Enrico Checcucci, Daniele Amparore, Gabriele Volpi, Sabrina De Cillis, Federico Piramide, Paolo Verri, Alberto Piana, Michele Sica, Cecilia Gatti, Paolo Alessio, Alberto Quarà, Mariano Burgio, Marco Colombo, Giovanni Busacca, Alex Mottrie, Edward Cherullo, Alberto Breda, Alessandro Antonelli, Renaud Bollens, Andrea Minervini, James Porter, Riccardo Schiavina, Riccardo Autorino, Ashutosh Tewari, Michele Di Dio, Cristian Fiori, Francesco Porpiglia
The recent integration of new virtual visualization modalities with artificial intelligence and high-speed internet connection has opened the door to the advent of the metaverse in medicine. In this totally virtual environment, three-dimensional virtual models (3DVMs) of the patient's anatomy can be visualized and discussed via digital avatars. Here we present for the first time a metaverse preoperative clinical case discussion before minimally invasive partial nephrectomy. The surgeons' digital avatars met in a virtual room and participated in a virtual consultation on the surgical strategy and clamping approach before the procedure...
September 4, 2023: European Urology