Themed Issue: Fluorescent confocal microscopy in urological surgery

This Month BJUI published a themed issue on Fluorescent confocal microscopy in urological surgery, guest edited by Greg Shaw, Alexandre Mottrie and Ruben De Groote. 

You can access the issue at https://bjui.pub/FCMicro

Table of Contents

Editorial

Confocal laser microscopy in urology: leading the adoption of real-time surgical pathology

Ruben De Groot, Alexandre Mottrie, Greg Shaw

Research Letter

The ‘Co-Qual’: Real-time assessment of prostate biopsy core quality using fluorescence confocal microscopy

Abdulrahman Al-Bayati, Mohamad Watfa, Nicolas A. Soputro, Lin Wang, Salim K. Younis, Karim Daher, Samarpit Rai, Rui M. Bernardino, Christopher J. Weight, Ruben Olivares, Zeyad R. Schwen, Riccardo Autorino, Jihad Kaouk, Jane K. Nguyen

 

Original Articles

Delphi consensus on ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Edoardo Beatrici, Mario de Angelis, Ricardo Almeida-Magana, Tarek Al-Hammouri, Cristian Fiori, Federico Piramide, Andrei Plopeanu, Nicola Frego, Riccardo Schiavina, Attilio Barretta, Anna Silvanto, Renu S. Eapen, Ravi Barod, Jon Oxley, Elio Mazzone, Mathias Winkler, Nikhil Mayor, Kris Van Der Steen, Rui Farinha, Stefania Ferretti, Giampaolo Bianchi, Natali Rodriguez Peñaranda, Riccardo Autorino, Jihad Kaouk, Ruben Olivares, Christopher J. Weight, Nicolas A. Soputro, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, Albino Eccher, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Vincenzo Cavarra, Francesco Pepillo, Anthony G. Gallagher, Declan G. Murphy, Peter Wiklund, Freddie C. Hamdy, Stefano Puliatti, Alexandre Mottrie, Greg Shaw, Ruben De Groote

The LaserSAFE technique for margin assessment during radical prostatectomy: a feasibility study

Ricardo Almeida-Magana, Larissa Sena Teixeira Mendes, Eoin Dinneen, Tarek Al-Hammouri, Aiman Haider, Anna Silvanto, Alex Freeman, Nicholas Roberts, Louise Dickinson, Chun Wah So, Zafer Tandogdu, Benjamin W. Lamb, Nikhil Mayor, Mathias Winkler, Hashim Ahmed, Greg Shaw

Use of parallel fluorescent confocal microscopy for detection of prostatic adenocarcinoma

Kevin Clare, Kenneth Haines, Jeremy Littlefield, Asher Mandel, Hannah Sur, Neeraja Tillu, Henry Jodka, Daniel Ajabshir, Fatima Ahmad, Chahat Arora, Cristina Pasat-Karasik, Monali Fatterpekar, Ash Tewari, Ming Zhou

Intraoperative margin assessment using fluorescence confocal microscopy during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a first experience

Mario de Angelis, Edoardo Beatrici, Natali Rodriguez Penaranda, Nicola Frego, Stefano Resca, Enrico Vecchio, Attilio Barretta, Marco Ticonosco, Claudio Brancelli, Vincenzo Cavarra, Alessio Guidotti, Francesco Pepillo, Francesco Prata, Nicolas Carl, Francesco Barletta, Francesco Cei, Geert De Naeyer, Edward Lambert, Kris Van Der Steen, Ruben De Groote, Alexandre Mottrie

Intraoperative evaluation of detrusor muscle during transurethral resection of bladder tumour using confocal fluorescent microscopy

Nicolas A. Soputro, Lin Wang, Karim Daher, Abdulrahman Al-Bayati, Mohamad Watfa, Salim K. Younis, Mohammad El-Hussein, Ruben Olivares, Riccardo Autorino, Christopher J. Weight, Jihad Kaouk, Jane K. Nguyen, Nima Almassi

The cost-effectiveness of intraoperative margin assessment strategies during radical prostatectomy

Joost van Drumpt, Tim Govers, Ricardo Almeida-Magana, Diederik Baas, Aiman Haider, Michiel Sedelaar, Greg Shaw, Diederik Somford

Diagnosis of penile cancer with ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy using the Histolog® Scanner

Xiaohu Zhang, Ricardo Almeida-Magana, Larissa Sena Teixeira Mendes, Daniela Fleck Lavergne, Hussain Alnajjar, Greg Shaw, Alex Freeman, Asif Muneer, Aiman Haider

Preliminary results and experiences of fluorescence confocal microscopy using the Histolog® Scanner in prostate cancer diagnostics: a feasibility study

Attila Meszes-Tóth, Anikó Tímea Gyulai, Borbála Izsák, Anna Eszter Erdélyi, Zsolt Gáti, Julianna Schönleber, Péter Tenke, Béla Köves

Feasibility and workflow analysis of confocal microscopy in robot-assisted prostatectomy

Kristijan Skok, Lukas Scheipner, Sebastian Mannweiler, Karl Kashofer, Ariane Aigelsreiter, Ivana Milosevic, Conrad Leitsmann, Herbert Augustin, Martina Rößmann-Tsybrovskyy, Sascha Ahyai, Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger, Johannes Mischinger

Ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy for assessment of ureteroscopic biopsy adequacy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Karim Daher, Nicolas A. Soputro, Mohammad El Hussein, Salim K. Younis, Lin Wang, Abdulrahman Al-Bayati, Rui Bernardino, Mohamad Watfa, Ruben Olivares, Nima Almassi, Christopher J. Weight, Zeyad R. Schwen, Jihad Kaouk, Jane K. Nguyen, Riccardo Autorino

Impact of positive surgical margins on biochemical recurrence and metastases after radical prostatectomy

Joost van Drumpt, Diederik Baas, Katja Aben, Arno van Leenders, Lambertus Kiemeney, Michiel Sedelaar, Peter Mulders, Jean-Paul van Basten, Inge van Oort, Berdine Heesterman, Diederik Somford

Deep learning for fluorescence confocal microscopy image interpretation in radical prostatectomy

Lixiang Fang, Nikhil Mayor, Alexander Light, Anna Silvanto, Aiman Haider, Chase Ng, Archana Gopalakrishnan, Ranil Johann Boaz, Mariana Bertoncelli Tanaka, Bijan Khoubehi, Giles Hellawell, Ricardo Almeida-Magana, Larissa Mendes, Eoin Dinneen, Greg Shaw, Ben Challacombe, Paul Cathcart, Martin J. Connor, Taimur T. Shah, Hashim U. Ahmed, Francesca Fiorentino, Stamatia Giannarou, Mathias Winkler

Same-day fluorescence confocal microscopy of MRI-targeted prostate biopsies: A feasibility study

Salim K. Younis, Mohamad Watfa, Lin Wang, Karim Daher, Nicolas A. Soputro, Abdulrahman Al-Bayati, Samarpit Rai, Rui M. Bernardino, Ruben Olivares, Riccardo Autorino, Christopher J. Weight, Jihad Kaouk, Jane K. Nguyen, Zeyad R. Schwen

Margin evaluation with fluorescence confocal microscopy during minimally invasive radical prostatectomy

Josep M. Gaya, Paolo Verri, Andrea Gallioli, Alessandro Uleri, Giuseppe Basile, Luca Afferi, Pietro Diana, Michael Baboudjian, Angelo Territo, Francesco Sanguedolce, Jordi Huguet, Yolanda Arce, Ferran Algaba, Joan Palou, Alberto Breda