Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
I'm reading a book about Edison suing Westinghouse in the late nineteenth century and the development of alternating current. The Serbian who "conquered" alternating current was a idiosyncratic man named Nikola Tesla. It is very interesting however I am in love with the nineteenth century and the men and women of history of that era. …
When the bladder spasms urine will go around the catheter. In the big scheme of things – urine getting out… Is a good thing.
When the prostate is removed, the bladder is separated from the urethra (the tube that runs through the penis which men void through). After the prostate is out, the doctor then sews the two areas back together. It takes about 7-10 days for this to heal. A catheter is placed through the tip of the penis in urethra, past the junction of the bladder and the urethra, which has been sewed together, and then into the bladder. A catheter (foley) stays in the bladder by a balloon at its tip. The balloon keeps the catheter from falling out and is about the size of a golf ball.
The bladder does not like the balloon in there. It perceives it as a foreign body and wants to “spit” it out. It does so by contracting as it would to make urine. This is a bladder spasm and can result in the loss of…
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Ben Stiller’s misguided prostate cancer recommendations aren’t based on evidence-healthnewsreview.org No it is based on examining the risks of the disease and the risks of the treatment and making a decision he felt was best for him. Regardless of your position on Mr. Psa 30,000 men a year die of prostate cancer. How is that? …
Illustrations from "The Decision" with explanations on Flickr. Over 7,000 views and not a bad starting point for the newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient. Doctors will often draw on the bed sheet, their scrubs or on the exam table paper simplistic illustrations to help patients understand a concept. I have used the above illustrations hundreds …
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