Live Health Chat: Prostate Cancer Surgery, May 15th

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Prostate Cancer Surgery
Thursday May 15, 2009, 03:00PM - 04:00PM (EST)

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Prostate cancer is the leading cancer in men with an incidence rate of .16%. It is rare in men under the age of 45 but becomes more common with advanced age. Surgery is often used to treat prostate cancer along with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, cryosurgery, hormonal therapy, or a combination of different treatments. Which option is best depends on the stage of the disease, the Gleason score, and the PSA level, as well as the man's age, his general health, and his feelings towards the treatments and side effects. Learn more about prostate cancer surgery - what happens during surgery, who is best suited for surgery, and possible side effects - in this hour long chat with prostate cancer surgeon Dr. Ash Tewari.

Ash Tewari, M.D., M.Ch. is the Director of Robotic Prostatectomy and Prostate Cancer-Urologic Oncology Outcomes at Brady Urology Institute at the Department of Urology and an Associate Professor of Urology; he is also an Associate Professor of Public Health and Outcomes in the Department of Public Health and Outcomes at The Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is an Associate Attending at The New York Presbyterian Hospital and he directs a fellowship program in Robotic Prostatectomy and Prostate Cancer- Urologic Oncology outcomes in Cornell.

Dr. Tewari is an internationally acclaimed expert on Robotic Prostatectomy and other minimally invasive robotic surgeries. His clinical interest involves urologic oncology and care of patients with prostate, bladder and other urological cancers. He performs open, laparoscopic and robotic surgeries. He is also involved in diagnosing prostate cancer by using PSA and modern ultra sound guided biopsy techniques. Using a dataset of 7000 patients with abnormal PSA, he has developed simple predictive models to calculate the risk of prostate cancer.

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[Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch.]

Thank you for your comment. A detailed discussion of possible complications should be had between patients and their physicians. Operative times are often variable as well as unforeseen complications do occur. During your recovery I would engage your urologist about post-operative care and expectations.

Sincerely,

AKT

[grizlbear]

I just had prostate surgery on Wednesday the 6th of May using the new Di vinci robotic surgery method. The surgery was to be no more than 4 hours but turned out to be 8+hrs. Due to the positioning of my body my right shoulder and arm were damaged from the straps that held me to the table. I was seen by a orthopedic doctor who ordered an x-ray that came back negative than was seen by a neurological surgeon who said it was either neurological or a rotator cuff injury I am having an mri done this week to find out which.
I was never told that this risk would be involved my pain level was a 7-9 on a 1-10 scale during my two day hospital stay with no or little relief from medication given I was prescribed a neurological drug on Friday that lowered the pain level but I still have little to no motion capability in my arm I can not lift it from a resting position.