July 3rd 2025
The da Vinci 5 platform is approved for use across urologic, gynecologic, and general laparoscopic procedures in adult and pediatric patients.
Dr. Catherine Nam on shifting attitudes toward family planning following Dobbs
August 10th 2024“It will be interesting to see how this plays out long-term in the changing political scheme, as well as the general trend of the current generation potentially having different thoughts in terms of wanting to have children or not in the future,” says Catherine S. Nam, MD.
Investigators assess safety of same-day discharge for urologic procedures
October 30th 2023"We need to have some safety data to see if this is actually the right thing to do, because there's been some pushback, at least in some publications of the fact that we're pushing the burden of recovery at home," says Andres F. Correa, MD.
Investigators prepare for first-in-human bladder transplant study
September 13th 2023"Our study is the first report of bladder auto-transplantation in heart-beating, brain-dead human research donors as a necessary preparatory step toward clinical bladder transplantation in living patients," says Inderbir S. Gill, MD.
Northwestern University to host genitourinary robotics reconstruction course
September 13th 2023“The purpose of the course is really to bring together like-minded surgeons and physicians who are interested in robotic reconstructive surgery to really come together to not only build a network, but also discuss complex situations, discuss tips and tricks, and also to review the most salient literature in this space,” says Ziho Lee, MD.