This case involves a forty-four-year-old male with a known family history of prostate cancer. The patient alerted his family physician to his family history of prostate cancer and the physician noted that the patient’s father died from prostate cancer. The…
This case involves a forty-two-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with Stage III prostate cancer. The pathologist revealed on the initial pathology report a carcinoma of the prostate, with Gleason scores of 10 in several regions. Â A bone scan at…
This case involves a sixty-five-year-old male patient who had a new onset prostate cancer and underwent a robotic assisted prostatectomy that was met with significant complication. The patient had a prior history of an exploratory laparotomy with extensive gastrointestinal manipulation and resection of…
This case involves a sixty-eight-year-old male who became concerned after noticing blood in his urine. The man had recently retired from his job as a rubber factory worker. He also experienced difficulties with urination, which he described as painful and…
This case involves a sixty-five-year-old male who underwent a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The patient was placed in the lithotomy position with his arms padded and tucked at his side with his hands supported on foam pads. The surgical staff reportedly…
This case involves a fifty-three-year-old patient who presented to his urologist complaining of recent sexual dysfunction. He also complained of sleep disturbances, fatigue, and lower back pain. The urologist advised the patient that he may be suffering from low testosterone…
This case involves a seventy-eight-year-old man who presented to a urologist with complaints of onset urinary retention, back pain, and visible blood in the urine. The physician sent the patient for blood work to determine a baseline PSA value that…
This case involves a fifty-five-year-old male patient who underwent a holmium laser enucleation and total prostatectomy procedure and suffered many adverse complications. The patient complained of postoperative leg weakness, with the limited ability to ambulate. After the procedure, the patient…
This case involves a 55-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with Stage II prostate cancer. Â The initial pathology reports revealed an adenocarcinoma throughout the prostate, with Gleason scores of 8 in all regions. Â A bone scan at the time revealed…