Both robot-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) and laser enucleation of the prostate (LEP) are safe and effective surgical options for large-volume benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a ...

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 ...

Comorbid Diseases Lessen Survival Benefit of Aggressive PCa Therapy Growth in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) use especially pronounced among surgeons at urban hospitals. Robot-assisted ...

Prostate cancer is often treated by a robotic keyhole surgery called a robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. Accompanying this surgery is an MRI scan that tells the surgeon where the cancer is ...

When a biopsy revealed cancerous tissues in Paul Steele’s prostate gland last year, he and his wife, Michelle, sat down with Layron Long, MD, a urologist with Samaritan Urology in Corvallis, to better ...

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 ...

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has become a hot topic in recent years, but men's expectations of the surgery - including how fast they can return to their usual physical ...

Use of NeuroSAFE to guide nerve sparing during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy improved patient-reported erectile function. Researchers have found that the use of the NeuroSAFE technique to guide ...

CHICAGO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Men who have less invasive prostate cancer surgery -- often done robotically -- are more likely to be incontinent and have erectile dysfunction than men who have ...