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Learn more about urologic conditions by watching these UCSD-TV programs on your computer.
- SIRA: 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
- The Prostate: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask
Join J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery/Urology at UCSD, as he discusses anatomy, function, and disorders of the prostate gland. Two common conditions will be focused on: benign prostatic hyperplasia (swollen prostate) and prostate cancer. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders will be described. (55 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.
- Women's Continence
Incontinence is one of the most common, yet least discussed, problems among women today, which is unfortunate because often it can be cured or improved with a variety of simple treatments. Emily Lukacz, M.D. discusses the current comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of this condition. (27 minutes) Watch it now.
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