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Breakthrough in Stone Therapy: Burst Wave Lithotripsy Takes Center Stage at EAU26
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March 15, 2026 · PERS

Breakthrough in Stone Therapy: Burst Wave Lithotripsy Takes Center Stage at EAU2…

The future of kidney stone treatment may soon shift toward truly non-invasive therapy, as Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL) e…

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Single-Port Robotic Applications in Urology
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March 6, 2026 · Journal of Endourology

Single-Port Robotic Applications in Urology

The da Vinci single-port (SP) platform represents the latest innovation in minimally invasive urologic surgery, and the…

Robotic SurgerySingle Port Surgery
Initial Experience of Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Using Hinotori Surgical Robot System: Single Institutional Prospective Assessment of Perioperative Outcomes in 30 Cases
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March 6, 2026 · Journal of Endourology

Initial Experience of Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Using Hinotori Surgical…

Innovation of robotic surgery is still actively growing, and various novel robotic systems are in the process of develop…

Robotic SurgeryHinotori
Does addition of multiparametric MRI to PSMA PET/CT improve diagnostic accuracy for biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy?
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March 6, 2026 · BJU International

Does addition of multiparametric MRI to PSMA PET/CT improve diagnostic accuracy…

BJU International, Volume 137, Issue 4, Page 619-628, April 2026.

A Prospective Study of Steerable Ureteroscopic Renal Evacuation Using the Second-Generation CVAC® Aspiration System: Results from the CLEARANCE Study - Brian H. Eisner, Niramya Pathak, Ravindra Sabnis, Arvind Ganpule, Abhishek Singh, Abhijit Patil, Rohan Batra, Nishanth Gowda, Chaitya Shah, Glenn M. Preminger, Mahesh Desai, Roger L. Sur, 2026
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January 19, 2026 · Journal of Endourology

A Prospective Study of Steerable Ureteroscopic Renal Evacuation Using the Second…

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the second-generation CVAC® Aspiration System. Methods: A prospecti…

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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Using the KangDuo Surgical Robot System vs the da Vinci Si Robotic System - Shubo Fan, Han Hao, Silu Chen, Jie Wang, Xiaofei Dai, Meng Zhang, Xu Chen, Zhihua Li, Shengwei Xiong, Guanpeng Han, Jun Zhu, Zhongyuan Zhang, Wei Yu, Liang Cui, Cheng Shen, Liqun Zhou, Xuesong Li, 2023
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May 1, 2023 · Journal of Endourology

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Using the KangDuo Surgical Rob…

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) performed usin…

RoboticsKangDuo
Percutaneous Ablation vs Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Completely Endophytic Renal Masses: A Multicenter Trifecta Analysis with a Minimum 3-Year Follow-Up
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March 1, 2023 · Journal of Endourology

Percutaneous Ablation vs Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Completely Endop…

Purpose : To compare outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and percutaneous tumor ablation (PTA) for com…

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