Urinary Fistula

Rene Sotelo, Urologist, Oncologist, Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6 books author, and 45 book chapters. Rene Sotelo MD is one of the most expert & experienced laparoscopic/robotic surgeons internationally. Hailing from Latin America, he is a pioneer in robotic surgery for complex urinary fistulae in females and males, benign prostate enlargement & inguinal lymph node dissection for cancer. He has helped develop the novel concepts of single-port "belly-button" and natural orifice surgery. Professor Sotelo's experience with advanced robotic & laparoscopic surgery exceeds 4,000 personal cases, making him amongst the most experienced in the world. Background -Professor of Clinical Urology, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, University of Southern California (2016-present) - Medical Director of International Health Keck Medicine of USC (2016-Present) - Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Caracas, Venezuela (2004-2015) President, Latin American Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology (2006-2008) - Director, Office of Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery, Confederacion Americana de Urologia (CAU) (2007-2014) - Editor, Journal Urologia Panamericana, the official Journal of Confederacion Americana de Urologia (CAU) (1999-2004) - Serves on the editorial boards of European Urology, British Journal of Urology International, and Journal of Robotic Surgery - Invited visiting professor to 37 universities in 22 countries internationally, where he has demonstrated advanced robotic & laparoscopic techniques at live surgical symposia - Trained over 76 post-graduate fellows from 16 countries in robotic & laparoscopic urology - Listed amongst "America's Top Urologists" by Consumers Research Council - More than 116 peer-reviewed publications - More than 37 international awardsl Charles F. Polotti, Urologist, Capital Health - Urology Specialists, Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell, Pennington, NJ, USA. Charles is a former fellow in Advanced Robotics and Laparoscopy in Urology and served as Clinical Instructor of Urology at Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA Juan Arriaga, Professor of Urology. Master of Healthcare Administration. Urologist, Grupo Medico UMANO, Hospital CIMA Hermosillo, Mexico. Former fellow in Advanced Robotics and Laparoscopy at Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Caracas Venezuela. 2 springer books author.

General considerations.- Treatment decision.- Pyeloenteric fistula.- Nephropleural fistula.- Ureterocolonic fistula.- Colovesical and small bowel fistulas.- Vesicocutaneous fistula.- Fistula after kidney transplantation.- Urovascular fistula and pseudoaneurysm.- Vesicovaginal fistula: open approach.- Vesicovaginal fistula: minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches.- Vesicouterine fistula.- Ureterovaginal fistula.- Urethrovaginal fistula.- Rectovaginal fistula.- Obstetric fistula.- Rectovesical fistula.- Rectourethral fistula: perineal, transanal and posterior approaches.- Transanal, Transperineal, and Combined.- Abdominoperineal Approaches (Turnbull-Cutait) to Repair of Rectourethral Fistula.- Robotic Approach for Rectourethral Fistula.- Urethropubic, urethrocutaneous and urethroperineal fistulas.- Neovagina Fistulas.- Neopenis fistula.- Complications of Vaginal Fistula Repair.