Tag: pyeloplasty

  • Prostate cancer in NJ

    This is the monthly update of my robotic surgery practice at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. This months focus is on prostate cancer, with a record 24 dvPS performed this month. This month I performed 27 robotic surgeries including 24 da Vinci prostatectomies for prostate cancer. Both of these are a record for 1 month…

  • Are da Vinci Pyeloplasties "Experimental"

    I recently had an encounter with United Healthcare that initially resulted in a denial of a request to treat one of their patients with UPJ stenosis (partial obstruction of the drainage leading from the kidney to the bladder) with a robotic repair of the condition. The denial was initially based on the perception that such…

  • PACRIM Robotics – Pyeloplasty

    At the Pacific Rim Robotics Conference last month there was a session on robotic pyeloplasty. It was held on Saturday afternoon, the last day of the conference, and featured a lecture by Dr. Elspeth McDougall and a live broadcast of the operation from UC Irvine performed by Dr. Ralph Clayman. Dr. McDougall described the operation…