Robotic surgery for prostate cancer has several advantages over traditional open surgery including nerve-sparing, less pain, less blood, shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, and fewer side effects ...

In an advancement for minimally invasive care, a first-ever procedure using two separate surgery robots was successfully completed. A urologist at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical ...

For men with prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy, or surgical removal of the prostate, isn’t guaranteed to be curative, as one expert explained.

Surgery utilizes Levita MARS Platform and its Dynamic Magnetic Positioning™ technology and Da Vinci Single Port Robotic System to deliver unprecedented precision and set a new standard for minimally ...

March 5 (Reuters) - Patients who have robot-assisted surgeries on their kidneys or prostate have shorter hospital stays and a lower risk of having a blood transfusion or dying -- but the bill is ...

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death in American men. However, prostate cancer is curable, thanks to options ...

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 ...

Dr Danelo du Plessis successfully completed South Africa’s first robotic surgery for living donor kidney removal at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.

Original Medicare (parts A and B) covers medically necessary prostate surgeries, including treatments for an enlarged prostate and prostate cancer. Medicare covers various prostate procedures, ...