The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Patients who undergo single-port robotic prostate or kidney surgery tend to have less blood loss and postoperative pain and shorter hospital stays compared with patients undergoing multi-port robotic ...

At 24 months' follow-up, the only phase 3 randomized clinical trial to directly compare functional and oncologic outcomes between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open radical retropubic ...

Dr. Robert Uzzo answers the question: 'Who Gets Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Who is an appropriate candidate for a laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostatectomy? Answer: ...

Single‐port robotic surgery represents a significant advance in minimally invasive urology. This technique employs a dedicated robotic platform through a single incision, thereby reducing surgical ...

According to data from two phase III trials presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, patients with high-risk prostate cancer had a significantly ...

If you’re dealing with advanced prostate cancer, the thought of surgery might feel like a lot to take in — and that’s completely understandable. For many men facing an advanced diagnosis, surgery will ...

Adding a surgery-specific module to a perioperative telemedicine programme significantly improved functional outcomes after radical prostatectomy, resulting in better urinary continence, a reduced ...

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