My Brother has decided to have The da Vinci procedure performed for his recently diagnosed prostate cancer.
He's going to come to Orlando to have it done.
A local surgeon, Dr. Vipal Patel has performed more than anyone on record and has an outstanding success rate (he has performed over 5000!).
On his web page there's a chart that compares his statistics vs. "The Average Doctor (and I'm assuming he means The Average Urologist Doctor!)."
http://www.globalroboticsinstitute.com/en/robotic-prostatectomy/dr-vipul-patel/why-dr-patel
He performs the procedure in approximately an hour and 45 minutes.
"The Average Doctor" performs the same procedure in 2 hours and 42 minutes.
That's good...one hour less of anesthesia time is always a good thing!
His average hospital stay is 1.1 days and "The Average Doctor" hospital stay is 1.4 days.
My first thought was big deal...you're still going to get charged for 2 hospital days.
On closer analysis, however, it's a difference between 26.4 hours in the hospital vs. 33.6 hours in the hospital.
For anyone who has been a patient in a hospital, I'm sure you are well aware that those 7.2 hours can be the difference between maintaining your sanity or LOSING it.
It's a statistic that's very worthy of bragging rights!
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