Researchers saw no differences in standard oncologic outcomes and quality of life at 12 weeks between the prostatectomy procedures.

The decision to undergo radical prostatectomy, or any treatment for prostate cancer, is of course not an easy one. Dr. Andrew Wagner, Director of Minimally-Invasive Urologic Surgery at Beth Israel ...

Robotic surgery or robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is being increasingly used for surgery of prostate cancer and is slowly replacing open surgical procedures. Comparison was made about ...

Open prostatectomy also resulted in longer average time spent in the hospital after surgery and greater estimated total blood loss (P < .0001 for both).

Randomized comparison of robot-assisted vs open radical prostatectomy shows similar functional outcomes, but oncologic outcomes require 'cautious interpretation.' ...

Open surgery is the traditional method used for performing a simple prostatectomy. This method is used on people who have very enlarged prostates, damaged bladders, or other complications ...

AUA 2017, holep laser, green laser beam, laser, urology, nephrology The likelihood of conversion from HoLEP to an open procedure to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia increases along with prostate ...

Of the 200,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the United States, about one-third will undergo surgical treatment. Although open radical prostatectomy (ORP) is regarded as ...

An estimated 240,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Not all men will need or select to have a prostatectomy (surgery to remove the prostate gland), but for those ...

An Australian study has found prostate cancer patients who undergo robotic surgery have similar results to those who have open surgery.

The number of open gasless laparoendoscopic single-site surgery, especially minimum incision endoscopic radical prostatectomy (MIES-RRP) is increasing in Japan.