The Robotic Surgeon Blog
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Robotic surgery in Canada
London Free Press – City & Region – People . . . You Know: “In Canada, there are only three Da Vinci robotic surgical systems. Two of them are in London. One operates out of C-Star, the other, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, is used primarily for clinical care. ” I wonder how many daVinci robots…
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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…
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Congratulations to the Newark Beth Israel Cardiovascular team
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Named One of Nation’s 100 Top Providers of Cardiovascular Care: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance: “Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Named One of Nation’s 100 Top Providers of Cardiovascular Care Monday November 20, 9:00 am ET NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Recognized for outstanding outcomes in adult cardiac care,…
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Higher cholesterol may lead to more aggressive prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer Treatment and Symptoms > Prostate Cancer and Association With Plasma Cholesterol: “Prostate cancer patients who had lower levels of cholesterol in their blood had a significantly reduced chance of developing more aggressive forms of the disease, compared to patients with higher cholesterol readings. These findings may help explain the earlier discovery, reported by…
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Obesity and prostate cancer
UroToday – Obesity, Diabetes, and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial: “These unique data obtained from a prospective randomized trial suggest that obesity may preferentially increase the risk of high-grade prostate cancer, while decreasing the risk of developing low-grade tumors. The authors suggest that this may explain why no association…
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Prostate cancer- How does one decide on therapy?
A colleague of mine asked on a blog comment: “Do patients need to make there own decisions or should the urologist guide them to the best decision?” That’s a great question and every urologist, medical oncologist, and radiation doc would have his/her own opinion.
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New changes to classification of kidney tumors
I was at a conferenence on Saturday, Current trends in genitourinary malignancies. This was a nice review of the newest advances in prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer. One thing I learned is that with he help of molecular markers, what had been previously diagnosed as sarcomatoid renal cell cancer is actually a high grade transformation…
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Newark Beth Israel chosen for beta tests for daVinci upgrades
I had the opportunity to beta test the newest additions to the daVinci S robot. The engineers have done an excellent job with minor upgrades. The 4th pedal which had been empty was fitted with a bipolar pedal. This was a nice much awaited for addition that will make setup much easier as we had…
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John Hopkins working on robotic advances
Johns Hopkins Gazette November 13, 2006: “Johns Hopkins researchers are trying to change that by adding such sensations, known as haptic feedback, to medical robotic systems. “Haptic” refers to the sense of touch. A video showing some of this research is online at www.jhu.edu/news/audio-video/medical_robotics.html.” I thought this was an excellent video showing the davinci robot…