Sentences with phrase «urologic surgery»
Urologic surgery refers to a type of medical operation that focuses on treating disorders and performing procedures related to the urinary system. This includes surgeries involving the kidneys, bladder, ureters, and urethra. Full definition
«The hope behind something like this capsule is that the surgeon will be able to place it inside the body through an existing incision and leave it in a position where it can be easily grasped and used to map out the stiffness or density of the tissue when needed, much like he or she would palpate it with by hand in open surgery,» said collaborator S. Duke Herrell, associate professor of urologic surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
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Mar. 12, 2015 — Daniel Barocas, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was recently named a representative on the Commission on Cancer.
About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney stones experience opioid dependence or overdose (ODO), a Loyola Medicine study has found.
«Opioid abuse following urologic surgery documented.»
Researchers reviewed the records of 675,527 patients who underwent inpatient and outpatient urologic surgery between 2007 and 2011.
The study is titled «Rates and risk factors for opioid dependence and overdose after urologic surgery.»
Urologic surgeries include kidney stone removals, hernia repairs and surgeries involving the prostate, kidney and bladder.
Patients with classic CAH should have a team of health care providers, including specialists in pediatric endocrinology, pediatric urologic surgery, mental health care provider, and genetics.
«These results tell me that active surveillance is still a fairly safe way to go,» says Dr. David Penson, chair of urologic surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Urological Association.
Black children who undergo urologic surgery are more likely than white children to have postsurgical complications and hospital - acquired infections 30 days after the surgery.
Andrology Laboratory and Sperm Bank; Center for Advanced Research in Human Reproduction, Infertility, and Sexual Function: Research work in the Reproductive Research Center is mainly focused on elucidating the molecular mechanism associated with male and female infertility and on studies involving the management of sexual dysfunction in male and female patients following urologic surgeries.
In high - volume specialties, the greatest average cost related to SSIs was $ 23,755 among patients undergoing neurosurgery, followed by patients undergoing orthopedic, general, peripheral vascular and urologic surgeries.
The study, presented by Jeffrey Bassett, M.D., MPH, fellow in Urologic Oncology, and Principal Investigator Daniel Barocas, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Urologic Surgery, was shared during the American Urological Association (AUA) annual conference held May 16 — 21 in Orlando, Florida, and was highlighted during the AUA press program.
«Racial disparities found in children's urologic surgery: Black children have higher postsurgical complication rates in national sample, researchers show.»
Researchers included patients undergoing a broad group of surgeries including neurosurgery, cardiac, vascular, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic and urologic surgery.
«It's our goal to make minimally invasive partial nephrectomy the gold standard for how patients with appropriate kidney masses are cared for surgically, as clinical evidence shows it should be,» said S. Duke Herrell, M.D., professor of Urologic Surgery, Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, and director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery and Robotics.
Dr Coletti special interests include lung surgery, liver, gastrointestinal and urologic surgeries, wound therapy and healing, and has used the honey from his own bees to heal some severe wounds.
Her chief areas of interest are plastics and reconstruction, cardio - thoracic surgery, oncologic surgery, and urologic surgery.