Keck School Faculty

Exploring the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Management of Prostate Cancer Curr Urol Rep. 2023 May; 24(5):231-240. . View in PubMed

Assessing the efficacy of dissection gestures in robotic surgery J Robot Surg. 2023 Apr; 17(2):597-603. . View in PubMed

A multi-institutional study using artificial intelligence to provide reliable and fair feedback to surgeons Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Mar 30; 3(1):42. . View in PubMed

A vision transformer for decoding surgeon activity from surgical videos Nat Biomed Eng. 2023 Mar 30. . View in PubMed

Human visual explanations mitigate bias in AI-based assessment of surgeon skills NPJ Digit Med. 2023 Mar 30; 6(1):54. . View in PubMed

Capturing fine-grained details for video-based automation of suturing skills assessment Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2023 Mar; 18(3):545-552. . View in PubMed

Automated Capture of Intraoperative Adverse Events Using Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J Clin Med. 2023 Feb 20; 12(4). . View in PubMed

Reply by Authors J Urol. 2023 05; 209(5):862. . View in PubMed

A Urine-based DNA Methylation Marker Test to Detect Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Prospective Cohort Study J Urol. 2023 05; 209(5):854-862. . View in PubMed

PRISMA AI reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses on AI in healthcare Nat Med. 2023 01; 29(1):14-15. . View in PubMed

Surgical gestures as a method to quantify surgical performance and predict patient outcomes NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Dec 22; 5(1):187. . View in PubMed

Using Real-time Feedback To Improve Surgical Performance on a Robotic Tissue Dissection Task Eur Urol Open Sci. 2022 Dec; 46:15-21. . View in PubMed

Reply by Authors Urol Pract. 2022 Nov; 9(6):541. . View in PubMed

An Assessment Tool to Provide Targeted Feedback to Robotic Surgical Trainees: Development and Validation of the End-To-End Assessment of Suturing Expertise (EASE) Urol Pract. 2022 Nov; 9(6):532-539. . View in PubMed

Clipless Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy and Impact on Outcomes Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Sep; 8(5):1176-1185. . View in PubMed

Reply to Nikolaos Grivas, Nikolaos Kalampokis, and Henk van der Poel's Letter to the Editor re: Loc Trinh, Samuel Mingo, Erik BVanstrum, et al. Survival Analysis Using Surgeon Skill Metrics and Patient Factors to Predict Urinary Continence Recovery After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi. org/10. 1016/j. euf. 2021. 04. 001. Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Sep; 8(5):1553. . View in PubMed

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Urology: Reporting Standards to Achieve Fluency for Urologists Urol Clin North Am. 2022 Feb; 49(1):65-117. . View in PubMed

Association of Suturing Technical Skill Assessment Scores Between Virtual Reality Simulation and Live Surgery J Endourol. 2022 10; 36(10):1388-1394. . View in PubMed

Machine Learning to Delineate Surgeon and Clinical Factors That Anticipate Positive Surgical Margins After Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy J Endourol. 2022 09; 36(9):1192-1198. . View in PubMed

Reply by Authors J Urol. 2022 08; 208(2):423-424. . View in PubMed

Tailored Feedback Based on Clinically Relevant Performance Metrics Expedites the Acquisition of Robotic Suturing Skills-An Unblinded Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial J Urol. 2022 08; 208(2):414-424. . View in PubMed

Executive summary of the artificial intelligence in surgery series Surgery. 2022 05; 171(5):1435-1439. . View in PubMed

The Relationship Between Technical Skills, Cognitive Workload, and Errors During Robotic Surgical Exercises J Endourol. 2022 05; 36(5):712-720. . View in PubMed

Road to automating robotic suturing skills assessment: Battling mislabeling of the ground truth Surgery. 2022 04; 171(4):915-919. . View in PubMed

Survival Analysis Using Surgeon Skill Metrics and Patient Factors to Predict Urinary Continence Recovery After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy Eur Urol Focus. 2022 03; 8(2):623-630. . View in PubMed

Technical Skill Impacts the Success of Sequential Robotic Suturing Substeps J Endourol. 2022 02; 36(2):273-278. . View in PubMed

Robotic and robot-assisted skull base neurosurgery: systematic review of current applications and future directions Neurosurg Focus. 2022 01; 52(1):E15. . View in PubMed

