Fluorescence-Guided Surgery and Novel Innovative Technologies for Improved Visualization in Pediatric Urology

Irene Paraboschi (), Guglielmo Mantica, Dario Guido Minoli, Erika Adalgisa De Marco, Michele Gnech, Carolina Bebi, Gianantonio Manzoni and Alfredo Berrettini
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Irene Paraboschi: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
Guglielmo Mantica: Department of Urology, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Dario Guido Minoli: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
Erika Adalgisa De Marco: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
Michele Gnech: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
Carolina Bebi: Department of Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
Gianantonio Manzoni: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
Alfredo Berrettini: Department of Pediatric Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS), three-dimensional (3D) imaging technologies, and other innovative devices are rapidly revolutionizing the field of urology, providing surgeons with powerful tools for a more complete understanding of patient-specific anatomy. Today, several new intraoperative imaging technologies and cutting-edge devices are available in adult urology to assist surgeons in delivering personalized interventions. Their applications are also gradually growing in general pediatric surgery, where the detailed visualization of normal and pathological structures has the potential to significantly minimize perioperative complications and improve surgical outcomes. In the field of pediatric urology, FGS, 3D reconstructions and printing technologies, augmented reality (AR) devices, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) have been increasingly adopted for a more realistic understanding of the normal and abnormal anatomy, providing a valuable insight to deliver customized treatments in real time. This narrative review aims to illustrate the main applications of these new technologies and imaging devices in the clinical setting of pediatric urology by selecting, with a strict methodology, the most promising articles published in the international scientific literature on this topic. The purpose is to favor early adoption and stimulate more research on this topic for the benefit of children.

Keywords: fluorescence-guided surgery; 3D imaging; 3D printing; augmented reality; pediatric urology; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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