Category: For physicians

  • 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…

  • Website for urologists specializing in prostate cancer

    ProstateCenter.com: On ProstateCenter.com, you will find a wide range of sophisticated clinical tools, nomograms, databases and other useful information that enable the delivery of personalized, evidence-based medicine. These Web-enabled problem-focused decision making support tools allow users to forge the increasing amount and diversity of clinical data into real world solutions for patients, all provided in…

  • Robotic Surgery Schedule

    I found a way to place my robotic surgery schedule online. I do not add my operations in advance that far ahead, but it is usually accurate for the upcoming 2 weeks. Urologists interesting in case observations can contact me to watch surgery.

  • Robotic Tips for Surgeons and Teams #1

    This is a new topic to help explain some of the workings of the robotic systems. This tip on black balance, white balance, and scope alignment comes form Sue Belluardo, my local intuitive surgical rep. Remember 3 things: – Black Balance is Camera Head Specific – White Balance is Scope Specific – Scope Alignment is…

  • Survival advantage with surgery for elderly patients with prostate cancer?

    JAMA — Survival Associated With Treatment vs Observation of Localized Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men, December 13, 2006, Wong et al. 296 (22): 2683 Conclusions This study suggests a survival advantage is associated with active treatment for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer in elderly men aged 65 to 80 years. Because observational data cannot completely…

  • A single dose of prophylactic antibiotics may be enough

    ScienceDaily: Single Dose Of Antibiotics Before Surgery Sufficient To Help Prevent Infection: “Single Dose Of Antibiotics Before Surgery Sufficient To Help Prevent Infection A single dose of antibiotics prior to surgery appears to prevent infections occurring at the surgical site as effectively as a 24-hour dosing regimen, and with reduced antibiotic costs, according to an…

  • ergo

    From the World Congress of Endourology Source UroToday Saturday, 19 August 2006 O Elhage1, AP Shortland , BJ Challacombe , D Murphy , A Sahai , P Dasgupta 2 1 1 1 11Department of Urology, Guy’s Hospital and GKT School of Medicine, London, UK, One SmallStep Gait Laboratory, Thomas Guy House, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK.2…