To enhance nerve-sparing during a daVinci procedure, my surgeon in Austin, Dr. F.a.g.i.n, avoids using heated instruments (cauterization) when working in the area of the nerve bundles. Avoiding heat...
I asked my daVinci surgeon about the anatomy of incontinence - here's his reply: In surgery you: - traumatize the sphincter at the bladder neck by cutting the prostate off the bladder(this is an...
During the course of my recent diagnosis, research and surgery I developed an informal personal support network consisting of friends who are themselves survivors. As a result, I am researching the...
Laswell - I also live in the DFW area and chose to go to Dr. F.a.g.i.n in Austin for my surgery completed last Monday. Contrary to what some have said here about volume of procedures done, many...
Kurt & Courtney - my Masters swim coach here in Plano TX had the robotic procedure done at MD Anderson in Houston within the last year, and he was one of their first patients to have the robotic...