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The use of the operating microscope for microsurgery in the 1970s has lead to the continued expansion of such technology in the operative management of male infertility and chronic testicular or groin pain. With greater patency rates and fertility rates of vasovasostomy performed with the operating microscope, the concepts of magnification have been successfully applied to vasoepididymostomy and varicocele ligation as well. More recently, microscopic spermatic cord neurolysis or denervation has demonstrated applicability to the treatment of groin and testicular pain. These procedures are technically demanding. The melding of improved visualization with magnification to an ergonomic platform that can be operated remotely has intuitive benefits to testicular and reproductive microsurgery. Robotic assistance during surgical procedures has been utilized in a wide array of surgical fields with the above-mentioned benefits. This chapter covers the latest developments in the robotic microsurgical platform, robotic microsurgical tools and current evaluations of various robotic microsurgical applications for male infertility and patients with chronic testicular or groin pain.

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  1. Department of Urology, Winter Haven Hospital, University of Florida, 200 Avenue F. N.E., Winter Haven, 33881, FL, USA

    Sijo Joseph Parekattil M.D.

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  1. Centre de Chirurgie, Orthopédique et de la Main (CCOM), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, av. Achille Baumann 10, Illkirch CX, 67403, France

    Philippe A. Liverneaux

  2. , Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Northwest Hospita, Crossroads Drive 10, Owings Mills, Baltimore, 21117, Maryland, USA

    Stacey H. Berner

  3. , Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University, Chicago, S. First Avenue 2160, Maywood, 60153, Illinois, USA

    Michael S. Bednar

  4. University of Florida, Director, Robotic Surgery, Winter Haven Hospital &, 200 Avenue F. N.E., Winter Haven, 33881, Florida, USA

    Sijo J. Parekattil

  5. São Paolo Hand Center, Rua Maestro Cardim 987, Sao Paolo, 01323-001, Brazil

    Gustavo Mantovani Ruggiero

  6. , Department of Plastic Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Pressler St 1400, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Jesse C. Selber

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Parekattil, S.J. (2013). Urology. In: Liverneaux, P., Berner, S., Bednar, M., Parekattil, S., Mantovani Ruggiero, G., Selber, J. (eds) Telemicrosurgery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0391-3_19

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