Author Archives: bdrussell

Weight, Weight Loss and the Risk of Prostate Cancer

Posted on February 16, 2007 by bdrussell

Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort Written by Ricardo Sanchez-Ortiz, MD Thursday, 15 February 2007 BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – In the last five years, a large body of … Continue reading →

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Article comparing surgery v. radiation v. watchful waiting

Posted on January 23, 2007 by bdrussell

Key Highlights: 3,159 men studied 15 years long-term follow-up data Primary data end point – Death, not PSA Recurrence Weighted & Adjusted Outcomes in all Cohorts Patients Treated with Radical Prostatectomy or Radiotherapy shown to live longer than patients in … Continue reading →

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Are da Vinci Pyeloplasties "Experimental"

Posted on January 7, 2007 by bdrussell

I recently had an encounter with United Healthcare that initially resulted in a denial of a request to treat one of their patients with UPJ stenosis (partial obstruction of the drainage leading from the kidney to the bladder) with a … Continue reading →

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Profitability

Posted on December 5, 2006 by bdrussell

I agree that the reimbursement for a radical prostatectomy should be more than it is, but that is true for nearly everything we do these days at the hospital. You are paid a little more for the code for a … Continue reading →

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ergo

Posted on August 23, 2006 by bdrussell

From the World Congress of Endourology Source UroToday Saturday, 19 August 2006 O Elhage1, AP Shortland , BJ Challacombe , D Murphy , A Sahai , P Dasgupta 2 1 1 1 11Department of Urology, Guy’s Hospital and GKT School … Continue reading →

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Prostate Size a Limitation for Surgery?

Posted on August 19, 2006 by bdrussell

I recently saw a patient who had been biopsied by another urologist, found to have cancer and sent to a second urologist for evaluation for surgery. That second urologist does not do robotic prostatectomies and did not mention the option. … Continue reading →

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