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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