Hello
has anyone done da vinci surgery ?
What is the experience like and how are the side effects please.
Do you have any comparison to laparoscopic surgery.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks
out in one day is quite amazing!
well done!
Not my choice to go home next day but they insist
Thanks,thats great to know .
How long must you keep catheter does it have a bag?
Thanks again
Hi Troc, my partner had RALP in November 2019. Catheter was in place for 10 days. Had a bag attached for daytime & larger capacity for night time. This was not as bad as it sounds & we went out & about wearing the bag under some loose fitting trousers without any problems. Swapping to the night time bag was easy & he had no problems with this. 8 weeks on & he does not have any problems with continence at all. Wore light weight pads for a couple of weeks after catheter removal, but is now completely dry again. He has been very good doing his pelvic floor exercises 4 times a day though. Good luck with your journey xx
I was out next day to. I had Da Vinci 7 years ago. Smaller Penis. Dry orgasm. Erections and peeing is fine. Less than 0.02 ever since. I was PSA 13 and Gleason 3 +4 raising to 3+5 afer they did analysis on it.
Thank you that's very helpful.
I have been in touch with Saarbruecken where they are high volume operators but only problem is op would only be march 3d and I have Gleason 9.
I will try to accelerate.
Saarbruecken is well located for myself.
Thanks for the info and may you also progress well.
Thank you again.
Information really helps.
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