What are the potential advantages of robotic prostatectomy?
With open radical retropubic prostatectomy, results have steadily improved over time. Early experience with robotic prostatectomy suggests that these outcomes are at least equal to open surgery. However, robotic surgery does offer the patient a reduction in blood loss during surgery, shorter hospital stays, a faster and less painful recovery and quick return to normal activity. What are the potential drawbacks of robotic prostatectomy? Our expectations are that robotic surgical results will at least equal and even surpass these results. The relative newness of the procedure should be considered when making a decision regarding what is best for any individual patient. While hospital stays and recovery time are reduced with robotic prostatectomy, the time spent in the operating room is often longer than with standard open radical prostatectomy. Am I a candidate for robotic prostatectomy? There are many excellent options available to patients for the treatment of localized prostate cancer
