Prostate Treatments and Robotic Surgery (Part 2)

About the Video:
Surgical robots are being increasingly used to lend a helping hand to surgeons as they treat a variety of medical conditions, including those caused by prostate cancer. In this two-part program, Dr. Michael Naslund and Dr. James Borin discuss the diagnosis and wide range of treatment options available for prostate cancer as well as those treatment options available for benign (non-cancerous) prostate enlargement.

Specific topics covered in part two of this two-part interview include:

Robot Assisted Surgery - How it works
Minimally invasive approach to prostate removal
Which patients benefit most
Other robot-assisted surgeries

About the Expert:
Dr. James Borin is the director of robotic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Related Links:

Prostate Treatments and Robotic Surgery (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPv3ehDF5Cs

Dr. James Borin
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/james_f_borin.html

The Maryland Prostate Center
http://www.umm.edu/md_prostate/

UMMC Robotic Surgery Program
http://www.umm.edu/robotics/

Overview: Robotic Prostatectomy
http://www.umm.edu/urology/rp.htm

Video: da Vinci Surgical System
http://www.umm.edu/videos/misc/da-vinci.htm

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• borin
• james borin
• prostate
• prostatectomy
• robotic
• robot-assisted
• minimally invasive
• surgery
• treatment
• prostate cancer
• prostate center
• mht
• ummc