Clinical Trends and Prospects in Urology Surgery

Dear Colleagues,

The field of urological surgery is rapidly changing due to technological advances occurring at a fast pace. Robotic surgery has already been in the game for at least 20 years, but during the last two years, many new robotic platforms have appeared for oncologic and benign surgery, such as stones. In addition, the miniaturization of scopes, the introduction of suction technology, and improved lithotripsy devices and settings have revolutionized minimally invasive surgery for stones and urothelial tumors. Artificial intelligence seems to be a game-changer as well, with a growing number of platforms integrating AI-based algorithms for analyzing data and providing navigation and assistance to the clinician/surgeon for improved outcomes. For all these reasons, we believe that this Special Issue can be quite attractive since it can incorporate all of these technological advances in urological surgery.

Dr. Lazaros Tzelves
Prof. Dr. Bhaskar K. Somani
Dr. Patrick Juliebø-Jones
Guest Editors

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• robotic surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• endourology
• minimally invasive surgery
• artificial intelligence