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Prostate Removal Surgery

  • Prostatectomy is a surgery performed to treat prostate cancer, in which the prostate and surrounding tissue are removed.1
  • Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among men.2
  • Each year, more than 174,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed1
  • 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.1

Magnetic Surgery in Prostate Removal Procedures

Magnetic Surgery is used to retract the prostate and periprostatic (surrounding) tissue, while reducing the number of tubes (trocars) and incisions required.

Magnetic retraction facilitates your surgeons’ ability to access and see the surgical field helping preserve sexual function and urinary continence.

Watch how Magnetic Surgery is performed
in a prostate removal procedure:

  1. Surgery for Prostate Cancer. American Cancer Society, 2019. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating/surgery.html
  2. Key Statistics for Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer Facts. American Cancer Society, 2019. www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/about/key-statistics.html.