Jens Bedke

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Dr. Jens Bedke is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher whose work centers on advancing prostate and kidney cancer diagnostics and treatment through precision imaging and robotic surgery. His major contributions lie in refining prostate cancer detection, particularly for patients with prior negative biopsies. He has pioneered the evaluation of cognitive, robotic, and in-bore MRI-targeted biopsy techniques, demonstrating their superiority over systematic approaches, with his landmark 2018 study garnering 48 citations. Dr. Bedke has also been instrumental in validating biparametric MRI as a viable alternative to multiparametric MRI for guiding fusion biopsies, and in exploring novel imaging methods like T2 mapping and computed tomographic ultrasound with artificial neural network analysis to characterize prostate lesions. Beyond diagnostics, he has made significant strides in surgical technique, leading the randomized OpeRa trial (2025, 12 citations) comparing open versus robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy for complex kidney tumors, and contributing to EAU guidelines on live surgery and telesurgery. His work, cited over 200 times, consistently pushes the boundaries of minimally invasive, image-guided urologic oncology, making him a pivotal figure in the field.

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Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Prostate cancer detection in patients with prior negative biopsy undergoing cognitive-, robotic- or in-bore MRI target biopsy

   48 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Targeted vs systematic robot‐assisted transperineal magnetic resonance imaging‐transrectal ultrasonography fusion prostate biopsy

   33 citations · 2017
3. 3
   T2 mapping for the characterization of prostate lesions

   22 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Rekonstruktionsmöglichkeiten des Harnleiters

   20 citations · 2019
5. 5
   Head-to-head comparison of biparametric versus multiparametric MRI of the prostate before robot-assisted transperineal fusion prostate biopsy

   19 citations · 2022
6. 6
   First report of robot-assisted transperineal fusion versus off-target biopsy in patients undergoing repeat prostate biopsy

   16 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Open versus robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy in patients with intermediate/high-complexity kidney tumours: final results of the randomised, controlled, open-label, multicentre trial OpeRa

   12 citations · 2025
8. 8
   Outcomes of EAU-endorsed Live Surgical Events over a 5-year Period (2015–2020) and Updated Guidelines from the EAU Live Surgery Committee

   11 citations · 2021
9. 9
   European Association of Urology Policy on Telesurgery

   8 citations · 2025
10. 10
    Robotic Transrectal Computed Tomographic Ultrasound with Artificial Neural Network Analysis: First Validation and Comparison with MRI-Guided Biopsies and Radical Prostatectomy

    6 citations · 2021

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