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Dr. Savatta – Page 18 – The Robotic Surgeon – Domenico Savatta, M.D.

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  • HIFU, Cryosurgery, and Brachytherpy (Seeds) at UroToday.com

    UroToday Prostate Cancer Welcome to the UroToday.com prostate cancer section! Browse these pages for thousands of resources and information on prostate cancer. We update these pages daily so check back regularly for new education and information from prevalence data, diagnosis, treatment and management.

  • Surgical volume related to cancer cure rates after prostate cancer surgery

    UroToday – AUA 2007 – The Effect of Surgical Volume on the Rate of Seconday Treatment After Radical Prostatectomy They conclude that surgical volume is a determinant of treatment-failure when evidenced by the use of secondary therapies. Surgeons performing 24 RPs per year had the lowest rate of secondary treatment use.

  • The Canadians are leading the way in telerobotic surgery

    UroToday – Remote Telepresence Surgery: The Canadian Experience This important report from Canada presents 22 telerobotic general surgery laparoscopy cases performed by two surgeons over a distance of 400 kilometers; from a teaching hospital in Hamilton, Ontario to a community hospital in rural Northern Ontario.

  • Rhode Island joins robotic community

    Robotic surgery on prostate cancer arrives in R.I. | Rhode Island news | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal This is robot-assisted surgery — and some say it’s the future of surgery. Miriam Hospital is the first hospital in the state to acquire the robot, called the da Vinci Surgical System, which…

  • Prostate cancer surgery: Should we consider a more comprehensive gleason grading after surgery

    UroToday – Should the Gleason Grading System for Prostate Cancer be Modified to Account for High-Grade Tertiary Components? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – A systematic review and meta-analysis by Dr. Harnden and associates suggests that a tertiary Gleason grade is associated with worse oncologic prostate cancer (CaP) outcomes and warrants greater…

  • New medicine against advanced kidney cancer

    FDA approves third new targeted therapy for advanced RCC – UrologyTimes The FDA has approved the enzyme inhibitor temsirolimus (Torisel) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. The approval of temsirolimus follows the December 2005 approval of sorafenib (Nexavar) and the January 2006 approval of sunitinib (Sutent), which represent a new class of targeted…

  • Salvage radiation after prostate cancer surgery

    UroToday – Predicting the Outcome of Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy This retrospective study with a large cohort of patients treated with salvage radiotherapy after prostatectomy suggests that up to 50% of patients may remain free of disease 6 years after treatment if it is instituted before their serum PSA…

  • AUA 2007 Recap for Intuitive Surgical

    This past week, Intuitive Surgical participated in the 2007 AUA (American Urological Association) Meeting held in Anaheim, California. As noted, this years AUA Meeting was clearly the most prominent in the history of Intuitive Surgical. We had a very strong showing with increased booth & program activities, higher visibility amongst leading academic & community urologists,…

  • First Live Robotic Kidney Removal Surgery at the AUA

    I was honored to be chosen by Intuitive Surgical to perform the first live robotic kidney removal surgery at this years American Urologic Association conference (press release). This was the second year in a row that I have been chosen to perform l a live surgery. Intuitive has been broadcasting live surgeries for 3 years…