%O © British Association of Urological Surgeons 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
%D 2022
%X OBJECTIVE: We assessed the safety and feasibility of minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery for horseshoe kidney (HSK). METHOD: A prospectively maintained data set for consecutive patients undergoing robotic kidney surgery was reviewed for patients with HSK. Cases were performed by experienced robotic surgeons, across two high-volume centres between 2016 and 2020. RESULTS: A prospectively maintained data set for consecutive patients undergoing robotic kidney surgery was reviewed for patients with HSK. Cases were performed by experienced robotic surgeons, across two high-volume centres between 2016 and 2020. CONCLUSION: We report one the largest series of robot-assisted surgery on HSK. Robotic surgery is safe and feasible for HSK in centralised high-volume centres with acceptable perioperative outcomes. Established benefits of minimally invasive surgery, such as reduced LOS and low complication rates, were demonstrated. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.
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%J Journal of Clinical Urology
%A A Ng
%A A Nathan
%A N Campain
%A Y Yuminaga
%A F Mumtaz
%A A Gulamhusein
%A M Tran
%A R Barod
%A P Patki
%T Robot-assisted surgery in horseshoe kidneys: A safety and feasibility multi-centre case series