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Some updates baseball tickets analysts are miguel tejada autographed baseballs shows worried that rapid growth of roboticprostatectomy is unlikely to be sustained. Many see hysterectomies -- which are performed as much asthree times more than prostatectomies each year in the U.S.,according to estimates -- as the next big market to adopt therobotic procedure. Meanwhile, the prospect of health reform has "created a lotof nervousness," Husain said. Lavin said if the health reform fails to pass or no changesto insurance reimbursement occur, "everything in medicaltechnology will be up 10 to 20 percent." Hospitals and doctors have selected the da Vinci systemsfor the promise of procedures with reduced blood loss, fastersurgery recovery time and shorter hospital stays.

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