At Saint Vincent Hospital, a revolutionary new surgical technique brings hope to cancer patients.

One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within their lifetime. Approximately 41,000 men die annually due to prostate cancer making it the second most fatal cancer in men. Advances in early detection and treatment of this disease are believed to have sharply increased survival.

When removal of the prostate is warranted, several important factors should be considered by both patients and physicians: cancer removal, safety, continence potency, pain and blood loss. With such important issues at stake, it is important that patients receive the very best treatment possible.

That is why Saint Vincent Hospital is proud to offer Laparoscopic Prostatectomy assisted by the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System. If your doctor recommends surgery to treat your prostate cancer, you may be a candidate for a new, less invasive surgical procedure. This procedure incorporates state of the art surgical systems that help your surgeon see vital anatomical structures more clearly and to perform a more precise surgical procedure. For most patients, da Vinci Prostatectomy offers numerous potential benefits over open prostatectomy, including:

• A faster recovery
• A shorter hospital stay
• A less-invasive procedure
• Smaller incisions
• Less pain, scarring and blood loss
• Fewer complications, such as incontinence and impotence
• Greater surgical precision, which in turn means more accurate removal of cancer

As with any surgical procedure, these benefits cannot be guaranteed, as surgery is both patient- and procedure-specific.

In Central Massachusetts, da Vinci Prostatectomy is available at Saint Vincent Hospital. 

Call your physician about your options for having this procedure,

or call Susan Faneuf at (508) 363-9065 for more information.

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