Sentences with phrase «cystectomy in»
«As such, this data represents crucial information for urologists who are performing laparoscopic surgery, or who wish to implement laparoscopic cystectomy in their departments.
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Removal of the bladder, or radical cystectomy (RC), is an effective treatment for locally advanced bladder cancer, but complications occur in as many as 66 % of patients.
The authors noted that there is growing interest for robotic - assisted radical cystectomy, another minimally invasive procedure, in the international community as well; however, many hospitals in Europe do not own a robot.
When exploring this database, an international team led by Simone Albisinni, MD and Roland van Velthoven, MD, PhD, of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, found that laparoscopic radical cystectomy can lead to reliable cancer control even many years after surgery.
Today our bladder cancer program is one of the five most prominent in the country, generating greater cystectomy volumes than many leading peer institutions.
If your bladder cancer has spread to the muscle layer of your bladder wall but is only in a small area, a partial cystectomy can remove the cancer along with only a portion of your bladder.
After the cystectomy, the surgeon will close the hole in your bladder wall and then remove nearby lymph nodes.
In those patients where the tumor is located on the apex of the bladder, partial cystectomy (removal of a part of the urinary bladder) is recommended.