The Robotic Surgeon Blog

  • Thank you to my NJ physician colleagues

    I was honored to be chosen as a top physician in NJ by my peers. This meant a lot to me after being in practice in NJ for only 4 1/2 years. I want to congratulate my partners who shared in this honor: Dr. Eric Seaman and Dr. Yithak Berger. Click picture for readable size.

  • My Robotic nephrectomy on you tube?

    As my friends and readers know, in May of 2007 I performed a live right kidney and adrenal gland removal for intuitive surgical. This was telecast to the AUA conference in Anaheim. My hospital helped me edit the video which I did a voice-over for and made into a nice 7 minute piece. I was…

  • Robotic failure during surgery

    Robot failure during radical prostatectomies is ‘extremely rare’ – Failure rates will continue to shrink as technology advances – UrologyTimes The study team recorded critical failures in 20 cases (0.3%) leading to the cancellation of 10 procedures and conversion to laparoscopic in one case and to open procedure in nine cases. Recoverable failures were more…

  • Robotic surgery coming to Edmonton

    edmontonsun.com – Edmonton News – $10M fundraiser in Edmonton aims to help combat prostate cancer An Edmonton hospital is tackling prostate cancer with a $10-million fundraiser to open a prostate health clinic, purchase a robotic surgery system and increase its research fund. Fundraising will likely bring another robotic system to Canda.

  • Robotic Kidney Surgery reaches Australia

    Man’s kidney removed by robot | The Daily Telegraph IT sounds like science fiction – but a NSW man has become the first person in the southern hemisphere to have a kidney removed by a robot.

  • Excellent review of HIFU in contemporary urology

    HIFU for prostate cancer – For more than a decade, HIFU has been investigated as a less invasive alternative to surgical treatment in men with localized prostate cancer. A growing and maturing body of research suggests that HIFU is a safe and efficacious option for several subgroups of patients. – Contemporary Urology HIFU for prostate…

  • 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…

  • Robotic surgery summary- May/June 2007

    I have been neglectful during the summer with keeping up on my blog. I will hope to catch up and keep my monthly postings of how things are going in my practice. In May and June I performed 32 dvPs, a nephrectomy, a simple prostatectomy, and a partial nephrectomy. The nephrectomy was the live telecast…