In the field of urology, robotic surgery has gained rapid and wide acceptance as a standard surgical approach in the majority of major surgeries over the last decade. To date, the da Vinci surgical system has been the dominant platform in robotic surgery; however, several newly developed robotic systems have recently been introduced in routine clinical practice. Of these, hinotori, the first made-in-Japan robotic system, is characterized by various unique and attractive features different from the existing system, and the use of this system has gradually increased mainly in urologic cancer surgeries, including radical prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, and radical nephroureterectomy. This review initially describes detailed characteristics of hinotori, then summarizes the early experience with urologic cancer surgeries using hinotori at our institution, and finally discusses the future prospects of robotic surgery using hinotori, considering problems associated with the use of this robotic system.

在泌尿外科领域，机器人手术在过去十年中作为大多数大型手术的标准手术方法得到了快速和广泛的接受。迄今为止，达芬奇手术系统已成为机器人手术的主导平台；然而，一些新开发的机器人系统最近已被引入常规临床实践中。其中，hinotori是第一个日本制造的机器人系统，具有与现有系统不同的各种独特且有吸引力的功能，该系统的使用逐渐增加，主要用于泌尿外科癌症手术，包括根治性前列腺切除术、部分肾切除术、根治性肾切除术和根治性肾输尿管切除术。本文首先描述了 hinotori 的详细特征，然后总结了我们机构使用 hinotori 进行泌尿外科癌症手术的早期经验，最后讨论了使用 hinotori 机器人手术的未来前景，考虑到与使用该机器人系统相关的问题。