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What prostate surgeons and hospitals does anyone recommend
Has anyone had any experience with a Vipul Patel, MD for surgery in Fla? It says he has done 19,000 robotic prostate surgeries. is that even possible? Can anyone recommend any surgeons they thought or heard were great? Did anyone go to MD Anderson, Sloan Kettering, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo or Moffit?
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https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/physician-locator?search=physicians&distance=50
https://health.usnews.com/doctors/
Those two sites will help you. The first one is from Da Vinci, the people who make the robot, and it tells you how much experience your doctor has on that device - a lot of the data is collected from public Medicare sources, but it still gives you a good idea of their experience compared to others.
The second is an overall review of your surgeon and how they perform relative to others in your vicinity regarding the treatment you need - in this case prostate cancer treatment and surgery.
I use the second one on every doctor I consider as a regular doctor. Doing this I generally end up with the best doctors in my area for whatever it is I need them for.
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1 ReactionI had surgery with Dr. Patrl seven weeks ago. He was recommended to me by the head of the urology department at the Charité in Berlin. The surgery went well, negative margins and apparently good nerve sparing. That said, I still have low to moderate incontinence, complete ED, and climacturia. But it’s still early days…
He conducts about eight surgeries a day, four days a week. He does all the critical parts of the surgery himself, but works in a team. You will only see him twice, on your first visit and the morning after surgery. For everything else, you will be in touch with other members of his team.
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1 ReactionThank you, very helpful.
thank you and please keep us posted on your recovery.
Regarding ED it is recommended to create erections with injections to avoid atrophy of the penile muscles. two week wait before starting
When I was first diagnosed and looking at treatment options (I ended going with RT), I asked a friend who is a cardiologist who was the best prostate surgeon in the state of Florida. He gave me two names, the first was Dr Patel.