Episodes
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Urological Wit and Wisdom-Chapter 53: A fool with a tool is still a fool.
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Standing by a million dollar machine and getting your picture taken don't necessarily make you a surgeon.
Sunday Apr 26, 2015
Urological Wit and Wisdom-Chapter 14-Do You Have a Ruler?
Sunday Apr 26, 2015
Sunday Apr 26, 2015
Men tend to "oversize things" and it takes a special person to be a urologist.
Sunday Apr 12, 2015
Sunday Apr 12, 2015
One of over 100 aphorisms from the book Urological Wit and Wisdom by a urologist who has practiced almost thirty years. Each saying is accompanied by an illustration that embodies the essence of it. Instructional to the medical resident, the lay person as well as the seasoned physician. Available on Amazon in paperback as well as Kindle.
Thursday Aug 14, 2014
Trouble voiding after seed therapy for prostate cancer? Proceed with caution!
Thursday Aug 14, 2014
Thursday Aug 14, 2014
Tissue that has been treated with radiation "don't heal well if you go a cuttin on it!" Beware.
Sunday Jul 13, 2014
Sunday Jul 13, 2014
If the prostate cancer is confined to prostate the single most important factor to consider in one's decision making is the Gleason's score.
Saturday Jul 05, 2014
Who are you and why it matters in Prostate Cancer decision making.
Saturday Jul 05, 2014
Saturday Jul 05, 2014
Your situation, your disease and your personality has a lot to do with the decision you'll make regarding treatment of "your" prostate cancer.
Friday Jul 04, 2014
Significance of the Prostate Capsule
Friday Jul 04, 2014
Friday Jul 04, 2014
Extension of prostate cancer into the prostatic capsule as noted in the surgically removed prostate on pathological examination is a bad prognostic finding. The importance of the prostatic capsule in prostate cancer is explained.
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Is Robotic prostatectomy finally better than open removal?
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Just as a vasectomy involves removal of a segment of the vas and destroying both ends and a prostatectomy involves removing the prostate and reconnecting the urethra to the bladder, not much has changed in the "concept" of these procedures.
Sunday Mar 17, 2013
When is a prostate nodule a nodule and should it be biopsied?
Sunday Mar 17, 2013
Sunday Mar 17, 2013
A prostate nodule back in the day was the number one reason to biopsy the prostate. Today the number one reason is an abnormal PSA and the most common finding on rectal exam for the patient with prostate cancer is...a normal exam. Dr. McHugh's podcast on the subject sheds a bit of light on this subject and frustrating concept that some patients have difficulty grasping.
Friday Mar 15, 2013
Radiation or Prostatectomy First-Does it Matter?
Friday Mar 15, 2013
Friday Mar 15, 2013
Patients will often choose to have their prostate removed for prostate cancer because, " I can always have radiation after having the prostate removed but not vice versa." True...but does it matter. In this podcast some of the caveats of this very nuanced disease as it pertains to this line of reasoning and whether it matters or not is discussed by Dr. John McHugh a prostate cancer survivor and author of "The Decision" which is in the top five for paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com for the subject of prostate cancer. He was also chosen as the number one Online Influencer for Prostate Cancer by Sharecare Now for 2012.