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As we regularly point out, outcomes after surgery for prostate cancer are massively impacted by the skill, the experience, and the focus of the surgeon. The tools he or she uses to carry out the surgery may or may not be a factor. We simply do not really know.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: laparoscopic, open, outcome, prostatectomy, radical, RALP, robot | 1 Comment »
According to an article by Hirsch et al. in the inaugural issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (a new journal for radiation oncologists and their staff), there are some small but significant post-operative differences in pelvic anatomy between patients who undergo robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) as opposed to standard, open forms of radical prostatectomy.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: laparoscopic, planning, radiation, radical prostatectomy, RALP, robot, Treatment | 2 Comments »
The Wall Street Journal carries a sad story today of what can go wrong when surgeons with insufficient skill, focus, and experience use high-tech equipment to carry out complicated operations.
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An article by Hu et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week is getting a lot of media visibility. (See for example the report from the Associated Press.) The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink thinks the article says more about the skills of individual surgeons than it does about the techniques and [...]
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