WRUS 2009 - Robotic Cystectomy Technique Live Surgery Forum - Session Highlights
Thursday, 09 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Although each surgeon highlighted slight variations in technique, a common theme was leaving the bladder in situ until the ureters are completely dissected and the lymph nodes are removed.
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WRUS 2009 - Robotic Radical Cystectomy - Session Highlights
Thursday, 09 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Technical pearls to the procedure were presented by Drs. Peter Wiklund and Erik Castle from Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Dr. Kurshid Guru from Roswell Park, and Dr. Magnus Annersted.
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WRUS 2009 - Robotic Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) and Single Port Access - Session Highlights
Thursday, 09 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Jihad Kaouk reported his group's experience in developing a bench-to-bedside program of NOTES at the Cleveland Clinic.
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WRUS 2009 - Approaching the Difficult Bladder Neck - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Li-Ming Su from University of Florida presented surgical principles to manage difficult bladder neck dissection such as patients post-TURP, patients with a median lobe, and patients with a large bladder neck requiring reconstruction.
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WRUS 2009 - Advanced Techniques for Nerve Preservation - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Anthony Costello from Australia dictated a state-of-the art lecture on the anatomy of the neurovascular bundle.
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WRUS 2009 - Continence Preserving Techniques - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Bernardo Rocco from Milan, Italy presented data on anterior and posterior pelvic reconstruction to enhance urinary continence.
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WRUS 2009 - Optimizing Early Return of Urinary Continence - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Robert Myers from Mayo clinic presented an overview of the surgical anatomy of the prostate.
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WRUS 2009 - Avoiding Positive Surgical Margins in Robotic Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Thomas Ahlering from UC Irvine presented his group's data suggesting that 50% of margins were located at the apex of the prostate.
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WRUS 2009 - Transition from Open to Robotic Surgery. Patient Selection and Challenges in Avoiding Positive Margins During the Learning Curve - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Larry Goldenberg from British Columbia reported his experience, having performed over 2,500 open prostatectomies, after his transition to over 100 robotic procedures.
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WRUS 2009 - What to Do When a Patient has a Positive Surgical Margin After Robotic Prostatectomy? - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Joseph Smith from Vanderbilt presented data from the SWOG and European randomized trials
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WRUS 2009 - The Positive Surgical Margin After Robotic Prostatectomy: Overview of Criteria for Nerve Preservation - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Joseph Smith from Vanderbilt reported on his experience with 2,539 open and 2,723 robotic prostatectomies.
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WRUS 2009 - State-of-the-Art Lecture on Prostate Cancer - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Peter Scardino emphasized the fact that with the use of PSA, insignificant prostate cancers are being overdiagnosed, and he voiced his concern about over treatment in these patients.
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WRUS 2009 - Robotic Radical Prostatectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
Orlando, FL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Vipul Patel from the Florida Hospital Celebration Global Robotics Institute performed two live robotic radical prostatectomies with early release of the neurovascular bundles.
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