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tion that the robot is used for financial reasons, I can safely state that I am not aware of any hospital in our country that makes money out of the device. It is a costly treatment option (as is brachytherapy) but we believe that the advantages to our selected patients of this minimally invasive surgical procedure far outweigh the financial disadvantages. Furthermore the urologists’ remuneration for brachytherapy and surgery (open, laparoscopic and robotic) in South Africa is equivalent despite the fact that there is a huge discrepancy in skill levels and time that it takes to perform the procedure.