Robotic Surgery Growth: August 06 update
View chart of Dr Savatta's robotic volume
This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice.
In August I performed 12 robotic operations. 10 were daVinci prostatetcomies for prostate cancer, 1 was a nephrectomy for cancer, and 1 was a partial nephrectomy for cancer. The total number of robotic prostatectomies I have performed is 153 and robotic operations is 194.
The main highlights included the press conference for the opening of our training center. We had considerable media coverage for the event, including a front page story in the star-ledger and my 9 news.
I also have had very impressive results from a new technique I developed to save patients erections. I use a combination of techniques from Dr Menon and Dr Ahlering that I modified that has improved short term return of erections.
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Why the drop-off in procedures in August? Was it solely seasonal? I thought that you had been running into scheduling issues that the additional "S" was supposed to ameliorate.
Posted by: Alan Brochstein | September 12, 2006 5:42 PM
August was a slow month last year as well.
Partly it is seasonal. Many patients do not like having surgery in the summer if it can wait until afterwards.
I also took a vacation in August.
I expect September to be busier and then October to December to be very busy.
There have not been any scheduling problems with the robots. There has been an increase in the total procedures and the number of robotic surgeons at our hospital, but not the point where it has been an issue yet.
Dr Savatta
Posted by: Domenico Savatta, MD | September 14, 2006 9:41 PM