Category: Robotic Surgery

  • Robotic Surgery Growth: July 06 update

    This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice. In July I performed 17 robotic operations. 14 were daVinci prostatetcomies for prostate cancer, 1 was a robotic simple prostatectomy for BPH, and 2 were kidney removals for kidney cancer. The total number of robotic prostatectomies I have performed is 143…

  • Robotic Surgery Summary- June 06: focus: performing general surgery operations at the time of robotic prostatectomy

    This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice. In June I performed 18 robotic operations. 17 were daVinci prostatetcomies for prostate cancer and 1 was a robotic nephro-ureterectomy. The total number of robotic prostatectomies is 129 and robotic operations is 165. At the time of my robotic prostatectomies, my…

  • Rural parts of the US are purchasing daVinci robots: West Virginia

    Source: Huntington News I believe this will be the 2nd robot in the state.

  • Robotic Surgery Newsletter

    I am starting a robotic surgery newsletter that can be accessed through the blog or my website. The newsletter is intended for primary care doctors, but is useful for general information for people intersted in robotic surgery and prostate cancer. Comments are appreciated.

  • Nebraska team develops touch sensor

    UNL News Release: High-resolution touch sensor could be boon to cancer surgeons, others Source: Office of University Communications University of Nebraska-Lincoln I think this has the potential to be a great technology. I think the part about helping surgeons perform better cancer surgeries is a little exaggerated. When performing surgery, I can not reliably distinguish…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth in New Jersey- Beyond prostate cancer

    This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice. May of 2006 was my busiest robotic surgery month to date. I performed the most operations (17) and the most non-dvP robotic operations (6) to date. With 2 robots and a world class surgical assistant, my schedule is now only limited…

  • Robotic Surgery in NEJM

    There was a favorable article about robotic surgery in the New England Journal of Medicine. The robot-assisted procedure is associated with lower rates of postoperative impotence and incontinence than the open procedure, says Menon, because the robot makes it considerably easier to spare nerves and to anastomose the urethra. Moreover, Menon believes that it permits…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth in New Jersey: Essex county

    This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice. Due to a variety of reasons, this month was my slowest robotic surgical month of the last 7. 2 months ago I explained that I have been restricting use of the da vinci robot to prostate surgery. I am happy to…

  • Profitability of Robotic Surgery: Hospital Perspective

    Analysis: Robot’s financial impact mixed Whether a hospital can break even or make a profit with the da Vinci device appears to turn on factors like the specific health plans in a particular market, the mix of Medicare patients, and the efficiency in using the robot. And most facilities seem to lose money at the…