Why Surgery?
'Currently, radical prostatectomy is the only treatment for localised prostate cancer that has shown a cancer-specific survival benefit...in a prospective, randomized trial.'
European Association of Urologists Guidelines on Prostate Cancer, 2008.
Which Surgeon?
The medical literature demonstrates a strong link between surgeon caseload and outcome after radical prostatectomy. In the bar chart below taken from the British Association of Urological Surgeons operations database analysis, I am consultant #71.
Why Robotic Prostatectomy?
open surgery
Traditional radical prostatectomy requires a large, 8-10 inch incision. This commonly results in significant blood loss, a lengthy and uncomfortable recovery and a variable risk of impotence and incontinence.
da Vinci prostatectomy
Radical prostatectomy performed using the da Vinci robot represents the fastest growing treatment for prostate cancer today.
da Vinci Prostatectomy incorporates a robotic surgical system that helps the surgeon to see vital anatomical structures clearly using high definition 3-D magnification and to perform a precise surgical procedure using motion scaling and tremor filtering.
For most patients this approach offers substantially less pain and a much shorter recovery than open prostate surgery. As a minimally invasive procedure, robotic prostatectomy offers several other potential benefits over open prostatectomy, which include:-
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Shorter hospital stay |
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Less pain |
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Less risk of infection |
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Less blood loss and transfusions |
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Less scarring |
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Faster recovery |
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Quicker return to normal activities |
