Topic: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Urologic Surgery: AI and Robotics

Urologic surgery is rapidly advancing with AI and robotic technologies, enhancing precision, personalization, and safety. This Special Issue of Mini-invasive Surgery highlights innovative minimally invasive techniques, AI-powered tools, and robotic platforms transforming urologic oncology, benign disease management, and reconstructive surgery. We welcome original articles, reviews, commentary, video articles, and brief communications that showcase recent progress and future directions in AI and robotics for minimally invasive urologic surgery.

Topics can be discussed (but not limited to):

1. Robotic-assisted partial and radical nephrectomy in minimally invasive urologic surgery;

2. AI-driven 3D imaging and precise preoperative surgical planning;

3. Real-time intraoperative navigation and assistance using augmented reality and machine learning;

4. Advances and clinical outcomes in robotic-assisted minimally invasive prostatectomy;

5. AI-enhanced early diagnosis and pathological assessment of urologic cancers;

6. Novel minimally invasive techniques for ureteral and bladder reconstructive surgery;

7. Application of big data and AI algorithms in surgical risk prediction and personalized decision-making;

8. Surgical training and simulation using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies;

9. Cost-effectiveness and clinical implementation of robotic minimally invasive systems;

10. Ethical, legal, and regulatory challenges in adopting AI and robotic technologies in urologic surgery.

Robotic urologic surgery, AI in surgery, minimally invasive techniques, surgical robotics, image-guided surgery, urologic oncology, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, augmented reality, 3D reconstruction, surgical planning, machine learning, surgical outcomes, surgical innovation.