Urologist is first in the world to use robot-assisted surgery to repair rare defect

News  |  www.news-medical.net | Aug 31, 2008

A urologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the first in the world to repair a rare type of hernia using robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgery. The surgery required only an 18-hour hospital stay; typically, the repair involves major surgery and three to five days of

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Marshfield Clinic Minocqua Center Welcomes Physician Assistant to Urology Department

News  |  marshfieldclinic.org | Jul 22, 2008

Physician Assistant Jacob DeMelle is now seeing patients as part of Marshfield Clinic Minocqua Center's team of urology providers.

http://marshfieldclinic.org/patients/default.aspx?page=newsreleases&id=3626

Kidney with malignant tumor removed trans-vaginally, leaving no scar.

News  |  www.eurekalert.org | Mar 31, 2008

A group of the Urology Service of the Hospital Clínic, led by Dr. Antonio Alcaraz, has successfully conducted this intervention to a 66 year woman diagnosed with renal cancer. The operation consisted in the extirpation of a kidney through the vagina (transvaginal nephrectomy), assisted by

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/i-id-hcc033108.php

What price disclosures deliver is transparency

News  |  healthcare.zdnet.com | Feb 29, 2008

Covering all areas of medical technology, and the public policies under which they're paid for. From networked systems and electronic medical records to gadgets, breakthroughs, and research.

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Don't rely on Gleason scores, urologists say

News  |  www.6minutes.com.au | Sep 24, 2007

It s well known that many urologists base their decisions on what to do with patients on biopsy results, Dr Samali told 6minutes. The message we want to get out is that it s not as clear cut as that. Clinically, we should be more vigilant.

http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=74702

Irish Medical Times | News | Shortage of urologists is declared a 'disgrace'

News  |  www.imt.ie

The unacceptably low numbers of urologists in Ireland has resulted in a serious problem in the training of junior doctors, a consultant urologist and Medical Council member has told Irish Medical Times.

http://www.imt.ie/news/2007/07/shortage_of_urologists_is_decl.html

MedPort - Usenet

Was halten Sie von der Aussage der privaten Krankenkassen, dass durch die Gesundheitsreform Gebührenerhöhungen von mindestens 10?% notwendig sind?

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Urologychannel Adds Services that Link Prostate Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Physicians to Share Information and Support

Press Release  |  www.prweb.com

PR: Healthcommunities.com, Inc., a privately-owned publisher of online health information since 1998, announces recent additions to urologychannel.com, and in particular its prostate cancer pages. These new features allow browsers to interact and share information about

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1159184.htm

News: Medical Malpractice Insurance and Physician Practices » Blog Archive » Physicians Competing

Medical practice websites that attain top rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs) through SEO rather than through paid searches provide physicians with a highly-effective and extremely profitable marketing tool.

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Baptist and Urologists to Offer New Prostate Treatment at East Memphis Urology Center

Courtney Liebenrood Director of Public Relations Phone: (901) 227-3509 Pager: (901) 227-7243 #2508 courtney.liebenrood@bmhcc.org Valerie Robilio Public Relations Coordinator Phone: (901) 227-3525 Pager: (901) 227-7243 #3041 valerie.robilio@bmhcc.

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