Catalyst Oncology

New approach eliminates post-surgery pain Posted by Jim Marino on October 3, 2008 To relieve the patients who have undergone prostate cancer surgery from the pain of recovery, doctors at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed an approach which is patient-friendly in the sense that it eliminates the use of a penile urinary catheter. The novel technique which is used along with robotic prostatectomy (the surgical removal of the prostate) does away with the discomfort that is associated wi

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New approach eliminates post-surgery pain