Intraoperative ultrasound overlay in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: First clinical experience

摘要

Intraoperative ultrasound facilitates the localisation of partially or entirely endophytic renal tumours during laparoscopic or robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) [1 ]. A current limitation of intraoperative ultrasound is the requirement on the surgeon to relate the subsurface ultrasound image to the separate endoscopic view. Here we present the first clinical experience of live registered intraoperative ultrasound overlay.