Single-Site Robotic Pyeloplasty Employing the Novel-Dedicated da Vinci Platform

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) was proposed with the aims to further reduce the limited invasiveness of conventional laparoscopy. Nevertheless, LESS remains a challenging surgical technique requiring great surgical skills, due to the lack of triangulation and reduced instruments movement. These limitations emerged more clearly when using LESS approach for reconstructive procedures such as pyeloplasty, in which proper suturing is mandatory to provide adequate repair of the stenotic upper urinary tract junction (UPJ).