• The three topics are partial nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, and percutaneous kidney stone removal. (medpagetoday.com)
  • While the robotic approach has become the standard approach to prostatectomy, there are other urologic procedures (i.e., partial nephrectomy and cystectomy) in which the robotic approach is being introduced. (va.gov)
  • Giberti C, Gallo F, Schenone M, Gastaldi E, Cortese P, Ninotta G, Becco D. Robotic prostatectomy versus brachytherapy for the treatment of low risk prostate cancer. (urologiasavona.it)
  • Dr. Anderson's research interests include factors that influence the quality of surgery, access to care for patients with bladder cancer, outcomes after robotic prostatectomy, and active surveillance strategies for men with prostate cancer. (columbia.edu)
  • Dr. Anderson has clinical expertise in robotic prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder for patients with bladder cancer, and partial nephrectomy for the treatment of kidney tumors. (columbia.edu)
  • Brady Urology at Johns Hopkins Hospital: Positive Surgical Margins after Partial Nephrectomy: Cause for Concern? (blogspot.com)
  • Positive Surgical Margins after Partial Nephrectomy: Cause for Concern? (blogspot.com)
  • Positive surgical margins after partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma are rare. (blogspot.com)
  • 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. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • BACKGROUND Optimizing surgical approaches for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is vital for better patient outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Does nephrometry scoring of renal tumors predict outcomes in patients selected for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy? (wakehealth.edu)
  • Comparison of clamping technique in robotic partial nephrectomy: does unclamped partial nephrectomy improve perioperative outcomes and renal function? (wakehealth.edu)
  • Does experience in creating a robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) programme in an academic centre impact outcomes or complication rate? (wakehealth.edu)
  • Do statin medications impact renal functional or oncologic outcomes for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy? (wakehealth.edu)
  • Emerging technologies to improve techniques and outcomes of robotic partial nephrectomy: striving toward the pentafecta. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Main Renal Artery Clamping With or Without Renal Vein Clamping During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Clinical T1 Renal Masses: Perioperative and Long-term Functional Outcomes. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: continued refinement of outcomes beyond the initial learning curve. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Comparative Analysis of Renal Functional Outcomes and Overall Survival of Elderly vs Nonelderly Patients Undergoing Radical Nephrectomy. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Selective arterial clamping does not improve outcomes in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a propensity-score analysis of patients without impaired renal function. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Comparison of perioperative and functional outcomes of robotic partial nephrectomy for cT1a vs cT1b renal masses. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Reevaluating Warm Ischemia Time as a Predictor of Renal Function Outcomes After Robotic Partial Nephrectomy. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Due to recent evidence questioning the utility of the robotic platform, the use of it in urologic surgery must be revisited, especially in regard to long-term clinical and oncologic outcomes. (va.gov)
  • If the robotic platform can reduce length of stay, complications, readmissions, or improve oncologic outcomes, then costs may be more than recuperated, but this needs to be determined. (va.gov)
  • Robotic-assisted surgery for partial nephrectomy and cystectomy have a few documented short-term benefits over open or laparoscopic approaches, but the cost effectiveness is unknown, and long-term functional and oncologic outcomes are inadequately studied. (va.gov)
  • Most other differences in outcomes probably may be small or non-existent (i.e., complications, lymph node sampling [for cystectomy], warm ischemia time [for partial nephrectomy], etc. (va.gov)
  • The first is randomized data for patients undergoing partial nephrectomy, in terms of short-term outcomes. (va.gov)
  • The second is high-quality evidence with adequate long-term follow-up to assess cancer outcomes between the operative approaches for either partial nephrectomy or cystectomy. (va.gov)
  • To summarize the available evidence on renorrhaphy techniques and to assess their impact on peri‐operative outcomes after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MIPN). (bjuinternational.com)
  • Studies providing sufficient details on renorrhaphy techniques during laparoscopic or robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy and comparative studies focused on peri‐operative outcomes were included in qualitative and quantitative analyses, respectively. (bjuinternational.com)
  • Excellent results notwithstanding, laparoscopic pyeloplasty did not replace open pyeloplasty the way laparoscopic nephrectomy replaced open nephrectomy-mainly because of the steep learning curve required to master advanced laparoscopic skills such as intracorporal suturing, which can be time-consuming and imprecise in the initial learning stages. (medscape.com)
