A team of surgeons at a hospital trust are celebrating performing their 1,000th prostatectomy using robotic surgeries.

Objective: To review the current medical literature on robotic prostatectomy (RP) and report clinical outcomes of this newly developed technique. Data Source: A MEDLINE search was performed using ...

Robotic surgery is transforming cancer care, offering minimally invasive options with faster recovery and greater precision.

Some of the main advantages include: > Less pain: Robotic surgery generally leads to smaller incisions, which often means less pain, less use of painkillers and a quicker recovery for patients.

The traditional approach to surgeries has been open surgery with large incisions and greater exposure of internal organs to the outside air. In robotic surgery, keyhole-size incisions are made in ...