If done by experienced surgeons, the laparoscopic radical prostatectomy can give results similar to the open approach. This approach to prostatectomy has become more common in recent years.

The surgeon either holds the tools directly, or uses a control panel to precisely move robotic arms that hold the tools. In a laparoscopic prostatectomy, the surgeon makes several smaller incisions and uses special long surgical tools to remove the prostate. This type of surgery is done less often than in the past. In the more traditional approach to prostatectomy, called an open prostatectomy, the surgeon operates through a single long skin incision (cut) to remove the prostate and nearby tissues.

Open or laparoscopic radical prostatectomy In this operation, the surgeon removes the entire prostate gland plus some of the tissue around it, including the seminal vesicles. The main type of surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. Surgery is a common choice to try to cure prostate cancer if it is not thought to have spread outside the prostate gland.

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