Mini ECIRS with BotX: our single-case experience

Abstract

Minimally invasive endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery has become the gold standard procedure for the treatment of large kidney stones. However, one of the most important critical success factors is the level of precision during renal accession, which requires a long learning curve. Robot-assisted fluoroscopy-guided renal access has been developed to address this difficulty. We report here the case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with a very large renal calculus whose treatment was successful using a robot-assisted fluoroscopy-guided minimally invasive endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery with suction sheath. The entire stone was cleared, and the patient recovered well with an absence of adverse events.