Vattikuti Institute Of Prostatectomy

The Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy (VIP) is a robotic procedure developed by the VUI. This is the institute's preffered procedure for the removal of the prostate .Dr.Mani Menon had developed the VIP procedure and under his guidance,urologists at the VUI were the first in the world to perform using the da vinci robot.

In 2001,only about a 100 VIP procedure surgeries were being done world wide.

In 2007,more than 30,000 patients had the VIP procedure performed on them.

Patients undergoing the VIP procedure have the following advantages:

* Less Pain
* Faster Recovery
* Shorter Hospital Stays (usually 24 hours)
* Minimum Complications
* Earlier return of urinary control.

Why Choose the Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy?

The Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy,or VIP is a method of robotic prostatectomy

developed by surgeons at Henry Ford Hospital..Since the first case in 2001,more than 40,000 cases have been performed world wide.

The operation has achieved spectacular acceptance by patients. In 2001,less than 100 cases were done world wide (90 percent of them were done at Henry Ford).

In 2007,it is estimated that more than 30,000 patients will undergo the VIP robotic prostatectomy,with minor modifications.

In the hands of surgeons at the Vattikuti Urology Institute,robotic technology enhances the advantages of laparascopic surgery,taking it to the next level.

Compared to open surgery,robotic laparascopic radical prostatectomy offers:

* Less pain
* Fewer complications
* Shorter hospital stays
* Faster recovery
* Earlier return of urinary control
* Improved sexual function
* Less internal scarring