AUA 2009 - Urodynamics/Incontinence/Female Urology: Pelvic Prolapse - Complications Associated with Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) - Session Highlights
Friday, 01 May 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Two consecutive papers focused on complications related to mesh repairs of pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - When to Perform an Intrafascial Nerve Sparing Approach without Compromising Cancer Control: Results of a High Volume Single Surgeon Series - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These presenters report on intrafascial bilateral nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy (ifBNSRRP), a technique shown to achieve good functional results.
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AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Localized - Do Patients with Positive Surgical Margins at Radical Prostatectomy with Further Negative Resected Tissue Behave Like Patients with Negative Margins? - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These researchers sought to determine if patients with positive surgical margins on the prostate specimen who have additional negative tissue resected from that site behave like patients with negative margins.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Long-Distance Tele-Mentoring: Prospective Trial in Training Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The researchers in Canada report this first ever telementoring program for learning LRP between Hamilton and London, Ontario.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - The Development of a “Mission Rehearsal (Patient Specific)” – Type Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery on Renal Cancer - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Researchers from Japan have truly taken surgical simulation to the next level.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - Use of High Fidelity Operating Room Simulation to Assess and Teach Communication, Teamwork and Laparoscopic Skills: Initial Experience - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The Technology & Instrumentation: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment (I) session saw the introduction of several new simulators related to minimally invasive urologic surgery diagnosis and treatment including ureterorenoscopy, laparoscopic renal surgery, robotic surgery and TRUS.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Effects of Ischemia on Human Renal Interstitial Fluid Metabolites - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this elegant study, the authors used a needle implanted microdialysis catheter to monitor levels of glucose, pyruvate, lactate, and glycerol in the renal parenchyma of 10 patients undergoing a laparoscopic nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy;
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Tumor Size and Depth Are Associated with Complications of Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this very important and sobering prospectively collected series of 336 consecutive laparoscopic partial nephrectomies, the authors report a complication rate of 36% of which 6.6% were major in nature;
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Localized T1a Renal Lesions in the Elderly: Outcomes of Laparoscopic Partial and Radical Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The co-morbidities of a patient often dictate the management strategy of their small renal mass. Unknown is whether increasing age should be considered a prognostic co-morbid factor.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - 1000 Patients - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Nephron-sparing surgery is now considered standard of care for small renal masses (less than 4cm).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Future Prospects in Percutaneous Ablative Targeting: Comparison of a Computer-Assisted Navigation System ad the "AcuBot" Robot - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Image-guided ablative therapies are becoming an increasingly utilized approach in treatment of the urologic patient.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Future Prospects in Percutaneous Ablative Targeting: Comparison of a Computer-Assisted Navigation System ad the "AcuBot" Robot - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Image-guided ablative therapies are becoming an increasingly utilized approach in treatment of the urologic patient.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Temporary Segmental Renal Artery Occlusion Using a Novel Reverse Phase Polymer for Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in a Swine Model - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Renal vascular clamping with ensuing global warm ischemia is typically necessary during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Temporary Segmental Renal Artery Occlusion Using a Novel Reverse Phase Polymer for Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in a Swine Model - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Renal vascular clamping with ensuing global warm ischemia is typically necessary during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - An Analysis Of The Causes Of Bladder Neck Contracture After Open And Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Positive Surgical Margins and Their Locations Following Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This is the largest multi-institutional study to date to look at positive surgical margins (PSMs) of the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Analgesic Use in Open Versus Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is currently the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Single Incision Trans-Ureteral (SITU) Laparoscopic Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has received increasing attention from the urological community.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Robot-Assisted MRI-Guided Prostatic Interventions - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The application of robotic technology continues to be developed and refined for urologic surgery.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Novel Magnetically Guided Intra-abdominal Camera to Facilitate Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery: Initial Human Experience - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) surgery has gained recent interest for renal surgery.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Hypothermic Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Impact on Recovery of Continence - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy (II) session was rich with new technological developments for minimally invasive therapy.
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AUA 2009 - Point-Counterpoint: Laparoscopy in the Treatment of the Impalpable Testis - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) -
Treatment of impalpable testis complicated due to different entities that have the same clinical picture.
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