Rural docs say they need help as 'adequate' physician presence becomes the exception, not the norm.
|Articles|March 6, 2009
CCE Prostate Cancer: Mayo Clinic -- Selection criteria
Author(s)Jeffrey Bendix, MA
Awards and distinctions that the Mayo Clinic Department of Urology a Center of Excellence.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
, Minnesota
Number of patients treated/procedures performed per year – 1,200 radical prostatectomies performed in 2008.
Number of research protocols engaged in annually – Four
Systems in place to prevent errors – 1) Surgical checklist; 2) Intraoperative Surgical Pause
Level of technological equipment on site – Five state-of-the art sets of robotic equipment are available for performing laparoscopic surgery.
Patient education efforts – Patients receive instructions on how to care for their catheters and what to expect before, during, and after surgery.
Evidence of incorporating research and clinical care – Research performed at Mayo has demonstrated that prostate cancer recurrence is likely to occur at a higher PSA cutoff point than was previously assumed.
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