The technique has similar outcomes to laser surgery and can be performed with robot assistance, so could reduce waiting times for men with urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate. Initial ...

Surgery. Anesthesia dulls nerve receptors, causing some patients to experience temporary urinary retention. Infections. Infections of the urethra or bladder, such as urinary tract infections (UTI), ...

The study had 190 participants receive the robot-assisted surgery (named NeuroSAFE) and another 191 underwent the standard surgical approach for prostate cancer. The NeuroSAFE patients had noticeably ...

Minimally invasive surgery - Surgery for urinary incontinence aims to compensate for the weakened sphincter muscle (urinary sphincter) and support muscles around the urethra that normally stay closed ...

Urinary retention is a well-known complication of incontinence surgery, but the incidence depends on the definition of retention. Catheterization beyond 1 week is necessary in only 4—8% of ...

However, NeuroSAFE patients who recovered their urinary control did so faster than patients who underwent standard surgery. In the NeuroSAFE technique, which has been available for over a decade but ...

While surgery with prepackaged synthetic slings is associated with a quicker recovery, shorter operating time, shorter hospital stay, and lower rate of urinary retention compared with autologous ...