@article{Lima_Maffi_Di Salvo_Ruggeri_Libri_Gargano_Lardy_2018, title={Robotic removal of Müllerian duct remnants in pediatric patients: our experience and a review of the literature}, volume={40}, url={https://pediatrmedchir.org/pmc/article/view/182}, DOI={10.4081/pmc.2018.182}, abstractNote={<p>Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome is a disorder of sexual development, which features a failure of involution of Müllerian structures. An enlarged prostatic utricle is a kind of Müllerian duct remnant (MDR) with a tubular shaped structure communicating with the prostatic urethra. Treatment is aimed at relieving symptoms when present, preserve fertility and prevent neoplastic degeneration. We describe 3 cases of successful robot assisted-removal of symptomatic MDRs. The first case came to our attention for pseudo-incontinence; the other two for recurrent urinary tract infections. The patients have not presented such symptoms anymore on follow-up. We then reviewed existent literature on authors who have recently investigated the main issues concerning MDRs and have attempted a roboticassisted approach on them. Robot-assisted laparoscopy can be considered a valid, safe and effective minimally-invasive technique for the primary treatment of prostatic utricle.</p>}, number={1}, journal={La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica}, author={Lima, Mario and Maffi, Michela and Di Salvo, Niel and Ruggeri, Giovanni and Libri, Michele and Gargano, Tommaso and Lardy, Hubert}, year={2018}, month={May} }