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 ...

The first direct comparison between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open surgery (radical retropubic prostatectomy) has ended in a tie. Early results from an international, randomized, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 increasingly diagnosed in younger Indian men, requiring early screening. Lifestyle and genetic factors ...

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 ...

The movements of a surgeon in a procedure—called "surgical gestures"—can be used to predict patient recovery, according to ...

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 ...