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Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy for Complicated Diverticulitis
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Contributors: Justin A. Maykel MD The following video demonstrates a laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for the treatment of complicated sigmoid diverticulitis. The patient was initially managed with intravenous antibiotics and allowed three months for the acute inflammatory process to resolve. Subsequently she was taken to operating room electively for an uncomplicated sigmoid colectomy with a primary anastomosis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17797/xq6fosqsh3 Editor Recruited By: Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD

Laparoscopic Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision: Rectal Cancer
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Contributors: Justin A. Maykel MD The following video demonstrates a laparoscopic transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for the treatment of a locally advanced mid-rectal tumor. Eight weeks following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation she was brought to the operating room for radical resection. DOI#: https://doi.org/10.17797/wvn5h86w7l Referred by Jeffrey B. Matthews

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Michael Blute, Sr, MD
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Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Chief of Urology

Dr. Michael L. Blute received his BA Degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and his MD Degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1982, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Subsequent to internship and residency in urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, he remained on the staff and rose rapidly through the ranks to become the Anson L. Clark Professor and Chairman in the Department of Urology in 1999. He remained as Chairman of the Department of Urology and on the Executive Board of the Mayo Clinic until appointed Interim Chief of Urology and Director of the Cancer Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in 2010. In April 2012 Dr. Blute was appointed Chief of Urology at The Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Blute has had a major interest in urologic oncology and is well-known in the field of academic urology. His major areas of interest include prostate cancer, nephron-sparing surgery for kidney masses, and the management of complex renal cell and bladder neoplasms. He has been involved in phase III trials of Finasteride, chemoprevention of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia with anti-androgens, minimally invasive surgery for BPH, biomarkers in prostate cancer, and localization of tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer. He serves as a reviewer on 13 editorial boards. He serves on the AUA Renal Mass Guideline Panel and served on the American Joint Committee on Cancer. He is the recipient of the 2010 AUA Career Contribution Award. He has been honored as Department of Urology Teacher of the Year at the Mayo Clinic on several occasions. His bibliography includes 387 peer-reviewed publications, one book, and 26 book chapters.

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