A prostatectomy is surgery to partially or completely remove the prostate gland to treat conditions such as prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A radical prostatectomy is the ...

Objective: To review the current medical literature on robotic prostatectomy (RP) and report clinical outcomes of this newly developed technique. Data Source: A MEDLINE search was performed using the ...

Laparoscopic prostatectomy is exponentially more difficult than open surgery, urologists agree. "People are going berserk over this, just because it's laparoscopy, but that doesn't automatically make ...

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 ...

Many traditional urologic surgical procedures require large incisions with lengthy hospitalization and recovery. Minimally invasive surgery, also often known as laparoscopic or keyhole surgery to ...

University Hospital has a new surgical option for men diagnosed with prostate cancer: a laparoscopic prostatectomy. The minimally invasive procedure has a shorter recovery time than traditional open ...

Reverse-phase protein array marker evaluation of protein expression patterns related to anti-angiogenesis treatment in renal cell carcinoma No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is ...

Professor Christopher Eden pioneered laparoscopic prostate surgery in the UK before robotic systems became widely available. His London clinic now promotes a team-based approach using several advanced ...

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) was associated with fewer surgical complications compared with open or laparoscopic prostatectomies, a population-based cohort study in Taiwan found. Among ...

"Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery Has a 3.3% Transfusion Rate; Readmission and Reoperation Rates Also Low" ...