Radical prostatectomy reduces mortality among men with clinically detected localized prostate cancer, but evidence from randomized trials with long-term follow-up is sparse. We randomly assigned 695 ...

Prostate surgery treats diseases that affect the prostate gland. This includes prostate cancer and other noncancerous conditions. There are different types, depending on the specific condition.

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy reduced short-term complication risk by nearly half versus open surgery. Learn more from ...

Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and the use of duloxetine (Cymbalta) may not be the best options for recovering urinary continence after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, according to the ...

The use of antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant medications has increased due to irregular diets, limited physical activity, and ...

LAS VEGAS -- Focused ultrasound ablation for prostate cancer proved at least equivalent to radical prostatectomy for failure-free survival, according to a randomized trial reported here. After 3 years ...

Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (LI-SWT) did not improve erectile dysfunction compared to a sham procedure in radical prostatectomy patients. Fewer than 20% of men in the LI-SWT group ...

Radical prostatectomy remains the gold-standard treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Although cancer control is the primary goal, secondary outcomes such as continence recovery are of ...

Obesity in itself is not a contraindication to radical prostatectomy, but it remains a risk factor for poor overall survival. Although obesity increases the technical complexity of radical ...