ABSTRACT

Technological developments have entered our daily lives, and they have made many innovations possible in urology. Over the last decade, robotic surgical technology has had significant impact on clinical practice. Techniques that require microsurgical precision and advanced reconstructive skills and inaccessible areas of surgery can be optimized with the help of robotic surgery. This new robotic technology has led to the use of the laparoscopic surgeon in lifting the limitations of the urologist in daily practice. The source data obtained by the imaging methods are visualized in two dimensions. With finite processing tools and algorithms, it is possible to produce multiplane reformations and three-dimensional views of the anatomy. Anatomical three-dimensional models are used to help complex operations, implement precise training procedures, and understand the patient’s preoperative surgery better. In addition to technological improvements, standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy operations were evolved into miniperc, microperc, and ultraminiperc, which were also suitable for stone volume. Thus, operation-related injuries in the kidney were reduced. Proliferation of the mpMRG system with recent advances in technology has allowed us to examine the prostate in detail. With the introduction of the mPMRG-derived data in the prostate biopsy, steps have been taken to directly remove the prostate biopsy sample from the tumor tissue. This method allows the biopsy sample to be directly taken from the area, which is a radiologically suspected cancer. The future of medical treatments goes beyond “minimally invasive surgery.” A more complex approach involving new variables, such as new imaging, gene coding, molecular biology, nanotechnology, and tissue environment is certainly ahead.