What is a robotic radical prostatectomy?
A radical robotic prostatectomy incorporates the advantages offered with laparoscopy together with the delicate maneuvers and techniques previously only available with open surgery. Standard laparoscopic instruments can be cumbersome and do not avail themselves to delicate surgical procedures. Minimally invasive robotic radical prostatectomy allows the surgeon to perform sensationally an “open” radical prostatectomy without the need for the large incision. The robotic approach, utilizing the da Vinci Surgical System, provides easy access to the patient’s internal anatomy through five half-Inch incisions. The robotic instruments, which are completely controlled by the surgeon, have wrist and hand-like maneuverability, which allows the surgeon to move them like his own hands during traditional open surgery. The surgeon, during the minimally invasive robotic prostatectomy, is performing the operation while looking through a viewer that provides him/her with an excellent 3-dimensional visu
