When San Francisco-based surgeon Dr. Anne Peled decided to undergo a sensation-preserving mastectomy following her second ...

Dr. Anne Peled, a two-time breast cancer survivor, underwent a sensation-preserving mastectomy, a procedure she co-developed.

Quadriceps-sparing myopathy is the name formerly used for the commonest clinical condition among a group of syndromes called the hereditary inclusion body myopathies (HIBM). They are characterized by ...

Bilateral nerve-sparing prostatectomy resulted in better sexual and urinary function outcomes than unilateral or nonnerve sparing surgery, but the difference reached significance only in men who ...

DUBLIN — Adrenal-sparing surgery enables half of patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) and bilateral pheochromocytoma to gain 10 years without adrenal insufficiency yet still have a ...

A nerve-sparing technique (NeuroSAFE) reduced erectile dysfunction in men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. A year after surgery, patients randomized to ...

Dr. Scardino answers the question: 'What Is A Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What is a nerve-sparing prostatectomy, and when is it used in the treatment of prostate cancer? ...

Medical, radiologic, and surgical treatments are used in the management of uterine fibroids. [2,3,4] Surgical treatments are either definitive and involve the removal of the entire uterus, or are ...

Dr. Scardino answers the question: 'Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy and Potency?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: What is the success rate for maintaining potency after a nerve-sparing prostatectomy? Answer: A ...