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A Doherty - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Alan Doherty is a Consultant Urologist and Medical Director of The Birmingham Prostate Clinic. A centre of excellence for Prostate Cancer Treatment
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- Innovation in Prostate Surgery Enables Patients to Leave Hospital Without a Catheter
[Cancer:Prostate-Cancer] One of the aspects of a prostatectomy which consistently bothers patients more than anything else is the urethral catheter. It has always been an unquestioned part of the procedure - the urethral catheter is inserted during the operation and removed a week or more after surgery. Patients have reported how this was the most uncomfortable and even distressing part of the whole treatment.
- My Brother Has Been Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer - What Does This Mean For Me?
[Cancer:Prostate-Cancer] Family history is an important factor in risk of prostate cancer. If a first degree relative is diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 60, your own risk increases by about four times the average risk. A first degree relative is a father or son.
- Major Study Shows Dissatisfaction Following Robotic Prostatectomy
[Cancer:Prostate-Cancer] A major study of patient satisfaction and regret following open prostatectomy and robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy provides some important lessons for surgeons.* The research, recently published in the European Journal of Urology, shows 19 per cent of patients regretted their treatment choice and patients who had robot-assisted surgery were most likely to be dissatisfied.
- Why Pelvic Floor Exercises Benefit Men as Well as Women
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] There are many benefits to pelvic floor exercises. This article explains these and why they help men as well as women.
- The Questions You Should Ask Your Surgeon
[Health-and-Fitness] When you go and see a surgeon there are many questions you should ask. This article looks at the types of questions that are often asked.
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