Urology

Percutaneous Ablation Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Completely Endophytic Renal Masses: A Multicenter Trifecta Analysis with a Minimum 3-Year Follow-Up.

To compare outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and percutaneous tumor ablation (PTA) for completely endophytic renal masses. Data of patients who underwent RAPN or PTA for treatment of completely endophytic (three points for "E" domain of R.E.N.A.L. score) were collected from seven high-volume U.S. and European centers. PTA included cryoablation, radiofrequency, or microwave ab...

Digital Histopathological Discrimination of Label-Free Tumoral Tissues by Artificial Intelligence Phase-Imaging Microscopy.

Histopathology is the gold standard for disease diagnosis. The use of digital histology on fresh samples can reduce processing time and potential image artifacts, as label-free samples do not need to be fixed nor stained. This fact allows for a faster diagnosis, increasing the speed of the process and the impact on patient prognosis. This work proposes, implements, and validates a novel digital di...

Efficacy and Safety of the "Trisection Method" Training System for Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy at a Single Institution in Japan.

To maintain a surgeon's concentration, reduce fatigue, and train young surgeons, surgical procedures for bladder cancer are divided into the following...

Medial versus lateral camera port placement for robotic nephron-sparing surgery: evaluating surgical complications and outcomes.

As the growing popularity of robotic-assisted laparoscopic procedures for the treatment of renal cancer increases, there exists a variation in surgica...

Robot-assisted ipsilateral partial nephrectomy with distal ureterectomy for synchronous renal and ureteric tumors-a case report.

BACKGROUND: Ipsilateral synchronous renal and ureteric tumor is uncommon. Nephron sparing surgery is the standard for small renal masses. Ureteric tum...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic repair of cesarean scar defect: a systematic review of clinical evidence.

We aim to assess the available evidence concerning the robot-assisted repair of cesarean scar defect. A systematic PubMed and Scopus search was conduc...

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status system predicts the risk of postoperative Clavien-Dindo complications greater than one at 90 days after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: final results of a tertiary referral center.

To test the hypothesis of an association between the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system and the risk of...

Prognostic features of upstaged pT3a renal tumors with fat invasion after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: is it time for a new subclassification?

INTRODUCTION: The clinical management of pT3a pathologic-upstaged renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients is actually controversial. Aim of this study was...

Predicting muscle invasion in bladder cancer by deep learning analysis of MRI: comparison with vesical imaging-reporting and data system.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the diagnostic performance of a novel deep learning (DL) method based on T2-weighted imaging with the vesical imaging-reporting...

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using a novel urethral reconstruction technique vs standard vesicourethral anastomosis. A retrospective cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence is a common postoperative complication of radical prostatectomy (RP). In order to improve postoperative urinary conti...

Deep Learning-based Non-rigid Image Registration for High-dose Rate Brachytherapy in Inter-fraction Cervical Cancer.

In this study, an inter-fraction organ deformation simulation framework for the locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC), which considers the anatomica...

Systematic review of academic robotic surgery curricula.

The use of robotic surgery has increased exponentially in the United States. Despite this uptick in popularity, no standardized training pathway exist...

Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for mid and low rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a propensity score-matched analysis.

The benefits of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) for rectal cancer remain controversial. Only a few studies have evaluated the safety and fe...

Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer with a deep learning approach: a multicentre retrospective study.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop deep learning (DL) models based on multicentre biparametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) for the diagnosis ...

Is Robotic Superior to Laparoscopic Approach for Radical Nephroureterectomy with Bladder Cuff Excision in Treating Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma?

Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (LNU) has become popular in treating upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and an emerging trend was observ...

Robust deep learning-based forward dose calculations for VMAT on the 1.5T MR-linac.

In this work we present a framework for robust deep learning-based VMAT forward dose calculations for the 1.5T MR-linac. A convolutional neural networ...

Graph based multi-scale neighboring topology deep learning for kidney and tumor segmentation.

Effective learning and modelling of spatial and semantic relations between image regions in various ranges are critical yet challenging in image segme...

Robotic Surgery for Stone Disease.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To evaluate recent literature regarding the role of robotic technology in the treatment of nephrolithiasis with particular attentio...

Personalized prediction of optimal water intake in adult population by blended use of machine learning and clinical data.

Growing evidence suggests that sustained concentrated urine contributes to chronic metabolic and kidney diseases. Recent results indicate that a daily...

Long-term oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy: update series from a high-volume robotic center beyond 10 years of follow-up.

Long-term oncologic data on patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) for non-metastatic bladder cancer (BCa) are limited. The purp...