Posted on 1st October, 2023 at 6:21:19 AM
Prostectomy is the various surgical intervention for treatment of Enlarged (Benign) Prostate or Prostate Cancer. Until recently, men with prostate cancer had few prostate surgery choices. Historically, the only prostate surgery option was open prostatectomy, involving large incision and post-operative side effects. Using this procedure, the entire cancerous prostate was removed with risk of excessive blood loss, post-operative infections, long hospital stays, and considerable pain. Following open prostatectomy, patient’s activity was limited and often resulted in a loss of bladder control and sexual function after prostate surgery due to severance of the delicate plexus of nerves around the prostate gland. This was avoided to a large extent by Laparoscopic surgery avoiding large incision.
In the recent past, there has been revolutionary improvement in medical surgical technology with great impact on prostate cancer treatment and prostatectomy. The most famous Robotic Prostatectomy available today involves the da Vinci Surgical System, manufactured by Intuitive Surgical. Robotic Prostatectomy is gaining popularity as a less traumatic and minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment. The da Vinci robotic prostatectomy enables surgeons to overcome many of the shortcomings of both open prostatectomy and laparoscopic prostatectomy.
