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Ultrasonography of the Adult Male Urinary Tract for Urinary Functional Testing
Published on: August 14, 2019
[Urology]
Vanessa Fenner1, Fabian Schoofs1, Daniel Benamran1
1Service d'urologie, Département de chirurgie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Over the last year, urologic progress remains driven by the quick technologic evolution, with a focus on Laser and robotics. The latter appears to potentially contribute to the drift towards ambulatory surgery, in particular for distinct sub-populations harbouring kidney or prostate cancer. The Da Vinci robot appears also to increase the drive towards minimally invasiveness with respect to female incontinence and the laparoscopic placement of an artificial urethral sphincter. Last, a new Laser is in the midst to offer its polyvalence in terms of endoscopic stone surgery, so as that of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Facing this technologic pressure, it remains of utmost importance to scrupulously validate on a short so as longer-term basis the true hoped advantages.
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