Functional Assessment of Crossing Vessels as Etiology of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
Friday, 24 August 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - It is generally accepted that a crossing
vessel may be a direct causative factor in UPJ obstruction. The
researchers at UT Southwestern and Columbia University Medical Center
developed a prospective study protocol to assess the obstructive effect
of the presence of a crossing vessel at the UPJ in patients with
clinical obstruction and undergoing laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
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Reoperative Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in Children: Comparison with Open Surgery
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A study by Piaggio, et al assessed the feasibility of pediatric redo laparoscopic pyeloplasty in comparison in regards to safety, efficacy, operative time, blood loss, postoperative analgesic requirements, length of hospitalization, complications, need for readmission, and subsequent procedures. This was a retrospective chart review of 10 consecutive patients who underwent re-operative pyeloplasty in a 3 year period.
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Masters in Urology 2008 - Presentation - Urethral Stricture Disease: Surgical Tips for the General Urologist
Sunday, 12 August 2007
Presented by: Gerald H. Jordan, MD, FACS, FAAP, at the Masters in Urology Meeting - July 31, 2008 - August 2, 2008, Elbow Beach Resort, Bermuda
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Prospective Evaluation of Short-Term Impact and Recovery of Health Related Quality of Life in Men Undergoing Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy versus Open Radical Prostatectomy
Tuesday, 07 August 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - According to a report by Dr. Miller and
colleagues (University of North Carolina) in the online version of the
Journal of Urology, a short-term quality of life benefit is suggested
with robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) as
compared to open radical prostatectomy (ORP).
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Needlestick Injuries among Surgeons in Training
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Despite being careful in the operating room most surgeons at some point in their life will experience a needle stick injury.
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Cook Urology and Convergent Laser Technologies Forge Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Pact
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
SPENCER, Ind (PRESS RELEASE) -
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Association of Bowel Rest and Ketorolac Analgesia with Short Hospital Stay after Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The major factor keeping patients in the hospital for an average of two days after a laparoscopic renal procedure appears to be ileus.
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Is Radiofrequency Ablation Safe for Solitary Kidneys: Ureteropelvic Junction Obliteration Resulting in Nephrectomy after Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Renal Cell Carcinoma
Thursday, 19 July 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Caveat emptor! In the first article reviewed 16 patients with a solitary kidney were treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) via a 200 watt radiofrequency probe. Tumors ranged in size from 1.5 cm to 6. 5 cm with a mean of 3.4 cm.
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Ischemia Preconditioning Does Not Confer Resilience to Warm Ischemia in a Solitary Porcine Kidney Model: Recovery of Renal Function after Complete Renal Hilar Versus Artery Alone Clamping During Open and Laparoscopic Surgery
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Taken together these two articles provide two important pieces of information for the surgeon involved with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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Long-Term Follow-up of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy for Organ-Confined Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 02 July 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Minimally invasive approaches to the treatment of clinically localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are rapidly being accepted as the standard of care.
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Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Suspected Metastasis of Adrenal Glands: Our Experience
Monday, 18 June 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Isolated adrenal metastases from other primary malignancies are a rare phenomenon but when found surgical resection can result in durable disease free and cancer specific survival.
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Remote Telepresence Surgery: The Canadian Experience
Thursday, 07 June 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This important report from Canada presents 22 telerobotic general surgery laparoscopy cases performed by two surgeons over a distance of 400 kilometers; from a teaching hospital in Hamilton, Ontario to a community hospital in rural Northern Ontario.
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AUA 2007 - Experience with Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
Friday, 25 May 2007
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AUA 2007 - Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy
Friday, 25 May 2007
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AUA 2007 - Complications of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Friday, 25 May 2007
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