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Get to Know About Prostate Surgery

Prostate surgery or prostatectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part or all of the prostate gland, which is a gland that is owned by men. Sometimes also carried out other tissue removal around the prostate gland. This gland is located under the bladder of men, and serves to produce semen. There are two main techniques in prostate surgery through the stomach, namely: Radical prostatectomy, the procedure of removing all prostate gland tissue along with the tissue around the gland. Radical prostatectomy is generally done to treat prostate cancer. This procedure can be done openly through a wide incision on the skin, or assisted with a laparoscope (laparoscopic prostatectomy) through a smaller incision on the skin. Simple prostatectomy, is the procedure of removing a portion of the prostate gland without removing all prostate tissue and surrounding tissue. Simple prostatectomy is generally done to treat enlarged prostate glands. Apart from the abdomen, prostate surgery can als...