Which specialist performs prostate removal surgery?

Prostate removal surgery, also called prostatectomy, removes the prostate and may include nearby structures or lymph nodes depending on the treatment plan. The urologist assesses the cancer findings, urinary function, sexual health, other conditions, and the available surgical approach before recommending an operation.

An anaesthesia team, theatre nurses, physiotherapists, continence specialists, and oncology professionals may support care. The urologist discusses the operation, catheter care, pathology review, and follow-up monitoring.

Bring your scan and biopsy reports, medicine list, allergy information, and questions about urinary and sexual function. Ask whether medicines affecting bleeding need adjustment, what preparation is required, how long a catheter may remain, and when walking, work, driving, and exercise can restart. Arrange practical help for the first days at home.

Follow the discharge instructions and contact the surgical team for fever, worsening wound redness, increasing pain, inability to pass urine, catheter blockage, or heavy bleeding. Seek urgent care for severe breathing difficulty, fainting, confusion, or uncontrolled bleeding. Do not remove or manipulate a catheter unless the care team has shown you how.

Ask how the operation will be performed, whether lymph nodes are assessed, what recovery milestones to expect, and how pathology will guide follow-up. Ask about continence support, sexual rehabilitation, catheter care, warning symptoms, and the number to call outside clinic hours.