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Robotic Surgery

According to Dr. McGinnis, a current standard treatment for prostate cancer is radical prostatectomy, in which an eight-inch incision is made in the patient's lower abdomen to remove the prostate. "The clear advantages of performing this procedure laparoscopically are decreased pain, quicker recovery and less bleeding," he explained. "The future of surgery is to become less invasive and limit the side-effects of treatment, and this is a big step in that direction."