Tag Archives: positive margins

Positive margins and their significance

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Dr. Savatta

UroToday – Prognostic Significance of Location of Positive Margins in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens In the 201 men with a single positive SM, it was found in the apex in 75 men (37%), posterolateral in 70 men (35%), bladder neck in … Continue reading →

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Positive Margins in Laparoscopic prostatectomy

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Dr. Savatta

UroToday – European Urology – Preoperative and Intraoperative Risk Factors for Side-Specific Positive Surgical Margins in Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer Suspected ECE on endorectal coil MRI had neither protective effect nor increased risk for PSMs, which means that, … Continue reading →

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Positive margins after partial nephrectomy

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Dr. Savatta

UroToday – Positive Surgical Parenchymal Margin After Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cella: Oncological Outcomes Carcinom Thursday, 15 March 2007 BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – Positive margins following supposedly curative surgery can be devastating for patient and surgeon alike. The implication … Continue reading →

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Improvement in positive margins with robotic surgery

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Dr. Savatta

Robotic Prostatectomy can reduce positive margins Source- Surgery News p. 13 This was an abstract presented at SLS meeting in Boston in September. The 2 urologists showed a dramatic improvement in positive margins from their last 100 prostatectomies done open … Continue reading →

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