Doctors performed surgery to remove the prostate but during the procedure encountered a roadblock of scar tissue, left behind from one of Hollister’s previous surgeries. In most cases like this, doctors are unable to remove the cancer through surgery an
Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Robotic-Assisted Surgery Can Expect Low Recurrence Of CancerA first-ever, long-term study of patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery to remove their cancerous prostates found that nearly 87 percent of them had no recurrence of the disease after five years...
when Dr. Menon and his team at Henry Ford began using robot-assisted surgery. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has since become the most widely used form of surgical treatment of localized prostate cancer in the country.
A radical prostatectomy, is a type of surgery where the entire prostate is removed. Learn about minimally invasive robotic surgery for radical prostatectomy.
Robotic surgery appears particularly advantageous from the standpoint of added precision for some procedures. It has experienced great popularity for urologic surgery; particularly cancers of the prostate located deep in the pelvis. Current utilization, however, is quite widespread including applications for...
Robotic Prostate Surgery What is Robotic Prostate Surgery? Dr. Samadi performs robotic prostate cancer surgery using the da Vinci robotic system. This minimally invasive procedure employs the latest advancements in robotics and computer technology to completely remove the cancerous prostate. It is a ...
Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery replaces many open surgery procedures in urology due to its advantages concerning post-operative morbidity. However, the technical challenges and need of learning have limited the application of this method to the work of highly qualified surgeons. The introduction...
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Recovery time and convalescence also may be shorter following robotic surgery. However, when considering the three principle outcomes for prostate cancer surgery (cancer control, urinary control and sexual function), there is no consensus as to whether one approach is superior to another. Improved ...