Category: For physicians

  • Intuitive Surgical releases facts about robotic surgery

    Facts_about_daVinci_Surgery I received a correspondence from intuitive surgical that shows the growth in prostatectomies and hysterectomies (benign and malignant). It describes how there have been over 1.5 million robotic surgeries performed in the last 10 years and the low complication rate. I attached the pdf.

  • UroToday – Prospective evaluation of prostate cancer risk in candidates for inguinal hernia repair – Abstract

    Prior laparoscopic hernia repair is not a contraindication to robotic prostatectomy.

  • UroToday – Nephroureteral Stent on Suction for Urethrovesical Anastomotic Leak After Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

    Source Urotoday.com I found an abstract about a way to manage urinary ascites that can rarely happen after dvP. Conventional measures, including catheter traction, passive drainage, and needle vented Foley catheter suction, failed. On postoperative day 6 a unilateral nephroureteral stent was placed on intermittent suction. Placement of one nephroureteral stent on suction device immediately…

  • Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Study

    Source: Journal of Robotic Surgery, Volume 2, Number 3 / September, 2008 Conclusions We report a large, multi-institutional series of RPN for renal tumors, confirming safety and feasibility reported in previous small, single-institution studies. Although we report the initial experience in RPN at each center, immediate oncologic results and perioperative outcomes approached those of more…

  • Median Lobe in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Evaluation and Management

    UroToday – The surgical margins were similar between the two groups. No significant difference was found in the postoperative urinary bother score or the interval to social or perfect continence between the two groups. The results of this study have shown that the presence of a median lobe does not alter the outcomes in patients…

  • Robotic Renal Symposium

    First Annual Worldwide Robotic Renal Symposium I had the honor of being selected on the faculty for the 1st robotic conference dedicated to kidney surgery. This should be an excellent conference for urologists who are performing robotic surgery for prostate cancer and would like to learn about current techniques for kidney surgery including partial nephrectomy.…

  • Screening for prostate cancer

    The controversy over screening for prostate cancer will continue. clipped from www.medscape.com Information is not adequate to recommend screening men for prostate cancer with digital rectal examination or measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), according to a position statement by the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) published in the February issue of the American Journal…

  • 3 experts discuss their experience with robotic surgery

    Symposium: Robotic surgery in urology: Hype, hope, and reality – Modern Medicine Community urologists who want to learn this must have an adequate volume of cases, at least 20 prostatectomies a year, and it probably will take 20 or 30 procedures before they are comfortable. For someone doing less than 20 cases a year, it…

  • Robotic Surgery Review in Contemporary Urology

    The robotic revolution: Advancing laparoscopy and urology further into the future – The introduction of robotic technology and its increasing acceptance in urology have helped surgeons overcome many technical barriers to complex laparoscopic procedures. While preliminary safety and efficacy results for a number of procedures are promising, long-term data are needed to establish its role…