Jim Rozelle, a prostate cancer survivor, thought he had defeated cancer after undergoing radical prostatectomy. However, five years later, he began experiencing urinary incontinence, a common condition for men who have undergone prostatectomy. “It was extremely embarrassing,” Rozelle recalls. “I was constantly concerned. I couldn’t go out, or my pants would be soaked. If I […]
Imagine the need to urinate two to three times within a half hour. Getting up five times a night to go to the bathroom. Sudden impulses to urinate with only 10 seconds to spare, a weak flow, and incomplete emptying of the bladder. That was a day in the life for Ray, a 60-year-old, Atlanta-based […]
By Andrew J. Kirsch, MD, FAAP, FACS Medical Director, Robotic Surgery Program Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Partner, Georgia Urology Member, Society of Robotic Urologic Surgeons The term “Robot” was first coined in 1921 in a Czech play called Rossom’s Universal Robots. It was not until 1985 that the first medical robotic procedure was performed, initially to […]
