Patient Positioning; Incision/Port Placement
Fig. 3.1 Patient positioned in low lithotomy position with a split leg attachment. The arms are positioned anatomically alongside the body and carefully secured. The vacuum mattress is inflated for…
Fig. 3.1 Patient positioned in low lithotomy position with a split leg attachment. The arms are positioned anatomically alongside the body and carefully secured. The vacuum mattress is inflated for…
Fig. 12.1 Standard management of urinary function for all prostatectomy patients Risk Factors Risk factors for urinary incontinence after RP are varied and for the sake of simplicity can be…
Fig. 10.1 Long 12 mm bladeless trocar used as camera port in obese patients During the operation, obese patients can have extra adipose deposition in the posterior plane, making isolation…
Failed agent Salvage agent Salvage regimen Outcome Reference Sildenafil MUSE Sildenafil 100 mg 1 h prior to intercourse; 500 mcg MUSE immediately before intercourse 83 % patients reported improvements in…
ASA physical status 1—A normal healthy patient ASA physical status 2—A patient with mild systemic disease ASA physical status 3—A patient with severe systemic disease ASA physical status 4—A patient…
Fig. 12.1 Sacral insufficiency fracture. 86-year-old male with a history of T3 N0 M0 adenocarcinoma of the rectosigmoid colon who received neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy including 45 Gy administered at 1.8 Gy per…
Fig. 9.1 Rectal Telangiectasia Density (RTD) grading scale. (The highest grade visualized during endoscopic evaluation with colonic lumen in view represents the RTD grade of the patient). Adapted from Chi…
Fig. 5.1 a Rectal mucosa of non-irradiated rat. b–f Rectal mucosa of rat 10 days, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, and 37 weeks following index irradiation, respectively. (With permission…
Fig. 3.1 Scheme demonstrates conventional neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy regimen. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation regimen including cycles of bolus 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and leucovorin administered every 21 days including during the “resting” period after radiation…
Fig. 8.1 Histopathology revealing gastritis with foveolar hyperplasia, vascular ectasia, granulation tissue, and scattered yttrium 90 selective internal radiation microspheres. Risk Factors Some patients have increased susceptibility to radiation enteropathy….