  • Source: Journal of Robotic Surgery, Volume 2, Number 3 / September, 2008 Conclusions We report a large, multi-institutional series of RPN for renal tumors, confirming safety and feasibility reported in previous small, single-institution studies. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • Source: Washington University Website "Robotic surgery is more efficient and precise than either open or laparoscopic surgery for tumors confined to the kidney," says Bhayani, assistant professor of surgery and a leader in the field of robotic surgery. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • Robotic and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for T1b tumors. (wakehealth.edu)
  • IRE uses HVEPs to cause cell death by inducing membrane disruption, and it is primarily used as a radical ablative therapy in the treatment of soft-tissue tumors in the liver, kidney, prostate, and pancreas. (rsna.org)
  • To help clinicians, patients, and policymakers decide between robotic and other surgical approaches in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy and cystectomy, VA's Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) in West Los Angeles, CA reviewed the literature in PubMed from 1/1/2010 through 6/29/2019 and Cochrane (all databases) from 1/1/2010 through 6/29/2019. (va.gov)
  • From these, 42 publications met inclusion criteria including: 4 cost-effectiveness analyses, 4 cost-only studies, 7 nephrectomy observational studies, and 16 articles describing 5 cystectomy randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and 11 cystectomy observational studies. (va.gov)
  • Robot-assisted surgery probably results in less blood loss than open or laparoscopic approaches, for both partial nephrectomy and cystectomy procedures. (va.gov)
  • The data comparing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and cystectomy to other approaches have underlying methodologic limitations and long-term studies are sparse. (va.gov)
  • Analysis of intracorporeal compared with extracorporeal urinary diversion after robot-assisted radical cystectomy: results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium. (mainehealth.org)
  • Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: current status, techniques, and future directions. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Predictors of Medical and Surgical Complications After Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: An Analysis of 1139 Patients in a Multi-Institutional Kidney Cancer Database. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Predicting Complications Following Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy with the ACS NSQIP® Universal Surgical Risk Calculator. (wakehealth.edu)
  • There is a signal that length-of-stay may be shorter and major complications may be fewer for robot-assisted cases of partial nephrectomy, but again the certainty of evidence is low . (va.gov)
  • This was the first live televised kidney surgery. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • Benjamin James Challacombe FRCS (born 1973) is a British consultant urological surgeon at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, and at King's College London, who specialises in the treatment of kidney and prostatic disease using robotic surgery. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2002, Challacombe began his masters in surgery at the University of London, gaining the degree in 2007 with a thesis titled "Telemedicine, Telerobotics and their Implications for Urology and Renal Transplantation", a randomised controlled trial of human versus telerobotics, one of the first of its kind. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other robotic surgery he has been involved in include nephroureterectomy, pyeloplasty and adrenalectomy. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2016, as part of "world robotic surgery education", he performed the first live broadcast of a robotic partial nephrectomy in the UK, while listening to music. (wikipedia.org)
  • Surgery: Is indocyanine green dye useful in robotic surgery? (wakehealth.edu)
  • For many cancer surgeries, including prostate and bladder cancer, positive surgical margins are a surrogate for quality of surgery and have implications for additional treatments and cancer survival. (blogspot.com)
  • In this blog, Mohamad E. Allaf, Director of Minimally-Invasive and Robotic Surgery, reviews the data regarding positive surgical margins following partial nephrectomy for the treatment of renal cancer. (blogspot.com)
  • As kidney surgery evolved from radical to partial nephrectomy (PN), and then from open to minimally-invasive surgery, the definition of a safe margin also evolved. (blogspot.com)
  • However, the hospital stay was shorter for children who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, appendectomy, nephrectomy, splenectomy, and surgery for intra-abdominal testis than for those who underwent open surgery. (medscape.com)
  • He has a particular interest in cancer imaging, MRI-Ultrasound fusion targeted prostate biopsy, prostate cancer focal therapy, and robotic surgery for prostate and kidney cancer. (stanford.edu)
  • Source: NPR A researcher has found a potential therapy for patients with kidney cancer, which historically hasn't responded well to other therapies, such as radiation and chemotherapy. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • Objective: To report the long-term survival of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients treated with radical nephrectomy in Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. (bvsalud.org)
  • Does Sarcopenia Impact Complications and Overall Survival in Patients Undergoing Radical Nephrectomy for Stage III and IV Kidney Cancer? (wakehealth.edu)
  • For some cancers, including renal cell cancer (RCC), the implications of a positive surgical margin are less clearly defined. (blogspot.com)
