ReviewWorld journal of urology2020
3D printing technology and its role in urological training.
Review in World journal of urology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge Mapping and Global Trends in Simulation in Medical Education: Bibliometric and Visual Analysis.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Development of an Affordable Silicone Phantom of The Kidney with 3D Printed Mould for Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Training in Indonesia.F1000Research · 2025Article
- 3D printing in medicine: bridging imaging, education, and practice.Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases · 2025Article
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- Current Application of Navigation Systems in Robotic-Assisted and Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Focus on the Improvement of Surgical Performance and Outcomes.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Review
- Simulators in urology resident's training in retrograde intrarenal surgery.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2024Article
- State of the Art in Immersive Interactive Technologies for Surgery Simulation: A Review and Prospective.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Enhancing medical education in respiratory diseases: efficacy of a 3D printing, problem-based, and case-based learning approach.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Development and evaluation of a portable and soft 3D-printed cast for laparoscopic choledochojejunostomy model in surgical training.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Low-fidelity simulation models in urology resident's microsurgery training.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2023Article
- New imaging technologies for robotic kidney cancer surgery.Asian journal of urology · 2022Review
- Effect of a three-dimensional (3D) printed kidney model on patient understanding of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedure: a preliminary study.Urolithiasis · 2022Article
- Hemorrhaging laparoscopic partial nephrectomy - feasibility of a novel simulation model.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022Article
- Renal puncture access using a blunt needle: proposal of the blunt puncture concept.World journal of urology · 2022Article
- How specific are patient-specific simulations? Analyzing the accuracy of 3D-printing and modeling to create patient-specific rehearsals for complex urological procedures.World journal of urology · 2022Article
- Three-Dimensional Physical Model in Urologic Cancer.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
- 3D Printing of Physical Organ Models: Recent Developments and Challenges.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021Review
- The Role of 3D-Printed Phantoms and Devices for Organ-specified Appliances in Urology.International journal of bioprinting · 2021Review
- 3D Printing and NIR Fluorescence Imaging Techniques for the Fabrication of Implants.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy of initial cases using a 3D square-block type kidney model.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeSurgical simulation and 3D printing have both been gaining traction exclusively over the past decade, and now have started to appear simultaneously in current research. The opinion that surgical simulation should be part of surgery curricula is becoming ever more apparent. In this review, we highlight and briefly examine the 3D printing workflow, and each facet of the current body of literature using this technology in the augmentation of surgical training, in addition to the challenges currently faced.
methodsA broad literature search was conducted pertaining to the utilisation of 3D printing in urology, aiming to sample the majority of use-cases of this fairly novel technology. The 3D printing workflow, current use-cases of 3D printing as applied to urological training, and challenges faced have been described.
resultsA respectable number of surgical use-cases utilising 3D printing technology in their development were identified, including but not limited to percutaneous nephrolithotomy, partial nephrectomy, renal transplantation, laparoscopic pyeloplasty, prostate brachytherapy, transurethral resection of bladder tumours, urethrovesical anastomosis simulation devices, in addition to laparoscopic trainers and robotic surgery phantoms.
conclusionOver the last decade, urology has taken this cutting-edge technology in its stride; flaunting its efficacy in the augmentation of a number of procedural training applications. The number of use cases for this technology is only expected to rise as its virtues are demonstrated, the ease of use and availability of 3D printing units advances, and costs abated.
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