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Always ahead. and it's also more popular because people want to hear that, you know, you don't need surgery, you don't have to have the risk of the surgery, but this will tell you and people realize that surgery for prostate cancer -- certainly under the age of 65 -- is absolutely superior to this watchful waiting. and over the age of 65 it reduces the age of spread of the cancer -- reduces the risk of spread of the cancer. it's huge news. gregg: let me ask you this, was some people -- because some people are critical of prostate surgery because it allegedly has debilitating effects over rest ...

Israeli patients he treated and teaching techniques about robotic surgery. dr. siegel takes a look. >> our own dr. david samadi, chief of urologist at lennox hill hospital was back in israel last week, following up with patients he treated. >> you can see the pubic bone. >> a pioneer in robotic prostate surgery, he's traveled in israel in the past to teach these techniques to other doctors. >> we got the prostate cancer at the last possible second, not minute, before the cancer left the prostate and went into the whole body. >> it goes beyond the mechanical part of the robot. we're not robots....

Techniques about robotic prostate surgery. dr. seagal takes a look. >> chief of urology, lenox hill hospital, he was back in israel last week following up with israeli patients he has treated. >> you can see here. >> a pioneer in robotic prostate surgery, he's traveled to israel in the past to teach these techniques to other doctors. >> we got the prostate cancer at the last possible second. not minute before it left the cancer, left the prostate, and went into the whole body. >> it does go beyond the mechanical part of the robot. we are not robots. we have emotions. as doctors, i feel their p...

So now to get people who have never done this before used to the idea that now they have access they can get coverage they must do this. >> because the people you're talking to feel they can fall back on the social safety net. emergency room visits and whatever. >> it's unfortunate. we've almost acculturated ourselves to this safety net. that's why they're sending people out to get people enrolled. >> the safety net ironically is not safe. they're not getting preventative care. in many cases they're using emergency rooms for anything that pops up. that actually is not health. >> it's also true...

For part of the operation that's not a good operating room to be with. find out what the complications are do you have a technique and what are the side effects. everyone that does robotic prostate surgery may have a different technique. i think it's experience of the surgeon that matters. >> ask you one last question on this. could this be used for brain surgery ultimately robotics? >> no. it will go on to other modalities but right now because there's not a lot of room in the pelvic area for prostate for uterus this works really well. you have pufull range of motion you can really bring the ...