A newly published report in The Lancet Oncology has pretty much finally confirmed what many of us have been assuming for a long time now: … READ MORE …
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A newly published paper in the British Journal of Cancer has reported on patient-reported functional outcomes following robot-assisted laparoscopic (RALP), non-robot-assisted laparoscopic (LRP), and open (ORP) forms of radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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A newly published paper in The Lancet has provided us with data from a randomized, Phase III, clinical trial of open radical retropubic prostatecomy (ORP) vs. robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) in the surgical treatment of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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In an extraordinary editorial in the July issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr. Michael Koch of the University of Indiana School of Medicine makes the following statement: … READ MORE …
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For the past 15 or so years, the daVinci brand of surgical robot, developed and made by Intuitive, has dominated the marketplace for surgical robots. However, changes are coming that may challenge that effective monopoly. … READ MORE …
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Many readers of this blog have probably heard or read the reports like this one on the CBS Evening News or this one on the Reuters web site that there were no significant short-term (perioperative) differences in outcome between robot-assisted radical cystectomy (complete removal of the bladder) and the older open surgical procedure. … READ MORE …
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Two new and quite separate papers offer rather different perspectives on the value of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) as a first-line treatment for the management of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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There is an interesting article on the Bloomberg web site today addressing the appropriate training of surgeons prior to unsupervised use of Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot. … READ MORE …
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Many readers may be interested in reading an interview given by Dr. Alan Partin of Johns Hopkins on the relative merits of robot-assisted and traditional (“open”) methods of radical prostatectomy. Dr. Partin is highly experienced in the use of both techniques.
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Researchers from City of Hope in Los Angeles have conducted an expert, systematic review of the published literature on the use of robot-assisted, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) in the management of high-risk, localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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With the introduction of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) there came suggestions from some surgeons that this technique made pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) more difficult. However, a new review by a respected international group of authors clearly disagrees with this suggestion. … READ MORE …
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A relatively large, retrospective, single-institution cohort study appears to show that oncologic outcomes after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) are comparable to those achieved after open retropubic radical prostatectomy (ORRP) among high-risk patients when the operations are carried out by appropriately skilled and experienced surgeons. … READ MORE …
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In the context of the current question about “problems” with the da Vinci robot (previously addressed today), we have some new data from Johns Hopkins on the outcomes of men with high-risk, localized prostate cancer, treated using open, retropubic (ORP), non-robot-assisted laparoscopic (LRP), and robot-assisted laparoscopic (RALP) forms of radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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One might reasonably be pardoned for not being able to imagine how having a radical prostatectomy with robot assistance (a robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy or RALP) could possibly be associated with eye injuries, given the relative lack of proximity of the organs concerned. … READ MORE …
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A paper just published in European Urology claims that prostate cancer patients treated with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) recover continence and sexual function faster than those treated with non-robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (LRP). … READ MORE …
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