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 ...

Men with prostate cancer have a variety of treatment choices available, including expectant management with deferred treatment, brachytherapy, external-beam radiation therapy, or both of the latter ...

Urinary incontinence (UI) after radical prostatectomy is a common and distressing complication for men with prostate cancer.

A nerve-sparing technique (NeuroSAFE) reduced erectile dysfunction in men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. A year after surgery, patients randomized to ...

In 2002, we reported the initial results of a trial comparing radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting in the management of early prostate cancer. After three more years of follow-up, we report ...

The use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) as salvage therapy after radical prostatectomy was well tolerated, with no significant differences in urinary and bowel patient-reported outcomes ...

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

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 ...

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 ...