Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com The robotic prostatectomy is probably associated with more complications than any other surgical procedure. Furthermore, it is the only procedure where its many complications will also impact your spouse/partner and, commonly lifelong. The following will let you understand why the robotic prostatectomy and its many complications is […]
Archives for May 2015
PROSTATE CANCER GRADE CREEP
B. Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com The most common cause of prostate cancer grade creep is NOT some progressive worsening of a prostate cancer grade (aggressiveness), but a tendency for some pathologists to overestimate or inflate a Gleason grade and score to have a man thinking that his disease is more significant than […]
Beware, Beware, FDA “Approved” Robotic Prostatectomy Care
CORAL SPRINGS, FL—MAY 18, 2015— A South Florida‐based urologist today has issued a stinging report critical of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to approve robotic surgery for treating prostate cancer on the basis of only some low‐level and irrelevant gallbladder studies. Dr. Bert Vorstman is a proponent of focal therapy in certain cases […]
ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY “ FDA APPROVAL” DECEPTION
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com The FDA approval of robotics for prostate cancer treatment in 2000 was based upon a trial conducted by the robotic company itself. Aside from this serious conflict of interest, the trial had two other major problems: a) the study was undertaken only on diseased gallbladders b) when […]