Tag Archives: dvP

UroToday – Nephroureteral Stent on Suction for Urethrovesical Anastomotic Leak After Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Dr. Savatta

Source Urotoday.com I found an abstract about a way to manage urinary ascites that can rarely happen after dvP. Conventional measures, including catheter traction, passive drainage, and needle vented Foley catheter suction, failed. On postoperative day 6 a unilateral nephroureteral … Continue reading →

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Median Lobe in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Evaluation and Management

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Dr. Savatta

UroToday – The surgical margins were similar between the two groups. No significant difference was found in the postoperative urinary bother score or the interval to social or perfect continence between the two groups. The results of this study have … Continue reading →

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Effect on prostate size on prostatectomy recovery

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Dr. Savatta

clipped from www.medwire-news.md “Prostate size has no effect on continence or biochemical recurrence at 1 year after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, but affects intra-operative blood loss, potency and surgical margins,” Aron et al write in the BJU International. The study points … Continue reading →

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Catheter withdrawal and suturing times of connection during robotic prostatectomy

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Dr. Savatta

UroToday – WCE 2007 – Single Knot Anastomosis (SKA) For Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: An International Multicenter Outcome Survey of 5235 Cases They have shown that the time to complete the anastomosis for the expert, second generation, and trainee surgeons were … Continue reading →

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Sex After Robotic Prostatectomy: Penile Rehabilitation

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Dr. Savatta

I have previously written about sexual function and how it changes after prostate cancer surgery. As men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer at a younger age and at an earlier stage, the preservation of erectile function and the ability … Continue reading →

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Robotic surgery summary- September 2007

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Dr. Savatta

In September I performed 19 operations including 13 dvPs. One simple prostatectomy was combined with a left inguinal hernia repair. This was the first time I had performed this combination, although I have performed close to 50 hernia repairs at … Continue reading →

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