Robot-assisted Vescica Ileale Padovana: A New Technique for Intracorporeal Bladder Replacement Reproducing Open Surgical Principles
The Vescica Ileale Padovana (VIP) was first described in 1989 as a technique for total bladder replacement and gained popularity due to technical simplicity and functional advantages. Our preliminary results showed that robot-assisted VIP appears to be a feasible technique for robot-assisted totally intracorporeal bladder replacement following robotic radical cystectomy. We report the…