Percutaneous nephrolithotomy guided by 5G-powered robot-assisted teleultrasound diagnosis system: first clinical experience with a novel tele-assistance approach (IDEAL stage 1).

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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by ethics committee of the Xinjiang Kezhou People’s Hospital and ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and was registered on http://www.chictr.org.cn (ChiCTR2200065849, 16/11/2022). After adequately informed that this was the first clinical application of the technology, 14 patients and a 14-year-old patient’s guardian gave their informed consents, and all details, images, or videos relating to an individual person in this study were published after obtaining informed consent from participants. We confirmed that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationThe written informed consents were obtained from the patients and a 14-year-old patient’s guardian for publication of this study and any accompanying images and videos. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Statement for CONSORT guidelinesOur study adheres to CONSORT guidelines. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The study was supported by the Key Science and Technology Projects of Xinjiang Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture (Science and Technology Project Aid to Xinjiang of China, no grant number is available)."

"Trial registration The study was approved by ethics committee of the Xinjiang Kezhou People’s Hospital and ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and was registered on http://www.chictr.org.cn (ChiCTR2200065849, 16/11/2022)."