Dr. Mani Menon

In fact, you were the first open surgeon outside of Hopkins who had done a nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, even before Peter Scardino or Bill Catalona had done it, just because you happened to train with Dr. Walsh when that did, being in the right place at the right time. And you have a patient that you want to explain to him about robotic radical prostatectomy.

In fact, you were the first open surgeon outside of Hopkins who had done a nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, even before Peter Scardino or Bill Catalona had done it, just because you happened to train with Dr. Walsh when that did, being in the right place at the right time. And you have a patient that you want to explain to him about robotic radical prostatectomy.

In fact, you were the first open surgeon outside of Hopkins who had done a nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, even before Peter Scardino or Bill Catalona had done it, just because you happened to train with Dr. Walsh when that did, being in the right place at the right time. And you have a patient that you want to explain to him about robotic radical prostatectomy.

You've done a thousand open radical prostatectomies. You're a good open surgeon. You've done 18 robotic cases, and you're kind of feeling that you're getting ready to, this is something. How do you counsel a patient as to whether he should do open cases or robotic cases? I mean, how exactly would you approach the patient?

You've done a thousand open radical prostatectomies. You're a good open surgeon. You've done 18 robotic cases, and you're kind of feeling that you're getting ready to, this is something. How do you counsel a patient as to whether he should do open cases or robotic cases? I mean, how exactly would you approach the patient?

You've done a thousand open radical prostatectomies. You're a good open surgeon. You've done 18 robotic cases, and you're kind of feeling that you're getting ready to, this is something. How do you counsel a patient as to whether he should do open cases or robotic cases? I mean, how exactly would you approach the patient?

That's exactly what I did, more or less exactly what I did. And then we measured everything. So I looked at the first 100 patients I had counseled, and 70 of the 100 chose robotic surgery and 30 chose open radical prostatectomy, which surprised me. I would have thought it would be the other way around, or maybe 10% would choose robotics. And then I tried to find out why they did that.

That's exactly what I did, more or less exactly what I did. And then we measured everything. So I looked at the first 100 patients I had counseled, and 70 of the 100 chose robotic surgery and 30 chose open radical prostatectomy, which surprised me. I would have thought it would be the other way around, or maybe 10% would choose robotics. And then I tried to find out why they did that.

That's exactly what I did, more or less exactly what I did. And then we measured everything. So I looked at the first 100 patients I had counseled, and 70 of the 100 chose robotic surgery and 30 chose open radical prostatectomy, which surprised me. I would have thought it would be the other way around, or maybe 10% would choose robotics. And then I tried to find out why they did that.

And this was the reason I wanted to mention this. I wanted to give a shout out to these hundreds of the early patients who were incredibly brave. These were all people who worked in the automotive industry on the assembly line. And at that time, and even now, I think, Detroit had the highest concentration of industrial robots in the world.

And this was the reason I wanted to mention this. I wanted to give a shout out to these hundreds of the early patients who were incredibly brave. These were all people who worked in the automotive industry on the assembly line. And at that time, and even now, I think, Detroit had the highest concentration of industrial robots in the world.

And this was the reason I wanted to mention this. I wanted to give a shout out to these hundreds of the early patients who were incredibly brave. These were all people who worked in the automotive industry on the assembly line. And at that time, and even now, I think, Detroit had the highest concentration of industrial robots in the world.

They were all used at Ford and GM and what was then called Chrysler and AMC. So what they felt is they had seen the power of the robot in welding and soldering and screwing, no pun intended, in areas where the hand couldn't get into.

They were all used at Ford and GM and what was then called Chrysler and AMC. So what they felt is they had seen the power of the robot in welding and soldering and screwing, no pun intended, in areas where the hand couldn't get into.

They were all used at Ford and GM and what was then called Chrysler and AMC. So what they felt is they had seen the power of the robot in welding and soldering and screwing, no pun intended, in areas where the hand couldn't get into.

What they felt is that they came here because they trusted me and I had told them that I was very well trained in open surgery and they said, well, if you think this robot is going to help you, we've seen how it helps us. What do we have to lose? If you're not able to do it, you will just do the open operation.

What they felt is that they came here because they trusted me and I had told them that I was very well trained in open surgery and they said, well, if you think this robot is going to help you, we've seen how it helps us. What do we have to lose? If you're not able to do it, you will just do the open operation.

What they felt is that they came here because they trusted me and I had told them that I was very well trained in open surgery and they said, well, if you think this robot is going to help you, we've seen how it helps us. What do we have to lose? If you're not able to do it, you will just do the open operation.

I don't see that happening at Sinai, where Tuareg is dealing with Wall Street bankers and high-powered attorneys and New York Yankees players and things like that, and everybody wants a fifth opinion and a sixth opinion before they do that. I don't know that I would see it at UC San Diego. But it certainly happened in Detroit.

I don't see that happening at Sinai, where Tuareg is dealing with Wall Street bankers and high-powered attorneys and New York Yankees players and things like that, and everybody wants a fifth opinion and a sixth opinion before they do that. I don't know that I would see it at UC San Diego. But it certainly happened in Detroit.