Author: Dr. Savatta
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Positive Margins in Laparoscopic prostatectomy
UroToday – European Urology – Preoperative and Intraoperative Risk Factors for Side-Specific Positive Surgical Margins in Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer Suspected ECE on endorectal coil MRI had neither protective effect nor increased risk for PSMs, which means that, whereas this variable may help with surgical planning, its capacity to decrease PSM rates remains…
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Prostate Cancer: Prostate cancer can metastasize after surgery with even low PSAs rarely
UroToday – Prostate Cancer Progression in the Presence of Undetectable or Low Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Level Overall, 10 (22%) had undetectable serum PSA levels and 30 patients (65%) had PSA of less than 1ng/ml at the time of disease progression. Of the 25 men who had undergone radical prostatectomy, 7 were hormone na�ve at the…
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Prostate Cancer Surgery: Open vs. Laparoscopic Prostatecomy Results
UroToday – EAU 2007 ABST[750] – Radical Prostatectomy: A non-randomized Comparative Analysis of Outcomes between the Open and Laparoscopic Approach Conclusions: In our institution and during the study period, laparoscopic and retropubic radical prostatectomy provided comparable oncological efficacy, functional and morbidity outcomes. The laparoscopic approach was associated with lesser blood loss and transfusion rate and…
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Dr. Menon at EAU meeting
UroToday – EAU 2007 – AUA Lecture at the EAU 2007 – “The Role of Robotics in Urology” The market is primarily coming from patient “advertising” to other patients by word of mouth and use of the internet. The perceived benefit is likely based upon decreased blood loss and quicker recovery. He hypothesized that this…
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Robotic Prostatectomy Results from Vattikuti Institute
UroToday – European Urology – Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy: Contemporary Technique and Analysis of Results Results Complete follow-up information was obtained in 1142 patients with a minimum follow-up of 12 mo (range: 12–66 mo; median: 36 mo). The actuarial 5-yr biochemical recurrence rate was 8.4% and the actual biochemical recurrence rate was 2.3%. Median duration of…
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Robotic Surgery Growth: Cardiac surgery started in the Czech Republic
First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep – Prague Daily Monitor First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep By Prague Daily Monitor/ČTK / Published 16 March 2007 Prague, March 15 (CTK) – The first robotic heart operation was performed in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Na Homolce hospital this week, hospital spokeswoman Jitka…
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Robotic Prostatectomy Review
Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Conclusion Our review of the data for RALP shows a promising procedure in evolution. The limitations of robotic technology such as lack of haptic feedback seem to be outweighed by the advantages of improved visualisation and miniature instrumentation. While economic considerations are paramount the procedure is continuing to grow because…
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Prostate cancer surgery: hospital stays for open vs robotic surgery
Length of Hospital Stay Similar for Robotic Assisted and Conventional Prostatectomy The current study prospectively compared length of hospital stay in 374 patients who underwent conventional RP and 629 who underwent LRP between 2002 and 2005. These authors reported that 94.3% of patients undergoing RP and 97.5% undergoing LRP were discharged on or before postoperative…
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Prostate Biopsy: Side Effects and Risks
UroToday – EAU 2007 – Session on Prostate Biopsy 1 The 7,074 biopsies were performed in 5,153 men. Minor complications included hematuria >1 day (13.8%), hematospermia (35.8%), and rectal bleeding (2.1%). Major complications were prostatitis, epididymitis, fever >38C, rectal bleeding >2 days, and urinary retention, all <1.0%. This study validates the safety of TRUS biopsy…