
“I cannot overstate the impact of this device on my management of kidney stone patients," says J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., MD, FACS.
Dr. Wolf, a member of the Urology Times Editorial Council, is professor and associate chair for clinical integration and operations, department of surgery and perioperative care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

“I cannot overstate the impact of this device on my management of kidney stone patients," says J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., MD, FACS.

"Continuing certification is not merely a bureaucratic process; it is a commitment to staying abreast of advancements in urology and maintaining competencies," writes J. Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS.

None of the comparative studies of robotic radical nephrectomies (RRN) and laparoscopic radical nephrectomies (LRN) has shown benefit of RRN over LRN. Why then are so many minimally invasive RNs performed this way?

Postoperative hemorrhage can and will occur in a minority of patients, despite the most careful of laparoscopic procedures.

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