Post-chemotherapy robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for metastatic germ cell tumors: safety and perioperative outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and early oncologic outcomes after post-chemotherapy robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (PC-RARPLND) for metastatic germ cell tumors (mGCT).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients from four tertiary centers who underwent PC-RARPLND for mGCT, from 2011 to 2021. Previous treatment of mGCT, intraoperative and postoperative complications, and early oncologic outcomes were assessed.

Three Dimensional Printing Technology Used to Create a High-Fidelity Ureteroscopy Simulator: Development and Validity Assessment (Rein-3D-Print-UroCCR-39).

Objective: To create and assess the validity of a high-fidelity, three dimensional (3D) printed, flexible ureteroscopy simulator resulting from a real case.

Methods: A patient's CT scan was segmented to obtain a 3D model in .stl format, including the urinary bladder, ureter and renal cavities.

A survey of augmented reality methods to guide minimally invasive partial nephrectomy.

Introduction: Minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MIPN) has become the standard of care for localized kidney tumors over the past decade. The characteristics of each tumor, in particular its size and relationship with the excretory tract and vessels, allow one to judge its complexity and to attempt predicting the risk of complications. The recent development of virtual 3D model reconstruction and computer vision has opened the way to image-guided surgery and augmented reality (AR).

Robot-assisted continent urinary diversion according to the Mitrofanoff principle: results of a bicentric study.

Purpose: To assess the outcomes of continent urinary diversion according to the Mitrofanoff principle by robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery in terms of continence, catheterization and repeat surgery.

Methods: All adult patients who underwent procedures for continent urinary diversion via a robot-assisted laparoscopic route between October 2014 and November 2018 were enrolled retrospectively. Abdominal continence and clean intermittent catheterization ability were noted, as well as patient characteristics, details of the technique, intra- and perioperative parameters, and complications.