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Jay Motola

Jay Motola

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posted 01/05/2009, comments (0)

Prostate Surgery for the Overweight: How Big is Too Big?

Dear Dr. Motola:   I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and am 51 years old. I weigh 385 lbs at 6'1". My urologist told me that at my weight he felt that surgery would be difficult because of the size of the laproscopic/robotic surgical instruments and the difficulty of the instruments being able to penetrate through my stomach and... Read moreChevron
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