Urology

The patient-side surgeon plays a key role in facilitating robot-assisted intracorporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion in men.

The influence of the console surgeon on the feasibility and outcome of various robot-assisted surgeries has been evaluated. These variables may be partially affected by the skills of the patient-side surgeon (PSS), but this has not been evaluated using objective data. This study aimed to describe the surgical techniques of the PSS in robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and intracorporeal ilea...

Deep Learning-based Recalibration of the CUETO and EORTC Prediction Tools for Recurrence and Progression of Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer.

Despite being standard tools for decision-making, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), European Association of Urology (EAU), and Club Urologico Espanol de Tratamiento Oncologico (CUETO) risk groups provide moderate performance in predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). In this r...

Multi-Parametric Fusion of 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound for Fetal Kidney Segmentation Using Fully Convolutional Neural Networks.

Kidney development is key to the long-term health of the fetus. Renal volume and vascularity assessed by 3D ultrasound (3D-US) are known markers of we...

Clinical integration of machine learning for curative-intent radiation treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Machine learning (ML) holds great promise for impacting healthcare delivery; however, to date most methods are tested in 'simulated' environments that...

Salvage Robot-assisted Renal Surgery for Local Recurrence After Surgical Resection or Renal Mass Ablation: Classification, Techniques, and Clinical Outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Salvage treatment for local recurrence after prior partial nephrectomy (PN) or local tumor ablation (LTA) for kidney cancer is, as of yet,...

Preclinical evaluation of a markerless, real-time, augmented reality guidance system for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

PURPOSE: Intra-operative augmented reality (AR) during surgery can mitigate incomplete cancer removal by overlaying the anatomical boundaries extracte...

Deep learning-based classification of blue light cystoscopy imaging during transurethral resection of bladder tumors.

Bladder cancer is one of the top 10 frequently occurring cancers and leads to most cancer deaths worldwide. Recently, blue light (BL) cystoscopy-based...

Augmentation cystoplasty in children with stages III and IV chronic kidney disease secondary to neurogenic bladder.

OBJECTIVE: This study examines the outcome of augmentation cystoplasty (AC) in children with stages III and IV chronic kidney disease (CKD) secondary ...

Cascaded Regression Neural Nets for Kidney Localization and Segmentation-free Volume Estimation.

Kidney volume is an essential biomarker for a number of kidney disease diagnoses, for example, chronic kidney disease. Existing total kidney volume es...

Domain adaptation for segmentation of critical structures for prostate cancer therapy.

Preoperative assessment of the proximity of critical structures to the tumors is crucial in avoiding unnecessary damage during prostate cancer treatme...

Clinical characteristics and oncological outcomes in negative multiparametric MRI patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: Efforts are ongoing to try and find ways to reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies without missing clinically significant pros...

Editorial for "Deep Learning Whole-Gland and Zonal Prostate Segmentation on a Public MRI Dataset".

Potential for optimizing the perioperative care in robotic prostatectomy patients by adoption of enhanced recovery after surgery principles.

Several benefits have been reported after applying the principles of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) into the perioperative care of patients un...

Re: Paolo Dell'Oglio, Elio Mazzone, Edward Lambert, et al. The Effect of Surgical Experience on Perioperative and Oncological Outcomes After Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion: Evidence from a Referral Centre with Extensive Experience in Robotic Surgery. Eur Urol Focus 2021;7:352-8.

Computational Models Used to Predict Cardiovascular Complications in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Systematic Review.

cardiovascular complications (CVC) are the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Standard cardiovascular disease risk...

Deep-Learning-Driven Quantification of Interstitial Fibrosis in Digitized Kidney Biopsies.

Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) on a renal biopsy are strong indicators of disease chronicity and prognosis. Techniques that are typi...

Oncologic Outcomes of Intracorporeal Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy: A Multi-Institutional Korean Study.

We aimed to compare the oncologic outcomes of intracorporeal urinary diversion (ICUD) and extracorporeal urinary diversion (ECUD) following robot-ass...

Artificial intelligence for advance requesting of immunohistochemistry in diagnostically uncertain prostate biopsies.

The use of immunohistochemistry in the reporting of prostate biopsies is an important adjunct when the diagnosis is not definite on haematoxylin and e...

MD-UNET: Multi-input dilated U-shape neural network for segmentation of bladder cancer.

Accurate segmentation of the tumour area is crucial for the treatment and prognosis of patients with bladder cancer. However, the complex information ...

Artificial intelligence in urological oncology: An update and future applications.

There continues to be rapid developments and research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Urological Oncology worldwide. In this review we...