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Samsung Medical Center is a prominent multidisciplinary hospital in South Korea that has repetitively received many awards in customer satisfaction and services quality. It has a special status of “Hospital of presidential standards”. A part of Samsung Medical Complex, Comprehensive Cancer Center provides the most thorough treatment for cancer patients using state-of-the-art equipment: Novalis, IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy), Da Vinci surgical system, etc.
Asan Hospital (Asan Medical Center) is the largest multidisciplinary medical center in South Korea, which can serve 2,700 patients at once.
The key specialties in the hospital are organ transplant, oncology, cardiology, and cardiac surgery. Almost half of all heart transplants in South Korea are carried out (45%) at Asan. The success of organ transplants ranges from 90%.
Every day, 11,800 outpatients and 2,550 inpatients are treated in Asan Hospital. Medical tourists from the USA, China, the UAE, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia choose Asan Hospital.
Gachon University Gil Medical Center is a multidisciplinary hospital, providing medical services of the international level and is a leading hospital not only Korea, but also in Asia. Gil Hospital is located in the heart of Incheon at 1 hour drive from Incheon International Airport.
There are 2 types of prostate cancer prostatectomy performed at Severance - laparoscopic and robot-assisted.
The prostate cancer operation is conducted under general anesthesia. The duration of surgery is 2-4 hours.
Then the urine catheter is placed. It withdraws the urine. The catheter is removed in 7-10 days when the natural urinating normalizes.
The duration of hospitalization is 3-5 days.
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital is one of the most innovative multidisciplinary medical centers in Korea.
It is the 1st digital hospital in the country. The hospital is equipped witg BESTcare system that allows avoiding medical errors, improving treatment safety and effectiveness.
Bundang specializes in general and abdominal surgery, oncology, orthopedics and traumatology. 1,500,000 patients undergo treatment at in hospital every year.
Gangnam Severance Hospital is a large multidisciplinary medical center in Seoul, South Korea. The hospital specializes in oncology, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, and check-up (complex diagnostics).
Gangnam Severance Hospital has received JCI accreditation, a global organization that evaluates the clinics across the globe for safety and high-quality medical services. That means the hospital complies with international healthcare standards.
The hospital is the 1st in South Korea to perform lung transplant.
Korea University Anam Hospital has world-class robotic surgery skills, especially in cancer surgery. It has developed the world's first robotic oral thyroid cancer surgery method that removes tumor without visible scars by inserting a surgical robot arm into the patient's mouth.
In addition, not only the bladder cancer pre-stage robotic surgery was the first and most successful in Asia, but also the first robotic breast reconstruction surgery in Korea reduces the size of the scar by one-tenth. On top of that, bloodless or minimal blood transfusions are applied to reduce the risk of infection and speed up postoperative recovery. Patients from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia go here for treatment.
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) is the leading multidisciplinary state facility in the capital of South Korea. The President of the country receives treatment here.
Since 2004, SNUH has been digitalized completely — all data about patients is stored in the electronic system.
The hospital shows the highest statistics for cancer treatment in South Korea. Other SNUH key specialties are neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, pediatrics, and organ transplant.
Seoul University Hospital serves 10,700 patients every day on average.
The operation is a minimally invasive technique for prostate removal, using a robot for precision and reduced recovery time.
The operation removes parts of the prostate via the urethra, easing urine flow. It"s less invasive and offers quicker recovery.
The procedure removes the prostate gland via small surgical openings. It"s minimally invasive, offering quicker recovery.
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When considering Prostatectomy, it’s important to understand the different techniques and which is best suited for you. Here’s a concise comparison of popular options:
This minimally invasive procedure uses robotic technology to remove the prostate gland, primarily for prostate cancer treatment.
This prostate surgery involves removing parts of the prostate gland to treat urinary problems due to an enlarged prostate.
It is a minimally invasive procedure for removing the prostate gland, often used in prostate cancer treatment.
The loss of erectile function can cause temporary or permanent damage to the neurovascular bundles located near the prostate. If a tumor overlaps the prostate surface and damages nerves, removing neoplasm with the prostate is necessary. Erectile dysfunction can also take place because of manipulations during surgery: it recovers within 2-3 years in such a case. Different associated diseases (diabetes, vascular diseases, for instance) and patients’ age (older than 60 years) can negatively affect erectile function recovery. If both neurovascular bundles are preserved, an erectile function keeps in about 80% of cases. If it is necessary to remove one or even two bundles, the percentage reduces. However, erection can be restored with medications, such as Viagra, for instance. The insertion of prostaglandin in the patient’s genitals can also help. This treatment is not a part of prostatectomy.
Prostate removal is applied if metastases have not been spread. It aims to cure a patient forever. And for its purpose, this option is the most effective among all available methods for today. Prostate removal is effective even for those cases when a tumor has grown through the prostate capsule. In such a case, doctors combine an operation with radiation and hormone therapy.
A doctor removes the prostate and seminal vesicles and then sews together the bladder and urethra upper or in the place of the muscle that closes the urethra. This procedure helps to control urination.
In 5 years after surgery, no cancer symptoms will be observed:
We remove the lymph nodes in men with a higher risk of metastases spread in the lymph nodes in the pelvic organs (over 5%). It prolongs an operation for about an hour. So, it takes about 2.5-3 hours in total. An average blood loss index after a robotic intervention is 250 ml. So, in most cases, no blood transfusion is needed during or after an operation.
The main advantage of robotic surgery is that a doctor makes only 5 small punctures in the belly. After such an intervention on the prostate, the risk of pulmonary embolism is lower than after open prostatectomy.