'Robot surgery' could save men from prostate cancer Surgeons have praised the pioneering use of robots in saving a record number of men from one of the UK’s deadliest cancers.
The £1 million machines, known as Da Vinci robots, have performed life-saving surgery at University College London Hospitals on more than 500 men with advanced prostate cancer.
Surgeons credit them with being quicker, safer and the procedures have fewer side effects than existing treatments in a move that has been described as a 'game changer'.
The robot, controlled by a surgeon at a computer console, has six arms with tiny scissors and pliers, which make incisions in the patient's abdomen. The Daily Mail
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