How to cite: Miller, Nicole L. “Transurethral Surgery Re-Imagined: Exploration of a Novel Robotics Platform” February 5th, 2020. Accessed Jul 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/blue-light-cystoscopy-how-does-it-fit-into-the-non-muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer-guidelines/
Transurethral Surgery Re-Imagined: Exploration of a Novel Robotics Platform – Summary:
Nicole L. Miller, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Urology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses advances in robotic surgery that could transform rigid endoscopic surgery by giving surgeons more degrees of freedom while operating. She argues that the evolution from open surgery to minimally-invasive surgery is perhaps as significant as the discovery of anesthesia and suggests that improved robotics are continuing this surgical revolution. Dr. Miller focuses on the work of Virtuoso Surgical, Inc., which has developed a prototype for transurethral endoscopy that features two needle-sized robotic arms that allow for complex two-handed maneuvers in the smallest surgical sites in the body. She suggests that this tool and others like it could make HoLEP faster and easier, improve en-bloc resection quality in bladder tumor patients, and improve resection of uterine polyps, among other applications.
About The 40th Annual Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar:
The Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar is a multi-day meeting focused on training urologists in the latest in assessing, diagnosing, and treating urologic conditions in the clinical setting. Updates are provided on urologic cancers, stone disease, urologic reconstruction, female urology, infertility, emerging surgical techniques, and general urology. Dr. Miller presented this lecture during the 40th iteration of the meeting on February 5th, 2020 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nicole L. Miller, MD, FACS, is an Associate Professor of Urology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she is also on faculty for Vanderbilt’s Fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopic Surgery. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, she received her urology residency training at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center before completing a two-year fellowship in Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Miller’s specialties include medical and surgical treatment of kidney stone disease and BPH. Her research interests include the changing composition of renal calculi, the pathophysiology and etiologies of nephrolithiasis, and antibiotic selection for kidney stone treatment. Dr. Miller’s work has been published in the Journal of Urology, Urolithiasis, and the Journal of Endourology, among others.
