Vol 5, No 4 (October 31, 2016): Translational Pediatrics (Focused on Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pediatric Urology)

Preface

Preface
Ciro Esposito
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Review Article

Instrumentation for minimally invasive surgery in pediatric urology
Dalia Gobbi, Paola Midrio, Piergiorgio Gamba
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Laparoscopy or retroperitoneoscopy: which is the best approach in pediatric urology?
Dimitrios Antoniou, Christos Karetsos
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Pediatric anesthesia for minimally invasive surgery in pediatric urology
Gianmario Spinelli, Maria Vargas, Gianfranco Aprea, Giuseppe Cortese, Giuseppe Servillo
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The laparoscopic approach for repair of indirect inguinal hernias in infants and children
David Juang, Jason D. Fraser, George W. Holcomb III
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Original Article

Surgical approaches for varicocele in pediatric patient
Alejandra Parrilli, Agnese Roberti, Maria Escolino, Ciro Esposito
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Review Article

Current management of non-palpable testes: a literature review and clinical results
Ximena Sepúlveda, Pedro-José López Egaña
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Systematic Review

What’s the best minimal invasive approach to pediatric nephrectomy and heminephrectomy: conventional laparoscopy (CL), single-site (LESS) or robotics (RAS)?
Holger Till, Ali Basharkhah, Andras Hock
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Original Article

Retroperitoneal and laparoscopic heminephrectomy in duplex kidney in infants and children
Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Marco Castagnetti, Antonio Savanelli, Angela La Manna, Alessandra Farina, Francesco Turrà, Agnese Roberti, Alessandro Settimi, Francois Varlet, Holger Till, Jean Stephan Valla
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Review Article

Pyeloplasty techniques using minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in pediatric patients
Francesco Turrà, Maria Escolino, Alessandra Farina, Alessandro Settimi, Ciro Esposito, François Varlet
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Original Article

Laparoscopic transposition of lower pole crossing vessels (vascular hitch) in children with pelviureteric junction obstruction
Ciro Esposito, Cosimo Bleve, Maria Escolino, Paolo Caione, Simona Gerocarni Nappo, Alessandra Farina, Maria Grazia Caprio, Mariapina Cerulo, Angela La Manna, Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza
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Minimal access surgery in the management of pediatric urolithiasis
Ana Catarina Fragoso, Henry Steyaert, Pierre Arnaud, Ciro Esposito, Jose´ Estevao-Costa, Jean-Stephane Valla
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Percutaneous endoscopic treatment for urinary stones in pediatric patients: where we are now
Paolo Caione, Giuseppe Collura, Michele Innocenzi, Mauro De Dominicis, Simona Gerocarni Nappo, Nicola Capozza
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Laparoscopic management of urachal cysts
Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza, Cosimo Bleve
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Review Article

Treatment of vesico-ureteral reflux in infants and children using endoscopic approaches
Manabu Okawada, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Alessandra Farina, Mariapina Cerulo, Francesco Turrà, Atsuyuki Yamataka
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Systematic Review

Laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation (LEVUR): a systematic review
Alessandra Farina, Ciro Esposito, Maria Escolino, Manuel Lopez, Alessandro Settimi, François Varlet
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Review Article

Laparoscopic approach for gonadectomy in pediatric patients with intersex disorders
Andres Calvo, Maria Escolino, Alessandro Settimi, Agnese Roberti, Maria Grazia Caprio, Ciro Esposito
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Minimally invasive surgery in management of renal tumours in children
Kathrine Olaussen Eriksen, Navroop Singh Johal, Imran Mushtaq
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Training for MIS in pediatric urology: proposition of a structured training curriculum
Maria Escolino, Francesco Turrà, Alessandro Settimi, Ciro Esposito
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Disclosure:

The focused issue “Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pediatric Urology” was commissioned by the editorial office, Translational Pediatrics without any sponsorship or funding. Ciro Esposito served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the focused issue.