There are many options to treat prostate cancer that has not spread to other organs in the body. These options include radical surgery, seed implantation, external beam radiation, hormonal therapy, cryosurgery and watchful waiting. There are four surgical options to treat prostate cancer: 1) radical retropubic prostatectomy, 2) radical perineal prostatectomy, 3) laparoscopic prostatectomy and 4) robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The goal of these procedures is to remove the prostate...
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Who Should Have Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer?
By Marc Greenstein, Health Expert
This seems like an easy question. After performing robotic prostatectomies for almost two years, I have learned that proper patient... Read more »
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Robot Assisted Surgery for Prostate Cancer
By Dr. Justin Harmon, Health Expert
In response to a question from one of the readers, I will further elaborate on the robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and how it... Read more »
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Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostate Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction...
By Dr. Justin Harmon, Health Expert
After robotic prostate surgery that is performed for cancer, the patient will have a foley catheter (a small drain that is placed in the... Read more »
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Learning About the Da Vinci Robot for My Bypass Surgery
By Leslie Lafayette, Health Expert
(Part 2 of a series: My Open Heart Surgery) As I faced the reality that I needed open heart surgery to repair a leaking mitral valve, I... Read more »
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Urinary Incontinence after Robotic Prostatectomy
By Marc Greenstein, Health Expert
I would like to continue reviewing robotic surgery and its advantages to open prostate surgery. One of the main complications from prostate... Read more »
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Study: Steroids reduce AF risk after cardiac surgery
A new study in Finland has shown that taking corticosteroids after heart surgery may help reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is a kind... Read more »
Robotic Help for Oral Cancer
PITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Throat and neck cancer surgeries can leave patients with serious side effects like disfiguring scars and... Read more »
Robots on the Cutting Edge
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Robots have been helping doctors replace joints since the early 1990s. ROBODOC is used for this operation. The purpose of this study is to report... Read more »
Heart valve surgery
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Heart valve surgery is used to repair or replace diseased heart valves.Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a... Read more »
Cardiac Catheterization
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Cardiac catheterization is the procedure of inserting a thin, hollow tube into a blood vessel in the legor, less often the arm, then passing it into... Read more »
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