Urinary Fistula

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.

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, Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU) (2007-2014)
- Editor, Journal Urología Panamericana, the official Journal of Confederación Americana de Urología (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