Validation of Machine Learning-Based Automated Surgical Instrument Annotation Using Publicly Available Intraoperative Video Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 09 01; 23(3):235-240. . View in PubMed

Expert surgeons and deep learning models can predict the outcome of surgical hemorrhage from 1 min of video Sci Rep. 2022 05 17; 12(1):8137. . View in PubMed

Deep Neural Networks Can Accurately Detect Blood Loss and Hemorrhage Control Task Success From Video Neurosurgery. 2022 06 01; 90(6):823-829. . View in PubMed

Artificial Intelligence Methods and Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Metrics for Surgical Education: A Multidisciplinary Consensus J Am Coll Surg. 2022 06 01; 234(6):1181-1192. . View in PubMed

Utility of the Simulated Outcomes Following Carotid Artery Laceration Video Data Set for Machine Learning Applications JAMA Netw Open. 2022 03 01; 5(3):e223177. . View in PubMed

Use of surgical video-based automated performance metrics to predict blood loss and success of simulated vascular injury control in neurosurgery: a pilot study J Neurosurg. 2021 Dec 31; 1-10. . View in PubMed

Reply by Authors Urol Pract. 2021 Sep; 8(5):604. . View in PubMed

Development and validation of an objective scoring tool to evaluate surgical dissection: Dissection Assessment for Robotic Technique (DART) Urol Pract. 2021 Sep; 8(5):596-604. . View in PubMed

Consulting 'DrGoogle' for minimally invasive urological oncological surgeries: A contemporary web-based trend analysis. Int J Med Robot. 2021 Aug; 17(4):e2250. . View in PubMed

An Objective Assessment of Performance during Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Validation and Correlation of Automated Performance Metrics with Intraoperative Outcomes J Urol. 2021 May; 205(5):1294-1302. . View in PubMed

Editorial Commentary Urol Pract. 2021 May; 8(3):400-401. . View in PubMed

Surgeon Automated Performance Metrics as Predictors of Early Urinary Continence Recovery After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy-A Prospective Bi-institutional Study Eur Urol Open Sci. 2021 May; 27:65-72. . View in PubMed

Innovations in Urologic Surgical Training Curr Urol Rep. 2021 Mar 13; 22(4):26. . View in PubMed

Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Maneuvers to Attenuate Erectile Dysfunction: Technical Description and Video Compilation J Endourol. 2021 11; 35(11):1601-1609. . View in PubMed

Virtual Reality vs Dry Laboratory Models: Comparing Automated Performance Metrics and Cognitive Workload During Robotic Simulation Training J Endourol. 2021 10; 35(10):1571-1576. . View in PubMed

Comparative Effectiveness and Tolerability of Transperineal MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy under Local versus Sedation Urology. 2021 09; 155:33-38. . View in PubMed

A systematic review of virtual reality for the assessment of technical skills in neurosurgery Neurosurg Focus. 2021 08; 51(2):E15. . View in PubMed

Artificial Intelligence Will (MAY) Make Doctors Expendable (IN GOOD WAYS): Pro Eur Urol Focus. 2021 07; 7(4):683-684. . View in PubMed

Standardized Reporting of Machine Learning Applications in Urology: The STREAM-URO Framework Eur Urol Focus. 2021 07; 7(4):672-682. . View in PubMed

Efficiency and Accuracy of Robotic Surgical Performance Decayed Among Urologists During COVID-19 Shutdown J Endourol. 2021 06; 35(6):888-890. . View in PubMed

Multi-institutional validation of a perfused robot-assisted partial nephrectomy procedural simulation platform utilizing clinically relevant objective metrics of simulators (CROMS) BJU Int. 2021 06; 127(6):645-653. . View in PubMed

Deep learning-based computer vision to recognize and classify suturing gestures in robot-assisted surgery Surgery. 2021 05; 169(5):1240-1244. . View in PubMed

Reply by Authors J Urol. 2021 05; 205(5):1302. . View in PubMed

Machine learning analyses of automated performance metrics during granular sub-stitch phases predict surgeon experience Surgery. 2021 05; 169(5):1245-1249. . View in PubMed

A Novel Dissection Gesture Classification to Characterize Robotic Dissection Technique for Renal Hilar Dissection J Urol. 2021 01; 205(1):271-275. . View in PubMed

How the use of the artificial intelligence could improve surgical skills in urology: state of the art and future perspectives Curr Opin Urol. 2021 07 01; 31(4):378-384. . View in PubMed

