•Guide to Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

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•Why UCA for Prostate Cancer and Robotic Surgery:

1. Experienced team: UCA is one of the busiest and most experienced robotic centers in the world.
2. Urology Centers continues to modify surgical techniques to improve outcomes. Current techniques include:
  •Bladder neck sparing procedure
  •Veil of Aphrodite nerve sparing technique
  •Pelvic floor reconstruction
  **Click here for potency and continence data presented at 2007 SESAUA**
3. Intraoperative pathology evaluation: frozen sections during surgery to reduce positive margins and PSA recurrence
4. Biofeedback training to reduce incontinence
5. Dedicated erectile dysfunction team to improve potency

6. Comprehensive data collection and monitoring of surgical outcomes

•Potency and Continence Study Results

As presented at the 2007 SESAUA, among men 60 years and younger who choose Robotic Surgery for prostate cancer, we found the following results:

  3 months 6 months
Potency 48.4 % 80%
Continence 93.8% 100%

Surgical technique continues to be modified and new data is pending.

 

February 5, 2012