Tag: surgery

  • AUA 2007 Recap for Intuitive Surgical

    This past week, Intuitive Surgical participated in the 2007 AUA (American Urological Association) Meeting held in Anaheim, California. As noted, this years AUA Meeting was clearly the most prominent in the history of Intuitive Surgical. We had a very strong showing with increased booth & program activities, higher visibility amongst leading academic & community urologists,…

  • First Live Robotic Kidney Removal Surgery at the AUA

    I was honored to be chosen by Intuitive Surgical to perform the first live robotic kidney removal surgery at this years American Urologic Association conference (press release). This was the second year in a row that I have been chosen to perform l a live surgery. Intuitive has been broadcasting live surgeries for 3 years…

  • Robotic Donor Nephrectomy for donating a kidney for transplant

    UroToday – AUA 2007 – Experience with Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy This series demonstrates that robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy can be performed safely with low complication rates and outcomes similar to standard laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy.

  • Robotic Prostate Surgery- 1st quarter update

    The 1st quarter of 2007 was my busiest for da Vinci Prostatectomies (dvP) for prostate cancer (52 operations), as well as my busiest total robotic surgery 3 month period (60 operations). My dvP volume increased 63% from the previous year and 24% from the previous quarter, which was then a record. My total robotic surgery…

  • Robotic Prostatectomy Results from Vattikuti Institute

    UroToday – European Urology – Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy: Contemporary Technique and Analysis of Results Results Complete follow-up information was obtained in 1142 patients with a minimum follow-up of 12 mo (range: 12–66 mo; median: 36 mo). The actuarial 5-yr biochemical recurrence rate was 8.4% and the actual biochemical recurrence rate was 2.3%. Median duration of…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth: Cardiac surgery started in the Czech Republic

    First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep – Prague Daily Monitor First heart surgery performed by robots in CzechRep By Prague Daily Monitor/ČTK / Published 16 March 2007 Prague, March 15 (CTK) – The first robotic heart operation was performed in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Na Homolce hospital this week, hospital spokeswoman Jitka…

  • Prostate cancer surgery: hospital stays for open vs robotic surgery

    Length of Hospital Stay Similar for Robotic Assisted and Conventional Prostatectomy The current study prospectively compared length of hospital stay in 374 patients who underwent conventional RP and 629 who underwent LRP between 2002 and 2005. These authors reported that 94.3% of patients undergoing RP and 97.5% undergoing LRP were discharged on or before postoperative…

  • Prostate Cancer: Surgery for locally advanced prostate cancer

    Prostatectomy Effective for SV-Negative Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer At a mean follow-up of 37.2 months (median, 21.2 months), the pT3 (pT3a plus pT3b) patients’ overall and disease-specific 10-year survival rates were 77% and 92%, respectively, and at 15 years, 52% and 75%. These results are similar to those of previous studies for overall survival of…

  • Prostate Cancer: Obese men are more likely to have worse pathology reports than expected

    Dr. Koop – Biopsy Underestimates Prostate Cancer in Overweight Men: Researchers compared the biopsy grade to the cancer grade following radical prostatectomy, which is the removal of the prostate. In 1,113 men who underwent radical prostatectomy between 1996 and 2005 within the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital database, 299 men, or 27 percent, had…