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Renal Robotic Surgery for Lefties: Left-Handedness in Upper Tract Robotic Surgery

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Abstract

Every day, left-handed individuals experience difficulties with tools designed for the right-handed persons. With a growing rate of left-handedness, there is a need to adapt and expand our surgical training and practice. The goal of this chapter is to provide tips and tricks to left-handed surgeons. As it rethinks the different possibilities in instrument usage within upper tract robotic surgery, it could be of interest to every upper tract surgeon. To our knowledge, no similar chapter has been written before. This chapter fills a gap that exists in current literature and is therefore based on experience and expert opinions.

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  1. University Hospital of Ghent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Mylle Toon

  2. Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust (GSTT), London, UK

    Challacombe Ben

  3. AZ Sint-Jan, Ruddershove 10, 8000, Brugge, Belgium

    Uvin Pieter

  4. O.L.V. Clinic, Moorselbaan 164, 9300, Aalst, Belgium

    Mottrie Alexandre

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  1. Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, UK

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  2. North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK

    Raj Persad

  3. Syracuse, NY, USA

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Toon, M., Ben, C., Pieter, U., Alexandre, M. (2022). Renal Robotic Surgery for Lefties: Left-Handedness in Upper Tract Robotic Surgery. In: Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R., Albala, D. (eds) Robotic Surgery for Renal Cancer. Management of Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11000-9_8

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