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After prostate surgery, some men leak during sex | Reuters
Incontinence during sex is a long-lasting problem for roughly one in eight men who have had their prostate removed due to cancer, a study of more than 1,400 patients has found. via After prostate surgery, some men leak during sex … Continue reading
Posted in Prostate Cancer
Tagged climacturia, robotic prostatectomy, urine loss during sex
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Better patient counseling needed on post-RP erectile function – - UrologyTimes
Acting on anecdotal evidence, Dr. Nelson and his co-authors, Peter Scardino, MD, and John P. Mulhall, MD, assessed the erectile function of 250 men average age, 59±8 years pre- and post-radical prostatectomy. Of the men with baseline erectile function scores … Continue reading
Posted in Prostate Cancer
Tagged nerve sparing, recovery of sexual function, robotic prostatectomy
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UroToday – Laparoscopic mesh herniorrhaphy: Impact on outcomes associated with radical retropubic prostatectomy
Source: Urotoday Eighteen patients with a prior LMH underwent RRP. Five of the 18 had bilateral LMH, with unilateral LMH in the remainder. Outcomes in this group were compared with 38 patients without prior LMH. There was no difference between … Continue reading
UroToday – Nephroureteral Stent on Suction for Urethrovesical Anastomotic Leak After Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
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
Posted in For physicians, Prostate Cancer
Tagged complication, dvP, robotic prostatectomy, urinary ascites
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Delivery of the Median Lobe: A novel way to perform one of the most difficult parts of the dvP
This is my first technique that I will be adding to a new section of the blog. After watching many videos and trying different ways to approach an intravesical median lobe, I found a new way to take care of … Continue reading
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Tagged dvP, intravesical lobe, median lobe, robotic prostatectomy
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Robotic Prosatectomy at the NCCN
Genengnews.com: Robot Spurs Men’s Recovery After Surgery, Urologist Says at NCCN Annual Conference Even surgeons who once favored traditional ‘open’ methods of cutting and suturing during prostate or bladder-cancer operations have learned to love the joystick-operated robot, said Timothy G. … Continue reading