With the advent of robotic surgery and its use during radical prostatectomy, surgeons have been able to better identify those tissue planes secondary to the improved magnified 10 × 3D vision.

Data Source: A MEDLINE search was performed using the following headings: prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy, robotics, robot assisted ... compared with open surgery. Functional and cancer ...

He's the chair of urology at MedStar Washington, and he's performed the surgery more than 3,500 times. The procedure, called a laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy, involves removing a patient's ...

Using a high-pressure water jet to operate on an enlarged prostate can better preserve the ability to ejaculate, compared ...

A groundbreaking treatment for prostate cancer now available in Virginia aims to improve patient outcomes while minimizing side effects associated with traditional surgeries and radiation therapies.

Most disturbing of all is the lack of evidence to support the idea that using a surgical robot confers any advantage in the key outcomes that drive patients to seek robotic surgery in the first ...

In conclusion, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy represents a promising alternative to traditional open surgery for early ...

In the study cohort, 2,310 patients died during a median follow-up of 6.3 years, and prostate cancer accounted for 454 (19.7% ...

The findings are published in the Journal of Robotic Surgery. "Our research has identified that the use of 3D-printed technology is most effective during a robotic radical prostatectomy.

Urethral catheterization is necessary after robotic radical prostatectomy, but can, however, lead to pain, discomfort and infection. Tewari and colleagues, therefore, conducted a pilot study to ...

SESAUA annual meeting featured a prostate cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Arjun Pon Avudaiappan discussing survival ...