Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and the use of duloxetine (Cymbalta) may not be the best options for recovering urinary continence after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, according to the ...

One in seven men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, 3% of those men will die from it but it is relatively treatable if it’s found early enough. Fortunately, there’s robotic technology ...

"The value here is that with robotic techniques being the predominant approach used today for this surgery, there is an opportunity to video record the procedures and use the ones with the best and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

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, ...

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: ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Robot surgery for prostate cancer lowered the rate of urinary complications compared with hands-on surgery in a new Italian study. While the study was small and contradicts ...

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 ...