Less invasive surgery The video below is from the manufacturers of the robotic surgery device. One of the problems with prostate surgery in the past has been that the prostate is very difficult for a surgeon to access without doing a considerable amount of damage to surrounding tissue and nerves. In particular, the damage to nerves is what has caused many of the post-surgical side-effects — incontinence, loss of sexual function, and so on. Advances in robotic surgery devices over the past decade have lead to improvement in recovery after prostate cancer surgery. Under the control of a good surgeon, … Continue reading Robotic Prostate Surgery