Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute is leading the nation in advances in robotic and laparoscopic prostate surgery procedures. Our physicians share their prostate surgery research and findings at conferences all over the world. Below are some of the program highlights.
Highlights of the Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostate Surgery program
- First to offer laparoscopic radical prostatectomy on a routine basis in the United States.
- One of the first prostate programs to perform robotic radical prostatectomy in the United States.
- First to perform robotic sural nerve transplant.
- Pioneered "energy-free" prostatectomy to preserve erections after prostate surgery.
- Pioneered real-time ultrasound navigation to make prostatectomy a more precise form of prostate surgery.
Robotic Prostatectomy
Learn more about one of the latest techniques for removal of prostate cancer.
