Dr. Robert Uzzo answers the question: 'Who Gets Robotic/Laparoscopic Surgery?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Who is an appropriate candidate for a laparoscopic or robot-assisted prostatectomy? Answer: ...

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 ...

ASA: Ocular Injuries Up With Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy Higher rate of ocular injuries, including corneal abrasions, in surgeries using the robotic approach For patients undergoing radical ...

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 ...

When it comes to treatment for prostate cancer, men have a range of options, from active surveillance to radiation to surgery, just to name a few. Which approach to choose is a highly personal ...

Prostate cancer ranks as the most prevalent form of cancer among men, following only skin cancer in diagnosis frequency. Upon receiving a diagnosis, comprehending the available treatment options ...

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 ...

May 2, 2012 — Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is at least equivalent to other surgical approaches in terms of outcome in the short term, and might provide advantages such as ...

The marathon surgical session, conducted between 8 am and 5 pm, was led by Dr (prof) Santosh Kumar, with the procedures ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being obese may increase the cost of surgery for men with prostate cancer -- at least the more traditional forms of the procedure, a new study suggests. Researchers found ...