How Long Do I Need to Stay in Istanbul After Prostate Surgery?
Most men plan seven to ten days in Istanbul after robotic prostatectomy. What decides the day you fly home, how the route changes it, and a typical week.
Your Journey to Istanbul for Robotic Urological Surgery
Travelling to Istanbul for robotic prostate or kidney surgery? Every step from sending your scans to follow-up at home, with timings and what to bring.
What the Evidence Says About Single Port Prostatectomy
A plain-language review of the evidence on single port prostatectomy: cancer control, continence, recovery, its costs and what studies cannot yet tell you.
Extraperitoneal vs Transperitoneal Robotic Prostatectomy: Why the Route Matters
Extraperitoneal or transperitoneal robotic prostatectomy? How each route changes recovery, what the evidence shows and how Prof. Binbay chooses your route.
Urinary Continence After Prostate Surgery: A Practical Recovery Guide
For many men, the moment the catheter comes out after prostate surgery is the moment a new question begins: when will I have full control of my bladder again? Some leakage of urine in the early weeks is common after radical prostatectomy, whichever robotic system is used, and for most men continence returns gradually over […]
Transvesical Single Port Prostatectomy: Who Is It For?
By Prof. Dr. Murat Binbay · Professor of Urology · Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery · Istanbul · Reading time about 9 minutes Some of the men who write to me have been told that surgery will be difficult for them. They have had three abdominal operations, or a hernia repaired with mesh on both sides, […]
Nerve-Sparing in Single Port Prostatectomy: What Determines Whether Your Nerves Can Be Spared
By Prof. Dr. Murat Binbay · Professor of Urology · Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery · Istanbul · Reading time about 9 minutes Every man who sits across from me with a new diagnosis of prostate cancer asks two questions. The first is whether he will live. The second — sometimes asked directly, sometimes only with […]
Why a Surgeon Who Uses Both Multi-Port and Single Port Systems Matters
By Prof. Dr. Murat Binbay · Professor of Urology · Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery · Istanbul · Reading time about 8 minutes When men research robotic prostate surgery, most of the effort goes into comparing technologies: multi-port or single port, this generation of robot or that one. Far less attention goes to the question that […]
Is Single Port Surgery Right for Me? A Candidate Checklist
By Prof. Dr. Murat Binbay · Professor of Urology · Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery · Istanbul · Reading time about 8 minutes Patients often arrive at a consultation having already decided that they want single port surgery. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes the conventional multi-port system would serve them better, and sometimes the honest answer […]
What Are the Advantages of Single Port Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer?
By Prof. Dr. Murat Binbay · Professor of Urology · Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery · Istanbul · Reading time about 8 minutes If you have been told that you need surgery for prostate cancer, you will probably have heard that robotic surgery is now the standard way of doing it. You may also have heard […]
