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Patients with small kidney tumors are more likely to be offered treatment options based on surgeons' case volume and type of practice than on tumor characteristics, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Fellowship-trained surgeons who practice in academic medical centers with high volumes of patients with kidney tumors were 70 to 80 percent more likely to follow American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines by recommending partial nephrectomy. Surgeons in private practice who see few patients...
Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for surgeons to learn, according to a new study led by Henry Ford Hospital specialists.The findings come at a time both when chronic kidney disease is becoming more common, and while occult "“ or hidden "“ damage to kidney function has been overlooked in more than a fourth of patients with small...
Several prominent urologic surgeons discussed their use of Aureon's prognostic tests. Yonkers, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) January 20, 2011 Today, Aureon Biosciences, Inc. announced that several prominent urologic surgeons discussed their use of Aureon's prognostic tests, Post-Op Px™ and Prostate Px+, at this year's International Robotic Urology Symposium (IRUS) in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the conference, Dr. Vipul Patel, Medical Director of the Global Robotics Institute and Urologic...
Craig Peters will lead efforts to improve surgical precision through robotic technologies Washington, DC (Vocus) October 27, 2010 Children's National Medical Center has appointed Craig Peters, MD, chief of Surgical Technology and Translation in the Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care and Principal Investigator in the Bioengineering Initiative of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. Dr. Peters has a special interest in applying robotics in pediatric...
Retrospective Data Unveiled at 79th Annual Meeting of the NE Section of the American Urological Association Burlington, Mass. (Vocus) October 22, 2010 The Chairman of Lahey Clinic's Institute of Urology will present the findings of nearly 20 years of retrospective clinical data today in Providence, Rhode Island, at the 79th annual meeting of the New England Section of the American Urological Association demonstrating that long term kidney function is significantly improved in cancer...
OWINGS MILLS, Md., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Urology Associates (CUA) is pleased to announce that urologist Dr. Kannan Manickam has joined the practice. A practicing urologist since 2003, Dr. Manickam treats both male and female patients with urologic conditions. His specialties include the diagnosis and management of female incontinence and pelvic prolapse, as well as laparoscopic and robotic renal surgery. Dr. Manickam has been an investigator for research studies in...
A first-ever, long-term study of patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery to remove their cancerous prostates found that nearly 87 percent of them had no recurrence of the disease after five years.The findings were reported in this month's issue of the European Urology journal by a team of Henry Ford Hospital researchers led by Mani Menon, M.D., an internationally recognized pioneer in the use of high-precision surgical robots.In an editorial accompanying the article, the author wrote...
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest medical robotic conference will convene Jan. 13-16, 2011 at the Wynn Las Vegas. It will bring together world leaders in robotic surgery and alternative therapies for benign and malignant diseases of the prostate. Hosted by the Henry Ford Vattikuti Urology Institute and the Vattikuti Foundation, the four-day International Robotic Urology Symposium 2011 will showcase experts in robotic surgery who will share their strategies, results and best...
The size of tumors in prostate cancer patients is directly linked to their weight, according to a new six-year study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.The research team, led by Nilesh Patil, M.D., of Henry Ford's Vattikuti Urology Institute and Department of Radiology, found heavier patients, or those with the highest body mass index (BMI), also had the largest tumors. They discovered the connection after studying 3,327 patients who had undergone robotic removal of...
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgical robotic training will be taken to the next level with the partnership of Simulated Surgical Systems, LLC (SSS) and five world renowned academic centers. Centers include Albany Medical College, Weill Cornell Medical Center, Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Health System; University of Medicine & Dentistry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Independent studies will be conducted at...
