Clinical Trends and Prospects in Urology Surgery: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nephrology & Urology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: urolithiasis; robotic surgery; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; bladder cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue titled “Clinical Trends and Prospects in Urology Surgery: 2nd Edition”. This is a new volume, following the first volume with 5 published papers. For more details, please visit:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/592FZF6LC4
The field of urological surgery is rapidly changing due to fast technological advances in the field. Robotic surgery has already remained in the game for at least 20 years, but over the last two years, many new robotic platforms have appeared for oncologic and benign surgeries, such as for treating 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 to analyze data and provide navigation and assistance to the clinician/surgeon for improved outcomes. For these reasons, we believe that this Special Issue presents a great opportunity to incorporate all of these technological advances within urological surgery.
Dr. Lazaros Tzelves
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- robotic surgery
- laparoscopic surgery
- endourology
- minimally invasive surgery
- artificial intelligence
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