Re: Comparing Relapse Survival of Biopsy Gleason Scores 3 & 4, etc.

[Guest guest]

This was an eye opener to say the least:

snip>>Data at our institution as well as a recently published article

in the Journal of Clinical Oncology have shown inferior outcomes for

laparoscopic prostatectomy. <<snip

[Guest guest]

This was an eye opener to say the least:

snip>>Data at our institution as well as a recently published article

in the Journal of Clinical Oncology have shown inferior outcomes for

laparoscopic prostatectomy. <<snip

[Guest guest]

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Perhaps I am mis-reading your post, but I thought that by definition,

laparoscopic means robotic?

And yes, we are all reading more and more that the side effects rates

are no better with robotic. The only advantage seems to be with the

reduced recovery rate, unless we are reading the advertising which

promises much more.

Laurel

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> The York and Harrogate groups had a talk by 2 urologists who do the

full radical, the big knitting needle job (laproscopic) and Da Vinci

robotic. They reckoned that there was no difference in long and

medium term effects, but as can be expected the shorter the cut the

less short term impacts of the operation.

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> Re: Comparing Relapse Survival

of Biopsy Gleason Scores 3 & 4, etc.

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> This was an eye opener to say the least:

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> snip>>Data at our institution as well as a recently published

article

> in the Journal of Clinical Oncology have shown inferior outcomes

for

> laparoscopic prostatectomy. <<snip

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