0340-6199; 1432-1076
• DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0465-4

In addition to conventional open surgery and endoscopic techniques, laparoscopic correction of vesicoureteric reflux, sometimes even robot-assisted, is becoming an alternative surgical treatment modality for this condition in a number of centres around the world. At least for a subgroup of patients laparoscopists are trying to develop new techniques in an effort to combine the best of both worlds: the minimal invasiveness of the STING and the same lasting effectiveness as in open surgery. The efficacy and potential advantages or disadvantages of these techniques are still under investigation. The different laparoscopic techniques and available data are presented.