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Can you tell me about prostet gland operation?
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For BPH or cancer?: Check out http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/enlarged-prostate/surgery.html. There are many surgical options to treat benign prostate hyperplasia, all w/great acronyms. Traditional open radical prostatectomy has been supplanted by laparoscopic approach now aided by robots (da Vinci being most widely known/marketed). Also check out http://goo.gl/fGn8bN & http://goo.gl/WMaafV
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