Telesurgery was as reliable as standard robotic surgery for two common urological procedures, according to a small Chinese ...

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, ...

Robotic-assisted transperineal fusion biopsy led to relatively low rates of prostate cancer upgrading and downgrading in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, is cautious regarding men's faith in robotic prostatectomy ...

Although use of robotic surgery for prostate cancer has surpassed open surgical procedures in number, the impact of this approach on patient quality of life has not been well-studied. Although use of ...