The future of robotic surgery in urology: from augmented reality to the advent of metaverse

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3,95, 10060 Turin, Italy.
² Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Urology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁷ Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
⁸ ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium.

Enrico Checcucci et al. Ther Adv Urol. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 31:15:17562872231151853.

doi: 10.1177/17562872231151853. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

¹ Department of Surgery, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3,95, 10060 Turin, Italy.
² Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Urology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁷ Department of Urology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
⁸ ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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