I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and am 51 years old. I weigh 385 lbs at 6 ft ' 1 in. My Urologist told me that at my weight he felt that surgery would be difficult because of the size of the laproscopic/robotic surgical instruments and the difficulty of the instruments being able to penetrate through my stomach and reach the prostate area.
Are there any facilities that have larger surgical instruments designed for obese patients where this surgery could be done successfully?
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Prostate Surgery for the Overweight: How Big is Too Big?
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