Robotic Prostatectomy gives the surgeon the ability to, while seeing a magnified view, precisely manipulate miniaturized instruments and detach the prostate while sparing the nerves that control sexual function. Other modalities of prostate cancer treatments do not have the high definition 3D magnified view to see the nerve bundles in such detail. They also do not have the micro fine control of the environment that the da Vinci robot gives the surgeon. Allowing the nerves to be unaffected while removing the prostate also allows for urinary continence to be maintained. Having an experienced prostate cancer surgeon like Dr Bianco that has researched cancer and the combinatorial approaches that may be needed for the very best outcome, is what makes Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, the best option for prostate cancer treatment.

Robotic Prostatectomy

Robotic Prostatectomy is such a significantly different approach to traditional open prostate surgery, that many people question the capability that surgeons have when they first begin robotic prostate surgery. While all urologic surgeons become certified in order to perform the robotic prostate surgery and they have traditional open prostate surgeries under their belt, the new high definition 3D view, wristed miniature instruments, and manual controls are real world differences that need to become second nature to the surgeon. These differences are learned and honed by the robotics surgeon with every robotic prostatectomy they do. Columbia University Division of Urology has picked Dr Fernando J Bianco to lead the Robotics program due to his Robotic surgical experience and past leadership positions.

The benefits that the robotic surgeons get when using the da Vinci surgical robot system are many. When it comes to surgery using a small hole such a laparoscopic and robotic surgery the da Vinci surgical system allows the surgeon to move the miniaturized instruments such as the forceps, needles, scissors, scalpels, and electrocautery instruments, in a greater range of motion then even the human hand can. There is the ability to rotate each instrument in full circles which the human hand cannot do. Suturing becomes more precise as evidenced by the surgical results and common acknowledgement of the robotic surgeons.
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Prostatectomy includes seven degrees of freedom that give our surgeons many angles to pivot and rotate while applying force, from as little as ounces, up to 7 pounds of force. To up the advantages of robotic prostatectomy the miniature size if the instruments and the micro movements that can be made in the magnified 3D view are enhanced even more by the Intuitive Masters technology the takes away the tremors that the human hand creates. Not only is robotic surgery a new paradigm in medicine but it is continually improved upon every year bringing better and new abilities for the surgeon to get a more improved surgical results then the traditional open surgical methods could give.

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