Is There Sex After Prostate Surgery? Yes - If You Choose the Right Procedure

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Men who opted for robotic laparoscopic prostatectomies are finding that not only are they cancer free, but they are able to resume normal lifestyles with total control over their sexual functions and bladder. Men who opted for the traditional open prostate surgery, may also be cancer free, but they are rendered impotent and incontinent -- both of which may never be reversed. These side effects are devastating to patients dealing with prostate cancer, and have unfortunately led to failed marriages, relationships and depression.

Only a handful of surgeons across the country offer expertise in this relatively new, minimally invasive procedure, and one of the most experienced is Dr. David Samadi, director of Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. A urologic surgeon trained in both oncology and laparoscopy, Dr. Samadi has performed some 300 prostate removals over the past four years using robotic laparoscopy, with a success rate that could not be more positive.

According to Dr. Samadi, "Unlike open surgery, the laparoscopic prostate surgery involves just five small "keyhole" incisions in the patient's abdomen, through which extremely fine instruments are inserted, along with a miniscule camera that displays magnified two-dimensional images from inside the body on a screen. The addition of a sophisticated robotic-control system -- called the da Vinci -- transforms those images into three dimensions, and enables the surgeon's hand movements to be scaled, filtered, and translated into incredibly precise movements of the surgical instruments. The result is greater precision in both cutting and suturing, less trauma to surrounding tissue, and minimal blood loss."

Instead of two to three days of hospitalization and two months of recuperation typical with open prostate surgery, laparoscopic surgery patients often go home the next day and are back to normal activities within two weeks.

Dr. Samadi's experience in robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy has earned him a growing list of grateful patients, as well as the ability to perform surgeries that continue to break new ground. For example, he recently successfully completed a prostate surgery on an ambulatory basis, with the patient able to go home just seven hours after the procedure. For more information log on to: http://www.drdavidsamadi.com/ or http://www.roboticoncology.com/.

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