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: ...

Dr. Khurshid Guru answers the question: 'Hospital Stay After Prostatectomy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: How long will I be in the hospital following my radical laparoscopic, perineal, or retropubic ...

Greater surgeon experience is associated with lower recurrence rates following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. A new study shows that the learning curve for this procedure is ...

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 ...

If every urologist could perform advanced laparoscopic surgery, robotic assistance would not exist, unless it was proven to benefit the patient. To date, this proof is lacking. The oncological and ...

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, ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intuitive (NASDAQ: ISRG), a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, announced that the Food ...

We recently reported our initial experience with single-port transvesical enucleation of the prostate (STEP) performed through a solitary suprapubic incision via a single-access port inserted directly ...

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) was associated with ...

Not all surgeries for prostate cancer are the same. Depending on the location and size of your prostate tumor, a surgeon may recommend different ways to remove it. In some cases, they also remove ...

Effect of ET-1, FGF-2, and HGF on intracellular steroidogenesis in prostate cancer cells. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...