Christopher Eden said using a robot allowed them to operate on a patient from below rather than above John Nguyen/JNVisualsMen, the robots are coming for your prostate. A British surgeon is offering a form of prostate surgery that, for the first time, virtually guarantees that men will stay continent. One of the biggest barriers to men agreeing to have their potentially cancerous prostate surgically removed is concern about side-effects. “For most men continence is No 1 after cancer control on their list of concerns,” Christopher Eden, right, said. “Potency follows pretty soon after.”Both erectile dysfunction and incontinence are often an unavoidable consequence of prostate surgery, which involves cutting…

Source: The Times December 18, 2017 00:00 UTC