With Men’s Health Week approaching, it is a good time to encourage open discussions about various health conditions, particularly prostate health. Driven by embarrassment, misconceptions, and a lack ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had surgery last month for one of the most common cancers among American men, prostate cancer. The minimally invasive procedure to remove all or part of his prostate ...

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, ...

A nerve-sparing technique (NeuroSAFE) reduced erectile dysfunction in men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. A year after surgery, patients randomized to ...

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: ...

The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Side effects like incontinence and erectile dysfunction can wreak havoc on your emotions. Here’s how to feel like yourself again. When this cancer is caught in its early stages, before it has spread ...

The presence of scar tissue, periprostatic fibrosis, and inflammation due to previous surgery increases the complexity of some surgical tasks, according to investigators. Undergoing radical ...

The authors of a recent review compared guidelines from several world regions. Post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence guidelines vary in their recommendations following a comprehensive patient ...