Jihad Kaouk, MD

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Unusual Manifestation of an Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma

Jihad Kaouk, MD

February 29, 2012

Primary aldosteronism was first described by Jerome Conn in 1955 in a patient with an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma. It’s now a widely recognized cause of secondary hypertension.

da Vinci robot installed with a patient in the supine position.

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Robotic Single-Port Surgery Proves Successful

Jihad Kaouk, MD

February 9, 2009

It improves range of motion and motor precision in ergonomically challenging surgical cases

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Single-Port Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery

Jihad Kaouk, MD

October 1, 2008

The recently developed single-port, multichannel access approach to urologic surgery may allow many common laparoscopic and robotic procedures to be performed entirely through the patient’s umbilicus, enabling essentially scarless abdominal surgery. To date, Cleveland Clinic has performed 115 single-port laparoscopic procedures for various indications.

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Jihad Kaouk, MD

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Unusual Manifestation of an Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma

Robotic Single-Port Surgery Proves Successful

Single-Port Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery

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