The Metaverse in Urology: Ready for Prime Time. The ESUT, ERUS, EULIS, and ESU Perspective

Checcucci, Enrico; Cacciamani, Giovanni; Gozen, Ali; Seitz, Christian; Breda, Alberto; Liatsikos, Evangelos; Porpiglia, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.euros.2022.10.011

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“…Their application in meeting platforms has reconstructed the medical setting, giving patients the subjective perception of being in an outpatient clinic. The physician side is professionally more exciting, due to the 3D reconstruction of organs and surgical spaces that allows a suggestive virtual immersion in human anatomical environments [2].…”

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“…COVID-19-related restrictions and the need to replan health welfare have led to more telemedicine taking place, forcing the development of new systems to promote remote health assistance. In particular, the remote collection of clinical data, medical images and vital signs has been fine-tuned, developing new informatic platforms and new medical tools [2].…”

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Pediatric Urology Metaverse

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In the last decades, a digital revolution has transformed several aspects of people’s lives worldwide. Consequently, many substantial changes have concerned numerous professional environments, including medical ones. Among all the different new instruments available in this field, the metaverse is the most futuristic one and seems to be likewise promising. The metaverse is an emerging resource in healthcare, resulting from the integration of virtual and physical reality. It is particularly valuable in surgical operations, since it allows surgeons to perfectly visualize patients’ anatomy. Metaverse applications even include the pediatric field—in particular, the implementation of children and parents’ shared decision-making processes, as well as prenatal diagnosis and fetal surgery. This resource further represents a rising opportunity in pediatric urology: the development of 3D virtual models and robotic surgery will allow surgeons to explore surgical fields, perfectionating their own professional skills. The metaverse will empower pediatric urologists, patients and their families in many ways, and each one of them deserves to be explored to the fullest. In this work, we aim to discuss the current applications of the metaverse in pediatric urology and its future perspectives.

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Pediatric Urology Metaverse

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“…Специально разработанные платформы позволяют собирать клинические данные, визуализировать и обмениваться медицинскими изображениями для создания точной цифровой медицинской карты для каждого пациента (например, Maia Connected Care). Кроме того, с помощью новых устройств (например, Tytocare) можно удаленно записывать жизненно важные показатели пациентов, такие как шумы сердца или дыхания и кровяное давление, открывая дверь к новой форме контролируемой выписки, которая потенциально может сократить время пребывания пациента в больнице, не влияя на безопасность пациента [21].…”

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Metaverse: a new reality in surgery. Review

Kozlov

2024

Russian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive

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The metaverse is a relatively new concept in technological advancement. It is a three-dimensional immersive environment including real and virtual world elements, in which various digital agents, more precisely, avatars, interact with each other and various activities (educational, cultural, and financial) can be carried out. It is an emerging controversial concept without precise definition and will likely continue to evolve as technology improves. Works of literature from 2020 to 2023, posted in the PubMed and Web of Science databases, were extracted using the following keywords: “metaverse”, “education”, “digital therapy”, “interdisciplinary consultation”, “medical Internet of things”, “virtual reality”, “superimposed reality”, “extended reality”, “mixed reality”, “lifelogging”, “mirror world”, “digital twins”, and “surgery”. In the PubMed search using the original terms, no publications were extracted in 2020, 9 in 2021, 161 in 2022, and 246 in 2023. In the healthcare context, metaverse technology refers to the use of virtual reality and interactive and other immersive technologies, such as augmented reality, to create simulated environments intended for training, education, and clinical applications. Various aspects of medicine such as digital therapeutics, multidisciplinary team discussions, medical Internet of things, surgical simulations, conferences and meetings, research programs, etc., are being explored. Depending on the requirements, the metaverse provides a versatile platform that can be modeled accordingly, providing a flexible tool for medical development. In this review, we discussed in detail the possible applications of the metaverse in surgery. All scoping rubrics are based on the sparse evidence in the scientific literature and are adequately evaluated to provide compelling evidence on the utility of the metaverse in the future of medicine.

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“…clinical data on cloud platforms, 3D models) overcoming physical distances, building, when it is necessary, a 'super-expert' MDT maximizing the patient's care. 12 Finally, switching to an intraoperative setting, as reported above, 3DVMs can allow to perform telementoring and telesurgery with 3D Cognitive or AR guidance.…”

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