  • Geoffrey Sonn, MD is a board certified urologist who specializes in treating patients with prostate and kidney cancer. (stanford.edu)
  • This topic reviews the technique and application of robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RLP). (medscape.com)
  • This review of an article by one of the founders of laparoscopic urology shows that with one of the common laparoscopic method to remove a kidney, ureter, and bladder cuff for transitional cell caner of the upper urinary tract lining there seems to be a higer recurrence rate and positive margins. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • He teaches robotics and HoLEP and runs the robotic fellowship programme at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and teaches at the British and European Annual Urology meetings. (wikipedia.org)
  • With advancements in medical technology, Z Urology offers minimally invasive surgical procedures, such as laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgeries. (zurology.com)
  • UroToday - Incidence of Benign Pathologic Findings at Partial Nephrectomy for Solitary Renal Mass Presumed to be Renal Cell Carcinoma on Preoperative Imaging The authors conclude that there is no reliable indicator of benign pathology preoperatively in solitary renal masses, as all of these were considered to be renal cell carcinoma on preoperative imaging. (theroboticsurgeon.com)
  • Meanwhile, the alarmingly high benign findings in resected kidney masses highlight the need for improved preoperative diagnosis and patient selection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical, pathological and follow-up records of 1 367 non-metastatic RCC patients treated with radical nephrectomy from 1999 to 2020 in this center. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results: A total of 1 367 patients treated with radical nephrectomy with complete follow-up data were included in the study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Indocyanine green cannot predict malignancy in partial nephrectomy: histopathologic correlation with fluorescence pattern in 100 patients. (wakehealth.edu)
  • A nonrandomized prospective comparison of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy in the elderly to a younger cohort: an analysis of 339 patients with intermediate-term follow-up. (wakehealth.edu)
  • A Propensity Score-Matched Comparison of Clamp Technique in Patients with Two Kidneys. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Oncologic outcome of 132 cases of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy with intact specimen removal for T1-2N0M0 renal cell carcinoma. (wakehealth.edu)
  • However, the nephrectomy specimen will only have viable tumor in 6.9% to 15% of cases. (blogspot.com)
  • He specializes in cancers of the bladder, prostate, kidney, testis and penis and performs both open and robotic surgeries. (columbia.edu)
  • The robotic surgical platform was introduced in 1999. (va.gov)
  • Integrated overview of evidence‐based technical principles for renal reconstruction during minimally invasive partial nephrectomy and suggested standardized reporting of key renorrhaphy features in clinical studies on this topic. (bjuinternational.com)
  • Robotic-assisted nephroureterectomy and bladder cuff excision without intraoperative repositioning. (wakehealth.edu)
  • Other clinical presentations include worsening renal function, a history of urinary tract infection[link "urinary tract infection" to Medscape topic Urinary Tract Infection in Males], and development of stones in the ipsilateral kidney. (medscape.com)
  • In 2010, he was appointed to Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, shortly before being also appointed as surgeon at the Prostate Centre, London, and pursued a surgical career in the procedure of removing part of a kidney using robotics and proceeded to regularly perform these. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2016, he performed the UK's first live broadcast of the robotic removal of part of a kidney. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the case of a positive surgical margins, some surgeons will advocate re-resection or salvage radical nephrectomy. (blogspot.com)
  • This helped him manage his time and track his surgical procedure by giving crucial auditory cues, reporting that "you basically have a maximum 30-minute window to remove a cancerous tumour from a kidney. (wikipedia.org)
  • Two featured panel discussions will focus on issues that have professional and personal implications for clinicians. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Air contamination with bacteria in cystic fibrosis clinics: implications for prevention strategies. (mainehealth.org)
  • Underinsurance And Multiple Surgical Treatments for Kidney Stones. (ucsf.edu)
  • A "gross" positive margin, meaning a positive margin noticed at the time of initial partial nephrectomy, should be addressed. (blogspot.com)
  • A Case Report of Kidney-Only Transplantation in Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: A Novel Approach with the Use of Nedosiran. (ucsf.edu)
  • Therapeutic Living Donor Nephrectomy For Proximal Ureteral Pathology: A Longitudinal Case Series. (ucsf.edu)
  • If the kidney[link "kidney" to Medscape topic Kidney Anatomy] is nonfunctional, nephrectomy[link "nephrectomy" to Medscape topic Partial Nephrectomy] should be considered. (medscape.com)
  • After qualifying in medicine from Guy's and St Thomas' and completing junior surgical posts, he completed a da Vinci robotic Fellowship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2009. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the end of 2017, more than 750,000 robotic procedures were being performed in the United States annually, including over 125,000 urologic robotic procedures. (va.gov)