Robotic Prostatectomy
Team
Prostate Patients Potency
About Professor Tony Costello
About Helen Crowe
What to expect
The Prostate
One in six Australian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within their lifetime, 12,000 are diagnosed each year. Approximately 2,600 Australian men die annually due to prostate cancer, making it the second most fatal cancer in men. Advances in the early detection and treatment of this disease are believed to have sharply increased survival.
SURVIVAL RATES
Ten-year disease specific survival rates of patients with radical prostatectomies are greater than 90% for low grade adenocarcinomas, greater than 85% for medium grade adenocarcinomas. When removal of the prostate is warranted, several important factors regarding the procedure are commonly taken into consideration by both patients and physicians:
The important thing is recovery |
THE LATEST CAREProfessor Tony Costello makes use of Laparoscopic Prostatectomy assisted by the da Vinci Robotic System. This groundbreaking technology, listed as number one in Forbes Magazine's "Five Robots That Will Change Your Life," provides unprecedented laparoscopic vision and precise robotic instrument manipulation. This advanced technology is in the skilled hands of Professor Tony Costello. He is Australia's first ever Professor of Urology and performs over 100 such procedures a year. He was the first to use the Robot in Australia. Surgeons from around the world visit Professor Costello regularly to learn from his techniques. |