The Robotic Surgeon Blog

  • Review of Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting: Open Radical Prostatectomy vs. Robotic vs. Laparoscopic

    AUA 2006 – Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting: Open Radical Prostatectomy vs. Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Source: UroToday

  • New procedure for robotic repair of vesicovaginal fistula- Malaysia

    Robotic repair of vesicovaginal fistula: Case series of five patients from Department of Urology, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Source: Science Direct Original Article: Urology

  • AUA Live Telecast Summary

    On Monday, May 22nd, I performed a live telecast from Newark Beth Israel to the American Urologic Association Conference in Atlanta of a dvP. This was my first live telecast of a surgical procedure. Our case was a success. The patient did very well and was discharged within 24 hours with minimal pain. The robotic…

  • Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer – going north of the border

    Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer – A first in Quebec Thursday May 5th, Dr Assaad El-Hakim performed the first robotic radical prostatectomy at the Hospital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal. This innovative procedure for prostate cancer was a premiere in the province of Quebec.   Source: CNW Group

  • Prostate cancer on The Open Line

    I would like to thank James Mtume and Bob Pickett for having me on their show today. We had an excellent discussion with several points that Id like to summarize. I will also be taking questions from their listeners that can be emailed to [email protected] The broadcast can be heard on a series of MP3…

  • Prostate Cancer on the Radio

    I have been invited to discuss prostate cancer on The Open Line. The show will air Sunday, May 21, from 11:00 am to noon on 98.7 KISS FM out of NYC. Phone calls will be received. The Open Line Show has been called by numerous leaders and journalists as “One of the most important talk…

  • Robotic Presentations at AUA

    Intuitive Surgical 2006 AUA Program Schedule: Download file We are all set at Newark Beth Israel to telecast our dvP using the new daVinci S on May 22nd.

  • 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…

  • Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator

    There is a new web-based tool that can help men over the age of 55 calculate their risk of having prostate cancer by biopsy. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, the University of Colorado, and the NCI created a statistical model…