Prostate Cancer Surgery

Prostate cancer surgery includes radical prostatectomy da Vinci surgery, prostate cryosurgery, or prostate radiation seed implants. Other prostate cancer options include hormone treatments, external beam radiation, chemotherapy, and monitoring the prostate known as the “wait and see” method. Clinical research trials and the emerging future of medicine incudes using small molecules that attach to the cancer cells and either destroy them or stop them from dividing into more cancer cells. They are often called nanotechnology medicine, some examples include: gold nano shells, quantum dots, and dendrimers. Gene therapy and RNA interference are also being developed to stop cancer. Urology specialists will tell you that getting a prostate exam, once prostate symptoms occur, is the most important thing you can do, because early detection of the prostate cancer will give you the best chance of successful prostate cancer surgery.

Prostate cancer surgery that removes the prostate is called the gold standard in urology. Other prostate surgery methods have developed in the hopes of finding less traumatic impact on the prostate cancer patient. The history of prostate cancer surgery has been full of urology specialists curing cancer and minimizing urinary symptoms and erectile dysfunction causes that have traditionally occurred after urologic surgery. Now prostate cancer patients have a selection of modalities to choose from with the near future bringing even more ways to stop prostate cancer with less physiological trauma. Currently the four most important considerations are:
What treatment will stop their specific diagnosis of prostate cancer?
What treatment will have the least amount of complications after the surgery?
What treatments are available with their particular urologist?
How much experience does your urology specialist have in da Vinci prostatectomy, prostate cryosurgery and prostate radiation seed implants?

We will address all four critical questions so you can make an informed decision on getting the best treatment for such a life altering disease. What treatment will stop the prostate cancer, needs to be looked at from many directions. Prostate removal, the gold standard, is performed differently by urologists according to their training, experience, what medical techniques are available to them at their medical center, and also how advanced the prostate cancer is. So which prostate surgery is the “best”? The answer is different for everyone because the current overall health of the patient, the stage of the cancer, the doctor’s ability, and financial concerns often dictate this critical decision. Does your urology specialist have alot of experience to fall back on; how many of those specific procedures has the doctor performed? Do not be shy, ask the surgeon how many of those specific procedures they have performed, and shop around, because ultimately, it is your life in the balance. Today you can ask these questions online and get quick responses, often that very day. Urology Specialists that are current with today’s new medical technology also make themselves available instantly online to answer their patients’ questions. Our large Urology Specialists staff gets you the answers you need quickly, before and after, your prostate cancer surgery.

Prostate cancer surgery has also focused on reducing erectile dysfunction causes (impotence causes) brought on by the prostate removal that can damage the nerves during the procedures. Other complications from prostate cancer surgery include bladder symptoms such as urinary retention and stress incontinence, along with post-surgical gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria.

Dr. Fernando Bianco the chief of robotics has performed over 300 laparoscopic and robotic prostate removal surgeries. Dr. Bianco has researched the importance of surgeon experience in performing da Vinci prostatectomy procedures with patient outcomes and has found that they do correlate with each other. Prostate removal can be performed using open, laparoscopic, or robotic methods. This website will explain the different modalities used in medicines approach to curing prostate cancer.

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