Deep Learning to Automate Technical Skills Assessment in Robotic Surgery JAMA Surg. 2021 11 01; 156(11):1059-1060. . View in PubMed

Utilising an Accelerated Delphi Process to Develop Guidance and Protocols for Telepresence Applications in Remote Robotic Surgery Training Eur Urol Open Sci. 2020 Dec; 22:23-33. . View in PubMed

Systematic review of augmented reality in urological interventions: the evidences of an impact on surgical outcomes are yet to come World J Urol. 2020 Sep; 38(9):2167-2176. . View in PubMed

Using objective robotic automated performance metrics and task-evoked pupillary response to distinguish surgeon expertise World J Urol. 2020 Jul; 38(7):1599-1605. . View in PubMed

Comparison of clinical outcomes and automated performance metrics in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with and without trainee involvement World J Urol. 2020 Jul; 38(7):1615-1621. . View in PubMed

Pillars to improve patient outcomes: training and assessment methods for surgery World J Urol. 2020 Jul; 38(7):1591-1593. . View in PubMed

Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor With Atypical Pathological Features: Report of a Case and Review of Literature Int J Surg Pathol. 2020 Feb; 28(1):87-91. . View in PubMed

Artificial intelligence and neural networks in urology: current clinical applications Minerva Urol Nefrol. 2020 Feb; 72(1):49-57. . View in PubMed

Machine learning in the optimization of robotics in the operative field Curr Opin Urol. 2020 11; 30(6):808-816. . View in PubMed

Current status of artificial intelligence applications in urology and their potential to influence clinical practice BJU Int. 2019 Oct; 124(4):567-577. . View in PubMed

A better way to predict lymph node involvement using machine-learning? BJU Int. 2019 12; 124(6):901-902.. View in PubMed

Effect of surgeon experience and bony pelvic dimensions on surgical performance and patient outcomes in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy BJU Int. 2019 11; 124(5):828-835. . View in PubMed

A deep-learning model using automated performance metrics and clinical features to predict urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy BJU Int. 2019 09; 124(3):487-495. . View in PubMed

Utilising the Delphi Process to Develop a Proficiency-based Progression Train-the-trainer Course for Robotic Surgery Training Eur Urol. 2019 05; 75(5):775-785. . View in PubMed

Experts vs super-experts: differences in automated performance metrics and clinical outcomes for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy BJU Int. 2019 05; 123(5):861-868. . View in PubMed

Objective Assessment of Robotic Surgical Technical Skill: A Systematic Review J Urol. 2019 03; 201(3):461-469. . View in PubMed

Can machine-learning algorithms replace conventional statistics? BJU Int. 2019 01; 123(1):1.. View in PubMed

Crowdsourced versus expert evaluations of the vesico-urethral anastomosis in the robotic radical prostatectomy: is one superior at discriminating differences in automated performance metrics? J Robot Surg. 2018 Dec; 12(4):705-711.. View in PubMed

Use of Automated Performance Metrics to Measure Surgeon Performance during Robotic Vesicourethral Anastomosis and Methodical Development of a Training Tutorial J Urol. 2018 10; 200(4):895-902. . View in PubMed

The Importance of Technical and Non-technical Skills in Robotic Surgery Training Eur Urol Focus. 2018 09; 4(5):674-676. . View in PubMed

Utilizing Machine Learning and Automated Performance Metrics to Evaluate Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Performance and Predict Outcomes J Endourol. 2018 05; 32(5):438-444. . View in PubMed

Telementoring and Telesurgery for Minimally Invasive Procedures J Urol. 2018 02; 199(2):355-369. . View in PubMed

Development and Validation of Objective Performance Metrics for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Pilot Study J Urol. 2018 01; 199(1):296-304. . View in PubMed

Automated Performance Metrics and Machine Learning Algorithms to Measure Surgeon Performance and Anticipate Clinical Outcomes in Robotic Surgery JAMA Surg. 2018 08 01; 153(8):770-771. . View in PubMed

Feasibility of expert and crowd-sourced review of intraoperative video for quality improvement of intracorporeal urinary diversion during robotic radical cystectomy Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Oct; 11(10):331-336. . View in PubMed

Proctors exploit three-dimensional ghost tools during clinical-like training scenarios: a preliminary study World J Urol. 2017 Jun; 35(6):957-965. . View in PubMed

