The walnut-sized gland underneath a man’s bladder that surrounds his urethra is called a prostate. As men get older, it’s common for their prostate glands to continue to grow or enlarge. This ...

WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Medical Center has adopted an alternative technique to performing a prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer that results in better outcomes for men and quicker recovery times ...

Dr. Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, is cautious regarding men's faith in robotic prostatectomy ...

A recent prospective, randomized study comparing the outcomes of laparoscopic and robot-assisted prostatectomy provides some of the best contemporary evidence of the superiority of the robotic ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Robot surgery for prostate cancer lowered the rate of urinary complications compared with hands-on surgery in a new Italian study. While the study was small and contradicts ...

Robotic surgery is a promising option in the field of prostate cancer, leading to better outcomes and shorter hospital stays. Robotic surgery can have a multitude of benefits for patients who are ...

DR. MICHAEL PALESE, a urologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center, prefers a robot over his hands to perform surgeries. Palese demonstrated the robot, called da Vinci, used in 40% of prostate surgeries ...

Feb. 21, 2006 — -- Lewis Weitzner found out he had prostate cancer last September, when he was 51 years old. Although the many options available to men in his situation can be confusing, deciding ...

In June this year, Paul Henderson received test results showing elevated PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels. In this ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) devices market to grow at a CAGR of around 5% during the forecast period, according to their latest ...

Stephen Summers, MD specializes in both men and women with a variety of different urologic conditions. I care for patients with most urologic disorders and have a special interest in the management of ...