Our clinical partners of Laurentius Hospital in the Netherlands, published a nice paper in the Dutch Journal of Medicine about their experienced with Soteria's Remote Controlled Manipulator.

Some interesting quotations in dutch:

"In expertisecentra voor prostaat-MRI kan er echter voor gekozen worden om bijkomende systematische ‘random’-biopten achterwege te laten" 
Translation: "In experienced centers for prostate MRI, it can be decieded to exclude "random" systematic biopsies"

​"Doordat er hooguit 2 biopten genomen worden in plaats van 12, is het risico op complicaties als infectie, urosepsis of hematurie ook verwaarloosbaar en is de procedure minder pijnlijk."
Translation: "Because at most 2 biopsies are taken instead of 12, the risk of complications such as infection, urosepsis or haematuria are negligible and less painful."

"De gemiddelde onderzoeksduur op de MRI-tafel is 25 minuten."
Translation: "The average procedure time on the MR table is 25 minutes. "
Meaning in and out of the MR suite within 30 minutes.

Check our events page to register for our next webinar on October 8th, and talk to the authors of the paper.

With the support of the funding by team westland Reinier de Graaf hospital in Delft, The Netherlands is now able to provide MR guided prostate biopsies to their patients in the west of the Netherlands.

Some interesting new items and video's can be found on:

WOS: https://wos.nl/televisie/gemist/wos-nieuws/b4781887-b071-4bc6-aaab-533929ce7419/robot-biopteur-in-reinier-de-graaf-gasthuis-dankzij-team-westland

or the website of Reinier de Graaf: https://www.reinierdegraaf.nl/algemeen/nieuws/nieuwste-robottechnologie-spoort-prostaatkanker-nog-beter-op/

Already after 30 patient the procedure time significantly decreases with Robotic MRI guided biopsies as shown in the new paper published by Prof. Dr. Vilanova and his team: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00261-020-02665-6
 
An interesting paper of which we like to share some quotes:
“It is recognized that finally an individualized approach needs to be adopted and different MRI-directed biopsy strategies can be deployed. The key point is that prostate MRI and MRI-directed biopsy is a worthy first-line diagnostic strategy, backed up by systematic biopsy, used alone or as a supplement to target biopsy, depending on individual patient risk and patient preferences”
 
“This study also corroborates the high detection rate of prostate cancer using this in-bore MRI procedure; and more important the high clinically significant cancer detection. It is relevant the short MRI room occupation time of the procedure, which is not higher than other MRI diagnostic multiparametric studies, thus it does not interfere on the routine workflow of the MRI room schedule.”
 
“ Robotic MRI-guided biopsy could be useful, efficient and feasible procedure in the new paradigm to diagnose significant prostate cancer in selected patients.”
 
“An important issue to take in mind is that; whether MRI is the optimal imaging technique to diagnosis prostate cancer, it could be also much powerful whether we apply the same MRI technique to perform the biopsy.”
 
“the decrease of the biopsy time achieved with the use of the robot saves occupation time of the MRI room and thus decreases the overall cost of the procedure.”
 
Do you want to learn more about our solutions, watch our webinars with some great speakers on the Events & Media page of this website.
 
Example case from the paper: 69-year-old man, 1x negative US biopsies, PSA 5,6 ng/mL and a 7mm lesion on MR imaging, now was detected with a Gleason 7 (3+4)