Robosurgery cuts blood loss in prostate patients

ROBOTIC surgery may be better than open surgery for an enlarged prostate.

When doctors at the National University of Athens compared outcomes from the two types of surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia in 41 patients — the first study to compare the two approaches — they found blood loss during surgery was reduced where a surgeon operated robotic arms from a console: 274ml compared to 539ml.

The Greece researchers suggested that robotic prostatectomy may be a superior technique in terms of complications.