The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) covers medically necessary prostate surgeries, including treatments for an enlarged prostate and prostate cancer. Medicare covers various prostate procedures, ...

At 24 months' follow-up, the only phase 3 randomized clinical trial to directly compare functional and oncologic outcomes between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open radical retropubic ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of men receive a prostate cancer diagnosis and immediately face a decision that medical ...

A prostatectomy is surgery to partially or completely remove the prostate gland to treat conditions such as prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A radical prostatectomy is the ...

Testosterone replacement therapy improved function without PSA recurrence in prostate cancer survivors with hypogonadism.

With Men’s Health Week approaching, it is a good time to encourage open discussions about various health conditions, particularly prostate health. Driven by embarrassment, misconceptions, and a lack ...

Pain after prostate removal surgery is common and typical. However, a small fraction of people experience chronic pelvic pain. Some pain after prostatectomy, which is also known as prostate removal ...

Doctors sometimes recommend radiation therapy after a prostatectomy for cancer that has a high risk of returning. Radiation therapy is also used to treat cancer that has returned after surgery. If ...

The presence of scar tissue, periprostatic fibrosis, and inflammation due to previous surgery increases the complexity of some surgical tasks, according to investigators. Undergoing radical ...