A newly reported Swiss study provides us with what appear to be some sound comparative data on the relative merits of open radical prostatectomy (RP) and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) at a center with a relatively low-volume caseload. … READ MORE …
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No data have previously been available on the relationship between surgical experience, surgical volume and complication and transfusion rates in patients undergoing minimally invasive forms of radical prostatectomy (e.g., laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with or without robot assistance). … READ MORE …
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A new analysis of data from two independent databases suggests that (in the US) only 20 percent of urologic surgeons carried out 10 or more radical prostatectomies in 2005. … READ MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 