Robot Surgery Assistants Get 3-D View
During the past five years, the da Vinci robot has increasingly been used to perform radical prostatectomies. This robotic technology has revolutionized prostate cancer surgery.
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Shaping the Future of Kidney Care
The kidney-care community can point to more than 30 years of clinical accomplishments. In particular, the past 10 years have been marked by steady improvement in patient access to dialysis centers and improvement in clinical outcomes. Still, important challenges remain.
A Closer Look at Home Hemodialysis
As patients, physicians, dialysis providers, and payers search for more favorable outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), alternative dialysis regimens have gained popularity. Among these therapies are dialysis treatments that are performed more frequently, for longer periods of time, and/or at the patient’s home.
The Anemia Management Controversy
On September 11, 2007, an FDA panel of health experts declined to recommend the quasi-expected restrictions on the use of the erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESA) in CKD patients.
Why the OR Just Doesn’t Pay
Clinicians in virtually every medical and surgical specialty would have little trouble citing services for which they considered third-party reimbursement woefully inadequate for the time involved.
Maximizing SWL Outcomes for Calculi
Urothiliasis afflicts 7%-13% of the population and has a recurrence rate of up to 50% at five years. In the United States, the economic burden of treatment and lost productivity was estimated at $2.1 billion in 2001.
“Good to Great” — Important Lessons in Medicine
While comparing summer “must read” lists, a friend suggested I pick up a copy of “Good to Great” (Jim Collins, Harper Collins 2001). My friend argued the premise of this book (that companies and indivi-duals who leap from “good to great” follow a consistent formula) has important implications in medicine.
Phosphate Binders Not the Whole Answer
Nephrologists and dietitians spend a significant amount of their time managing hyperphosphatemia. Phosphorus retention, which occurs in moderate to advanced CKD, is thought to contribute to secondary hyperparathyroidism and excessive vascular calcification.
Respect for the Placebo Effect
The placebo is an integral part of clinical research, helping investigators arrive at the true effect of an experimental treatment.
Targeted Therapies Include Targeted Surgery
The term “targeted therapy” has entered the oncologic lexicon over the past five years, with primary applications in medical and radiation oncology.
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