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da Vinci^™ Prostatectomy

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Experts at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center are using the da Vinci robot to perform minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery. Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy results in smaller incisions, shorter hospital stays, less pain and faster recover for men having proatate cancer surgery. This three-minute video explains the robotic prostatectomy procedure.

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This page was last updated on: June 17, 2009.

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