Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer
Robotic Surgery
We are hearing more and more about robotic surgery these days. What is the significance of that? Clearly, surgery is an option of management for many patients with prostate cancer. It does have its pros and cons as with any type of intervention used to cure patients of cancer. A radical prostatectomy is a very tricky operation. A big part of any surgery is being able to feel what you are doing. With a robot you can’t feel. Surgeons try to make up for it with excellent magnification so there are advantages. But there is still a problem with robotic prostatectomy with cancer at the margins which means not getting out all the cancer. It may well be that it is as much experience as anything else. It is the surgeon behind the robot, not the robot.
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