University Hospital has a new surgical option for men diagnosed with prostate cancer: a laparoscopic prostatectomy. The minimally invasive procedure has a shorter recovery time than traditional open ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Reverse-phase protein array marker evaluation of protein expression patterns related to anti-angiogenesis treatment in renal cell carcinoma No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ University of Wisconsin-Madison surgeons have tried a new way to remove cancerous prostate glands that they hope will make the operation easier for men to tolerate and cut the ...

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 ...