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• Health Matters: Natural Orifice Surgery
  Open wide and say "surgery"? Though it may sound like science fiction,  UCSD Medical Center is conducting clinical trials of a cutting edge technique called Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Patients have reported less recovery time, less pain, and less scarring. Mark Talamini, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD Medical Center, will discuss this exciting new minimally invasive procedure and the future of surgery. (28 minutes)  Watch it now

• Advantages of Robotic Surgery
  Mark Talamini MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery UCSD, talks about the latest trends in surgery such as the use of robotics to perform minimally invasive surgery.  Dr. Talamini discusses the advantages of these new technologies and how they are best applied.  He is recognized as one of the leading authorities on laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery in the U.S.  (52 minutes)  Watch it now 
  
  
• Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment and Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
  Join nationally recognized expert, Christopher Kane, M.D., Urology Chief, UCSD Medical Center, as he reviews prostate cancer epidemiology and risk assessment information such as serum PSA, clinical stage, Gleason grade and biopsy information. He also reviews the stage and risk migration that has occurred throughout the PSA era. Finally, Dr. Kane reviews robotic radical prostatectomy and how this exciting new technology is applied to prostate cancer surgery. (53 minutes) Watch it now.
  
  
• Women's Continence Issues
  Seventeen million Americans experience the disruptive symptoms of urinary incontinence. Drs. Michael Albo and Charles Nager, of UCSD Women's Continence Center, discuss the types of incontinence and treatments, including behavioral, pharmacological, and surgical. 1 (27 minutes)  Watch it now