Richard E. Link, MD, PhD, presented “Minimally Invasive Management of Urologic Disease in the Horseshoe Kidney” during the 24th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice on September 14, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
How to cite: Link, Richard E. “Minimally Invasive Management of Urologic Disease in the Horseshoe Kidney” September 14, 2019. Accessed Dec 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/minimally-invasive-management-of-urologic-disease-in-the-horseshoe-kidney/
Minimally Invasive Management of Urologic Disease in the Horseshoe Kidney – Summary:
Richard E. Link, MD, PhD, provides an overview of the critical anatomic features of horseshoe kidneys in adults and how these features should factor into treatment decision-making. He describes how the presence of a horseshoe kidney can affect the management of ureteral obstruction and nephrolithiasis, and technical surgical considerations in these cases.
About the 24th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice
Innovations in Urologic Practice (Innovations) is an annual, multi-day, CME-accredited conference devoted to innovative diagnostic and treatment strategies for and controversies related to some of the most common urologic problems in the current era. The topics covered include oncological management of the bladder, kidney, and prostate. The conference also emphasizes general urology topics in pelvic reconstruction and trauma, men’s health, and infections in the urology patient. Dr. Link presented this lecture during the 24th Innovations in 2019. Please visit this page in order to register for future Innovations meetings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard E. Link, MD, PhD, is a professor and board-certified and fellowship-trained urologist specializing in the treatment of urologic disease affecting the kidney, ureter, adrenal gland and prostate. Dr. Link holds the Carlton-Smith Endowed Chair in urologic education at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas and directs the BCM division of endourology and minimally invasive surgery. He serves as director of living donor procurement for several major kidney transplant programs in Houston, including Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Houston Methodist Hospital. Dr. Link focuses on the use of laparoscopic, robotic-assisted, percutaneous, and endoscopic techniques to treat kidney and prostate tumors, benign prostatic hypertrophy, renal and ureteral obstruction, and urinary tract stones and has been an early pioneer in the development of laparoendoscopic single-site donor nephrectomy.
Dr. Link earned both his MD and PhD in molecular and cellular physiology at Stanford University in California and completed an internship and residency at BCM before completing a fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Link also has a strong interest in applying single site robotic technology using the da Vinci SP platform to retroperitoneal and transvesical urologic surgery. He has published numerous papers and earned many awards, including the Fulbright and Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation at BCM.
