Super Bowl prostate screening with Dr. Bianco of Miami Urology

The NFL players came to the Super Bowl prostate screening in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday from 10 am to 4 PM and Mount Sinai’s Dr  Bianco was there performing the exams and meeting the NFL players. Throughout the day NFL players came to participate in the Know Your Stats prostate screening program that was sponsored by the NFL Player Care Foundation during this year’s South Florida’s Super Bowl activities.

The atmosphere was relaxed and both the doctors and players had great facilities including possibly the largest exam room in the world (pictures of it in on our next post and you can decide). The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel was beautiful. The staff at the sign up table, the team drawing the samples for the PSA, and the technicians Manning the machines that were on working display that processed the samples within 10 minutes were all very chipper.

Doctors came from several areas of South Florida, to help out with the AUA’s and NFL”s prostate screening this year. Dr Bianco was having fun talking to the players, being interviewed for the newscasts, even meeting an old college friend that also became urologist. Dr Bianco was explaining about the new South Florida robotic center that he heads up for the Columbia University Division of Urology on Miami Beach and about his transitioning from  open and laparoscopic surgery to performing the da Vinci prostatectomy ((robotic prostate removal). Dr Bianco was explaining that by performing hundreds of robotic surgeries you become attuned to the nuances and advantages that the micro fine movements, 360 degree manipulation and the magnified 3D view offers. Dr Bianco also performs cystectomy (bladder removal), and nephrectomy (kidney removal) procedures with the daVinci robot.

So which team was the favorite to win the Super Bowl this Sunday at the prostate screening?

This Miami urology reporter was not surprised who the favorite was, since Miami is an AFC town. It shouldn’t take a Super Bowl for men to get their prostate screening, but it is a lot more fun.

Tomorrow: pictures.

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As the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl players and coaches take their games seriously they are also here to sending a signal to the public that early detection is very serious when it comes to men’s health . Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Columbia Division of Urology has the best urologists in Florida to perform robotic surgery for prostate removal and every treatment for prostate cancer but a prostate cancer screening that catches your disease early gives you the chance of a better outcome. So talk to your doctor about getting your prostate cancer screening.

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Answer:

Without knowing how the prostate was removed makes specifics a little iffy, however what usually happens when the prostate is removed, a Foley catheter is left in the bladder. This is to relieve some of the tension that is exerted when the bladder contracts, as it pulls into what is called the urethrovesical anastomosis, which is the technical term that we use for sewing together the bladder neck or the bladder opening that was close to the prostate with the urethra on the other end.
Occasionally, there will be a scab there, it may fall, and that is why you may see some blood in the urine. This should subside.

The other common source for this could be urinary tract infection. Therefore, urine should be checked with urinalysis to rule out the presence of bacteria.  If that is the case, a culture should be taken and an antibiotic treatment should be considered.
This is important because one of the potential problems from infections early after surgery is developing urethral strictures, which are problems that are really hard to treat down the road and they are pervasive in the quality of life of individuals.

by Dr Fernando J Bianco
Miami urology

Question:

“My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer and the doctor said the bacteria is really bad. We can’t touch it or open it to see where it has spread. If we do the bacteria will spread quickly throughout his body and he can die. So what stage does this mean my dad is in and is this treatable?”

Answer:

It is a very interesting question regarding Bacteremia.  What we assume was Bacteremia after the prostate biopsy and what happens now is that a lot of bacteria are becoming resistant to the most common antibiotic used to prevent infection, which are the group of antibiotics called quinolones and when this occurs, the patients may have bacteria in the bloodstream. This may require intravenous antibiotics and long-acting antibiotics.  Now, this has nothing to do with the prostate cancer and in fact, what needs to be done about the situation is to treat the inflammation, and after the inflammation is controlled and the infection is controlled, then the prostate cancer can be treated.  In general, prostate cancer tumors are slow-growing, they take time to grow, and they may take months to years to spread out.  Thus, when we see the patients, we always tell them that there is no hurry to treat the prostate cancer unless there are tumors found.

by Dr Fernando J Bianco
Miami urology

Dr Alan Nieder, Dr Fernando J Bianco, Dr Aaron E Katz, and Dr Mitchell C Benson are part of the Columbia University Division of Urology giving a free prostate exam and lectures that cover symptoms of prostate cancer such as blood in urine, painful urination, microhematuria, and high PSA. Prostate removal methods, robotic prostatectomy and prostate cryotherapy (freezing the prostate) will also be covered.

Miami urology prostate cancer screening exams and lecture dates, location and times are:

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Saturday, September 19
10am – 1pm
Church of the Open Door
6001 NW 8 Avenue
Miami, FL
No RSVP required.

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Wednesday, September 23
9:00 am – 12:00 p.m.
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
3rd floor
4306 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-535-3333

Prostate Cancer: Risks, Warning Signs and Treatments
“Ask the Experts” Free Lecture Series
Dr. Alan Nieder, urologist
Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Thursday, Sept 24
10 am to 12:00 pm
Aventura Community Recreation Center
3375 NE 188 St.
Aventura, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-674-2600
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited.

Miami-urology.com gives a more detailed description of prostate cancer surgery and treatment of prostate cancer or if you would like to make an appointment.

Prostate removal is delicately performed by the da Vinci robot

There is a close up flash slide show of a grape being peeled surgically by the da Vinci Robot. The website also explains some of the medical testing that is done before surgery is performed. There are descriptions of the surgical robot compared to the free hand laparoscopic procedure. The next website will be on blood in urine and painful urination.