Vattikuti Urology Institute
| The Vattikuti Urology Institute | |
|---|---|
| place | Detroit , Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| management | Mani Menon Jack Elder |
| Employee | 150 (2007) |
| Affiliation | Henry Ford Hospital |
| founding | April, 2001 |
| Website | Vattikuti Urology Institute |
The Vattikuti Urology Institute of the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit ( Michigan ), USA is a urological clinic and a research institute in the field of urology .
meaning
The VUI is known for the use of robot-assisted prostatectomy as the standard treatment method for prostate cancer . According to the current status (2011), the VUI has performed more than 5000 robot-assisted prostate operations. VUI is one of the largest urology clinics in the United States with nearly 50,000 patients from 25 countries each year. The director of the VUI is Mani Menon .
Robot-assisted operations and VIP prostatectomy
VUI is a center for robot-assisted operations on the prostate and other minimally invasive robot-assisted operations in urology. This allows for minimal invasiveness, greater precision, shorter hospital stays, and faster recovery. Surgical interventions performed with the Da Vinci operating system include the VIP prostatectomy ( Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy ) developed by Mani Menon , partial and radical nephrectomies and renal pelvic surgery.
Employee
Known employees are or were
- Mani Menon - Director of the Vattikuti Clinic
- Jack S. Elder - Senior Physician
- James O. Peabody - Senior Physician
- Craig G. Rogers - Senior Physician and VUI Director of Nephrosurgery
- Hans J. Stricker - Senior Physician
Research and science
The VUI is a center for research and science as well as for the specialist training of doctors. Since 2004, the institute has organized an annual IRUS International Robotic Urology Symposium .
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Ford Hospital - Mani Menon, MD
- ↑ a b c Henry Ford Hospital - The Vattikuti Urology Institute ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Henry Ford Hospital website
- ↑ Science Daily - "Fast Track"
- ^ MSNBC - Robots Invade The Operating Room
- ↑ WJR Radio ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CURE Magazine - Surgeons & Robots ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Intuitive Surgical - Advantages ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ VIP video
- ^ Henry Ford Hospital - the team
- ^ Vattikuti Research and Science
- ↑ Vattikuti specialist training
- ↑ IRUS ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
