WHAT ARE THE RISKS?

BETWEEN one and five men in every 100 having prostate surgery suffers an infection.

THE PATIENT will be under a general anaesthetic for longer than usual but this does not have any adverse effects.

‘THE procedure aims to preserve sexual function and improve oncological outcomes,’ says Professor Richard Hindley, a consultant urologist at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Hampshire Clinic. ‘We will need further data to establish the benefit.’