Transurethral surgical robot: achieving efficient en bloc resection of bladder tumor

• Main Authors: Miyasaka, Muneaki, Liu, Jiajun, Lai, Wenjie, Law, Terence Yu Xi, Lim, Gerald, Quek, Banjamin, Wang, Ziting, Wu, Qing Hui, Chiong, Edmund, Phee, Soo Jay
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Engineering; Robots; Tumors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182868
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bladder cancer ranks as the 10th most common cancer globally. Currently, the standard surgical approach for bladder tumor removal involves transurethral piecemeal resection, which carries high recurrence (60%) and perforation (12%) rates. Although various techniques and robotic systems have been dev...