Structured learning for robotic surgery utilizing a proficiency score: a pilot study World J Urol. 2017 Jan; 35(1):27-34. . View in PubMed

Beyond 2D telestration: an evaluation of novel proctoring tools for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery J Robot Surg. 2016 Jun; 10(2):103-9. . View in PubMed

Personalized 3D printed model of kidney and tumor anatomy: a useful tool for patient education World J Urol. 2016 Mar; 34(3):337-45. . View in PubMed

Multi-Institutional Validation of Fundamental Inanimate Robotic Skills Tasks J Urol. 2015 Dec; 194(6):1751-6. . View in PubMed

External validation of Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS) Surg Endosc. 2015 Nov; 29(11):3261-6. . View in PubMed

Editorial Comment J Urol. 2015 Oct; 194(4):1105. . View in PubMed

Robotic Level III Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy: Initial Series J Urol. 2015 Oct; 194(4):929-38. . View in PubMed

Robotic unclamped "minimal-margin" partial nephrectomy: ongoing refinement of the anatomic zero-ischemia concept Eur Urol. 2015 Oct; 68(4):705-12. . View in PubMed

Development and Validation of a Novel Robotic Procedure Specific Simulation Platform: Partial Nephrectomy J Urol. 2015 Aug; 194(2):520-6. . View in PubMed

A novel interface for the telementoring of robotic surgery BJU Int. 2015 Aug; 116(2):302-8. . View in PubMed

Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging determined tumor contact length for extracapsular extension of prostate cancer J Urol. 2015 Feb; 193(2):466-72. . View in PubMed

Novel training methods for robotic surgery Indian J Urol. 2014 Jul; 30(3):333-8. . View in PubMed

Cryosurgery for clinical T3 prostate cancer BJU Int. 2014 May; 113(5):684-5. . View in PubMed

Face, content, construct and concurrent validity of dry laboratory exercises for robotic training using a global assessment tool BJU Int. 2014 May; 113(5):836-42. . View in PubMed

Comparative assessment of three standardized robotic surgery training methods BJU Int. 2013 Oct; 112(6):864-71. . View in PubMed

Image visibility of cancer to enhance targeting precision and spatial mapping biopsy for focal therapy of prostate cancer BJU Int. 2013 Jun; 111(8):E354-64. . View in PubMed

Does eliminating global renal ischemia during partial nephrectomy improve functional outcomes? Curr Opin Urol. 2013 Mar; 23(2):112-7.. View in PubMed

Response to Letter to the Editor J Urol. 2013 Feb 19. . View in PubMed

"Trifecta" in partial nephrectomy J Urol. 2013 Jan; 189(1):36-42. . View in PubMed

Validation of a novel robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy surgical training model BJU Int. 2012 Sep; 110(6):870-4. . View in PubMed

Robotic transrectal ultrasonography during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy Eur Urol. 2012 Aug; 62(2):341-8. . View in PubMed

Focal cryotherapy for clinically unilateral, low-intermediate risk prostate cancer in 73 men with a median follow-up of 37 years. Eur Urol. 2012 Jul; 62(1):55-63. . View in PubMed

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of virtual tumours in canine kidney using Global Positioning System-like technology BJU Int. 2012 May; 109(9):1398-403. . View in PubMed

Concurrent and predictive validation of a novel robotic surgery simulator: a prospective, randomized study J Urol. 2012 Feb; 187(2):630-7. . View in PubMed

Anatomic renal artery branch microdissection to facilitate zero-ischemia partial nephrectomy Eur Urol. 2012 Jan; 61(1):67-74. . View in PubMed

Face, content and construct validity of a novel robotic surgery simulator J Urol. 2011 Sep; 186(3):1019-24. . View in PubMed

Innovations in prostate biopsy strategies for active surveillance and focal therapy Curr Opin Urol. 2011 Mar; 21(2):115-20. . View in PubMed

Negative influence of changing biopsy practice patterns on the predictive value of prostate-specific antigen for cancer detection on prostate biopsy Cancer. 2008 Apr 15; 112(8):1718-25. . View in PubMed

Uniform testicular maturation arrest: a unique subset of men with nonobstructive azoospermia J Urol. 2007 Aug; 178(2):608-12; discussion 612. . View in PubMed