title: Robotic prostate surgery.
abstract: The increasing popularity of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has put the field of robotics in the spotlight. However, the relationship between medical robotics and the field of urology is older than most urologists know and it will most likely have a bright future beyond any contemporary application. The objective of this review is to provide an insight into the fundamentals of medical robotics and to highlight the history, the present and the future of urological robotic systems with an emphasis on robotic prostate interventions.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medicine, U Robotics Laboratory, Department of Urology, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muntener
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ursu
authors.forename: Alexandru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patriciu
authors.forename: Doru
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrisor
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stoianovici
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D017216:Telemedicine; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends