Obstruction Pyeloplasty

Urology Centers of Alabama offers robotic laparoscopic surgery for kidney surgery to reconstruct an obstructed ureter and renal pelvis known as a uretero-pelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction. This operation is known as a pyeloplasty and can be done using the da Vinci robot system by several urologists of Urology Centers. The operation involves repairing the connection between the kidney and the ureter with removal of the abnormal area, transposition in front of lower pole vessels, and suturing of the ureter back to the kidney over a ureteral stent. This stent remains in place for a month and is removed in the office.

Pyeloplasty is a very successful kidney surgery with a 95% success rate. In more and more uretero-pelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction cases people are opting for the minimally invasive robotic pyeloplasty because not only does the laparoscopic small incision sites leave only very small scar tissue and less bleeding along with faster healing times but the robotic surgery has the ability to create sutures superior to manual and standard laparoscopic suturing. The robotic pyeloplasty also gives the surgeon a magnified high definition 3D view of the surgery for very precise manipulation.