Vattikuti Global Robotics 2015: Save the Date!

A New Cooling Technique for Kidney Stone Removal by the Vattikuti Urology Institute!

Urologists at the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) at Henry Ford devised an unconventional technique to remove a staghorn calculi, or a large kidney stone with sharp, craggy branches, which can lead to disease or death if left untreated. The technique is called Robotic Anatrophic Nephrolithotomy or RANL, for short and is combined with a cooling procedure, referred to as ICE.

While using this procedure to remove staghorn kidney stones is a first, doctors from Henry Ford and the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH) in Gujarat, India have used RANL on 3 patients without any complications. Researchers at the VUI and MPUH explain that the new procedure is “a safe, minimally invasive option that may be considered in patients with staghorn stones.”

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Vattikuti Invitational 2013

June 17, 2013 was the 12th year of the Vattikuti Invitational, a premier charity event that benefits the cancer programs at Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System. The event celebrates and builds upon the extraordinary generosity of Raj and Padma Vattikuti, whose exceptional gifts to each institution are funding cancer education, treatment and research programs at Beaumont's Vattikuti Digital Breast Diagnostic Center and Henry Ford's Vattikuti Urology Institute. Over the past eleven years, the Invitational has netted over $4.2 million for cancer care.

The 2013 Vattikuti Invitational featured a round of golf at the world-class championship course of Oakland Hills Country Club, site of the 2004 Ryder Cup Matches, 2008 PGA Championship and the 2016 US Amateur. The day's activities also included a tee-off breakfast, lunch, cocktails, strolling dinner and entertainment.

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Kidney Stone Emergency Department Visits On the Rise

Dr. Khurshid R. Ghani, urology fellow at Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, presented findings on kidney stone visits in the emergency room at the European Urology Association meeting held in Milan, Italy.

Finding show that while kidney stone visits in the ED have increased, especially for women, admissions have not.  This is promising because in the past few years medical expulsive therapy has been on the rise to treat kidney stones.  So while more people need treatment, they are not admitted for these issues.

Over 3.5 million patient records were reviewed, spanning 2006-2009, from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample.

Interestingly, findings also show that the most visits were highest in July and August and lowest in February.

The Vattikuti Urology Institute is one of the Vattikuti Network of Institutes of the Vattikuti Foundation.

For the full article, visit http://www.renalandurologynews.com/kidney-stone-emergency-department-visits-on-the-rise/article/284804/#. 

Robot-Assisted Prostate Cancer Surgery More Successful than Open Surgery

The European Urology journal has published a study led by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.  This study compares open radical prostatectomies and robot-assisted radical prostatectomies.  In the short time that robot-assisted radical prostatectomies have been performed, many significant benefits have evoloved for both the patient and surgeon.  For the full article, visit  http://europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(11)01411-4/fulltext#section-3-results.

Summary:
Open radical prostatectomies used to be more common than robot-assisted prostatectomies.  This study compares open vs. robot assisted prostatectomies, and shows that robot-assisted radical prostatectomies are now more common and are more succesful than open radical prostatectomies.

This study was based on data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from October 2009-December 2009.  In that time, 11,889 patients had robot-assisted radical prostatectomies and 7,389 patients had open prostatectomies.  This study is based on nationwide data.  Prior comparative studies only compared data within one institution or with one surgeon.  More robot-assisted surgeries were conducted at urban teaching institutions, and most of them were at high-volume hospitals. 

Robot-assisted surgeries were also found to be less likely to:
-Need a blood transfusion
-Have a prolonged hospital stay
-Suffer complications during or after surgery (such as cardiac, respiratory or vascular issues)

This study was led by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.  Henry Ford Hospital is a Vattikuti Foundation Network Hopsital.  Dr. Mani Menon started the robotic surgery program at the Vattikuti Urology Institute in 2000.  He and his team have performed over 7,000 robotic surgeries to date and have published many papers on robotic surgery.

Founded on April 26, 1997

The Vattikuti Foundation is a non-profit corporation that was founded by Raj and Padma Vattikuti in 1997. The Foundation serves both the local community in Southeast Michigan as well as causes in India and other parts of the world. Through the Vattikuti Foundation Raj and his wife Padma continue to lend their support to a number of worthwhile charitable causes. The Foundation has distinguished itself by founding the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospitals and the Vattikuti Digital Breast Diagnostic Center at Beaumont Hospitals. The Vattikuti Foundation is committed to making robotic surgery and other technologically advanced medical procedures of the future cost effective and available to underprivileged communities. Vattikuti Foundation also focuses on creating an infrastructure to coordinate and reach out to the people who are in poverty through the Poverty Alleviation Initiative program in India. Its initial pilot program has positively affected villages in the Tumkur District of Karnataka. The goal of this project is to reach over a million people over the next ten years.