Category: Dr Savatta and hospitals

  • Robotic surgery summary- September 2007

    In September I performed 19 operations including 13 dvPs. One simple prostatectomy was combined with a left inguinal hernia repair. This was the first time I had performed this combination, although I have performed close to 50 hernia repairs at the time of dvP. The new thing to report is an improvement in continence that…

  • Robotic surgery summary- July/August 2007

    For the summer months I had the pleasure of inviting my new associate, Dr. Brent Yanke, into our practice. We spent July together and he is now on his own performing most of his robotic surgery. He was well trained at Thomas Jefferson and had participated in over 100 robotic operations. In July and August…

  • 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…

  • Robotic surgery summary- April 2007

    April has been traditionally a slow month in my practice. Last year it was the only month that I did less than 12 robotic surgeries (I only did 9). This year I performed 16 robotic surgeries in April.

  • Robotic Prostate Surgery- 1st quarter update

    The 1st quarter of 2007 was my busiest for da Vinci Prostatectomies (dvP) for prostate cancer (52 operations), as well as my busiest total robotic surgery 3 month period (60 operations). My dvP volume increased 63% from the previous year and 24% from the previous quarter, which was then a record. My total robotic surgery…

  • Delivery of the Median Lobe: A novel way to perform one of the most difficult parts of the dvP

    This is my first technique that I will be adding to a new section of the blog. After watching many videos and trying different ways to approach an intravesical median lobe, I found a new way to take care of it. The following video was uploaded to google video and shows the dissection of a…

  • Dr. Savatta’s personal blog

    Thoughts from a robotic surgeon I have started this blog to express some of my personal thoughts. I started the robotic surgery blog (http://www.roboticsurgeryblog/) 16 months ago and will still write there along with several other robotic surgeons. I wanted a forum that I could share my more personal thoughts, some maybe controversial or personal.…

  • Robotic Surgery Update- February 2007 with a focus on robotic times

    This is the monthly report on my robotic surgery practice in West Orange, NJ. It was a relatively slow month. I performed 11 dvPs, and no other robotic surgery. The main reason was a prostate conference/ vacation that I took. I went away for 7 days and did not schedule any surgery the week I…

  • Prostate cancer in NJ

    This is the monthly update of my robotic surgery practice at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. This months focus is on prostate cancer, with a record 24 dvPS performed this month. This month I performed 27 robotic surgeries including 24 da Vinci prostatectomies for prostate cancer. Both of these are a record for 1 month…