http://www.laprp.com In The News - Print RSS Feed for LAPRP.com en-us Mon, 6 Feb 2012 7:45:50 PST Mon, 6 Feb 2012 7:45:50 PST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LAPRP info@laprp.com info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=410 Some weeks ago, an unemployed construction worker from Oregon and his wife stopped briefly in Miami on their way to Trinidad for a prostate operation.By itself, the saga of Wayne and Suzanne Vautier was just another in the many desperate attempts by people around the world to find quality healthcare info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=410 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=271 They are men from all walks of life, but they belong to a common club. The stories told here are of a group of patients belonging to a unique fraternity - men who have had their prostate cancer treated with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). In their medical decisions, camaraderie, and info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=271 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=253 While most first year medical students yearn for the day when they will begin clinical training, a rural clinic in Kenya where a microscope and a stethoscope are the principal and nearly the only diagnostic tools, where malaria, cholera, leprosy and VD are the most common problems, where psychiatric complaints info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=253 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=252 Dennis Lincoln of Plantation says the anesthesiologists couldn't believe he was smiling when he woke up from prostate cancer surgery. Two days later, he was back at work. Bill Stewart brags about driving home from Miami to Jacksonville the day after his prostate surgery. A week and a half later, info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=252 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=251 Carolyn Garner watched her husband, a successful trial lawyer who often represents celebrities, disintegrate into an obsessed, terrified, emotional wreck of a man who would walk up to strangers and say, ''My name is Bob Garner and I have prostate cancer.'' The diagnosis, the threat of debilitating side effects from info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=251 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=250 As a pathologist for more than 40 years, Dr. Njoek San Ie had seen firsthand the devastating effects of cancer. So when, at 71, Ie discovered he was a victim of prostate cancer, he made an informed and very deliberate decision. "If I have cancer in my body, I want info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=250 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=249 In 2002, the Washington Post published a glimpse into the world of surgeons as they debate laparoscopic prostate surgery, which then was a relatively new prostate cancer treatment. By the time of this publication, Dr. Krongrad was in his third year or doing laparoscopic prostate surgery. Today, with the new info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=249 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=248 Bob Patten set a swimming world record 100 days after laparoscopic prostate surgery. 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Although surgery can provide relief, enhance beauty, and save lives, it isn't risk free. "Patients should take surgery info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=246 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=245 Barry Brown won a Tony Award for producing the 1983 hit gay Broadway show, "La Cage Aux Folles." The gay Miami Beach resident also took home a Tony for producing "Gypsy," a Broadway show that starred Tyne Daly. Having spent a long career in theater production, Brown, 64, knows how info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=245 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=244 Prostate cancer surgeon, Arnon Krongrad, MD said observations reported at the 2006 World Congress of Endourology validate reports made by individual patients: urinary and erectile function can return slowly after radical prostate cancer surgery. The observations suggest that urinary and erectile functions may continue to improve for two years and info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=244 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=243 Expert Applauds Acceptance of Laparoscopic Surgery for Radical Prostatectomy.Typically, aspiring surgeons don't mind a little blood. But surgeon Arnon Krongrad, MD still takes pause when he thinks of assisting in his first radical prostatectomy in 1984. He recalls holding large retractors as the urologists made massive incisions. And he remembers info@laprp.com http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=243 http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=242 Less painful, less bloody laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is favored over open radical prostatectomy. Prostate cancer affects one in six men and kills approximately 500 male Americans every week. These numbers prove the necessity for effectively managing prostate cancer. 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