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  • PACRIM Robotics – Pyeloplasty

    At the Pacific Rim Robotics Conference last month there was a session on robotic pyeloplasty. It was held on Saturday afternoon, the last day of the conference, and featured a lecture by Dr. Elspeth McDougall and a live broadcast of the operation from UC Irvine performed by Dr. Ralph Clayman. Dr. McDougall described the operation…

  • PACRIM – Anesthesia

    Debra Morrison, MD, anesthesiologist at UCI gave a talk on anesthesia and robotic prostatectomy. While many of the points she reviewed have been covered elsewhere, there were a couple of suggestions that she had that I had not heard of before. She mentioned that with the extreme Trendelenburg position not only is the diaphragm pushed…

  • PACRIM Robotics Conference – dVP times

    I attended the PACRIM conference Sponsored by the Univ. of California, Irvine in early January. There were several interesting presentations and I plan to post a summary of different ones from time to time. The first in the series is regarding a presentation made by Dr. Randy Fagin from Austin, TX, on “Achieving a Time…

  • Eye strain and robotics

    I have noticed after several recent cases that my eyes feel dry and itchy. I think it is due to a reduced blink reflex, a well reconized problem for those working with computer monitors and sometimes called Computer Vision Syndrome. “Research has shown that the blink rate of VDT workers dropped very significantly during work…

  • Robotic Pyeloplasty and Endoscopic Stone retrieval

    I was recently faced with a case of a right sided UPJ stenosis with good renal preservation and two 5 mm stones in the upper pole. Having done at least a half dozen robotic pyeloplasties I felt that that would be the appropriate treatment for the UPJ but was not sure how to address the…