World journal of urology · 2026
Quantifying ergonomic challenges for urologists operating flexible ureteroscopes through artificial intelligence-based posture estimation.
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Kobayashi Satoshi, Tsukino Keiji, Koura Mikifumi, Tanegashi Tokiyoshi, Tsukahara Shigehiro, Matsumoto Takashi, Shiota Masaki, Eto Masatoshi
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PURPOSE: The ergonomic challenges faced by surgeons during flexible ureteroscopy have yet to be thoroughly evaluated using objective methods. However, robot-assisted ureteroscopy has emerged as a promising treatment for urinary stones. The present study quantitatively assesses operative posture during transurethral ureteroscopy via an artificial intelligence-based posture estimation framework, and identifies kinematic differences associated with surgical expertise.
METHODS: Expert and novice urologists performed standardized flexible ureteroscopic tasks in a simulated transurethral ureteroscopy environment using kidney phantoms containing artificial stones. Upper-body movements were continuously video-recorded and joint coordinates of the shoulders, elbows, and wrists were extracted using an artificial intelligence-based pose estimation system. Kinematic parameters were quantitatively analyzed and compared between groups.
RESULTS: Experts completed observation of the entire renal pelvis significantly faster than novices (median 58 vs. 102 s, p < 0.001). Accumulated travel distance was markedly less in experts for the left shoulder (125 vs. 300 cm, p < 0.001), right elbow (324 vs. 1035 cm, p = 0.028), left elbow (349 vs. 772 cm, p = 0.019), and left wrist (729 vs. 3798 cm, p < 0.001). Experts had smaller movement areas at the left shoulder (6.29 vs. 40.5 cm2, p < 0.001) and right elbow (17.3 vs. 281 cm2, p = 0.040), and reduced movement ranges across multiple joints. Their angle fluctuation ranges were also narrower for the right shoulder (32.0 vs. 76.3°, p = 0.028) and left elbow (70.4 vs. 122.4°, p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The artificial intelligence-based posture analysis objectively demonstrated ergonomic advantages associated with surgical expertise during flexible ureteroscopy and revealed persistent ergonomic risks to the wrist and elbow.
METHODS: Expert and novice urologists performed standardized flexible ureteroscopic tasks in a simulated transurethral ureteroscopy environment using kidney phantoms containing artificial stones. Upper-body movements were continuously video-recorded and joint coordinates of the shoulders, elbows, and wrists were extracted using an artificial intelligence-based pose estimation system. Kinematic parameters were quantitatively analyzed and compared between groups.
RESULTS: Experts completed observation of the entire renal pelvis significantly faster than novices (median 58 vs. 102 s, p < 0.001). Accumulated travel distance was markedly less in experts for the left shoulder (125 vs. 300 cm, p < 0.001), right elbow (324 vs. 1035 cm, p = 0.028), left elbow (349 vs. 772 cm, p = 0.019), and left wrist (729 vs. 3798 cm, p < 0.001). Experts had smaller movement areas at the left shoulder (6.29 vs. 40.5 cm2, p < 0.001) and right elbow (17.3 vs. 281 cm2, p = 0.040), and reduced movement ranges across multiple joints. Their angle fluctuation ranges were also narrower for the right shoulder (32.0 vs. 76.3°, p = 0.028) and left elbow (70.4 vs. 122.4°, p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The artificial intelligence-based posture analysis objectively demonstrated ergonomic advantages associated with surgical expertise during flexible ureteroscopy and revealed persistent ergonomic risks to the wrist and elbow.