Hannah Bryce Ely

Incising the Periureteral Space during Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy, 2019

Digital illustration
Sketched by hand using surgical video footage and Adobe Photoshop

ATLAS Studios, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York, United States

This image shows the first step of a robot-assisted radical cystectomy. Featured is the process of locating the ureter and then incising the periureteral space. It was drawn for inclusion in a surgical atlas used to train robotic surgeons on new techniques and procedures.