If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and are considering surgery a minimally invasive Robotic Prostatectomy is one of the options we may recommend.
Robotic surgery allows us to perform surgery through a few small incisions instead of a large incision.
Robotic surgery systems, have magnified 3D, high definition systems and special wristed instruments that bend and rotate far more than the human wrist.
This enables us to operate with far more precision, vision and control.
A brief summary of the potential benefits of a Robotic Prostatectomy, as opposed to traditional open surgery can be viewed below:
- More precise removal of cancerous tissue
- Ability to perform nerve sparring surgery which enables:
- Faster return of erectile (sexual) function
- Better chance for return of urinary continence
- Less blood loss
- Less need for a blood transfusion
- Less pain
- Lower risk of complications
- Lower risk of wound infection
- Shorter hospital stay
- Less chance of hospital readmission
- Less chance of needing follow-up surgery
- Fewer days with catheter
- Less risk of deep vein thrombosis (life-threatening condition where a blood clot forms deep in the body)
- Faster recovery and return to normal activities
A brief summary of the potential benefits of a Robotic Prostatectomy, as opposed to traditional laparoscopy surgery can be viewed below:
- More patients return to pre-surgery erectile function at 12-month check up
- Faster return of urinary continence
- Lower risk of complications
- Less blood loss and need for a transfusion
- Less chance of nerve injury
- Less chance of inuring the rectum
- Shorter operation
- Less risk of deep vein thrombosis (life-threatening condition where a blood clot forms deep in the body)
- Shorter hospital stay
- Less chance of hospital readmission
- Less chance of needing follow-up surgery
Dr Naude will be offering robotic surgery at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in the Cape Town CBD and in Durbanville MediClinic in the Northern Suburbs